Sheshan house

This small 40-square-meter garden beside Sheshan in Shanghai's Qingpu District is designed and built by Mark Landscape in a country-American style, completed in 40 working days. The owner wanted a pastoral feeling, and the design combines that country mood, which values relaxation and energy renewal, with a touch of American style to create a simple, quiet, textured space. American country style, also called American rustic, belongs to the natural school and pursues a sense of belonging to nature, with an immediately pastoral atmosphere. Its palette favors soft slate and antique white, casually dotted with flowering plants and clean decorative lines; unlike the darker, heavier tones of traditional American interiors, the country variant uses light, warm, clean and natural colors. The garden employs wood, stone, rattan and bamboo, with later natural accents in soft blue that complement small floral patterns, and combines simplified lines with rough volumes and relatively light colors. At night, carefully placed lighting highlights the planting, fully realizing the relaxed, comfortable lifestyle that American country design seeks and expressing the owner's taste and values. Overall, the composition is layered and staggered, merging people with nature in one room and presenting an unhurried, elegant natural way of life. Project details are limited in the source material.