There is a huge trend right now to have a defined outdoor living space. The popularity of outdoor fireplaces or fire pits, patio furniture and some kind of theme to tie them all together is on the rise.
Outdoor design teams can coordinate an entire yard with walkways, sitting areas, flower gardens, entertaining spaces, and gathering areas. These spaces can be defined with plants, decks, rockwork, furniture, and or/ outdoor rugs.
A cooking or food preparation area is always of importance. While it is acceptable to carry food from the kitchen to the outdoors, many people opt to have a grilling area, built in or freestanding, fireplace or fire pit. Your outdoor table and chairs may be custom made, purchased at a store or a combination of the two in order to achieve the design elements you require. An excellent way to define the eating space is with a large outdoor area rug. This will help to formalize the space and give it a bit more polish than a plain table and chairs outside.
Building a deck or patio onto your house to provide living space will give you a defined area to work with. For those with ground level entries to their home, paving stones or bricks can give the harder surface area desired to define this outdoor living area. Privacy fences can be erected if the outdoor space becomes too visible to the neighborhood for your liking.
Some structural consideration should be thought of if wanting to add more than a casual space outdoors. Will you require a roof of some sort to ensure your ability to enjoy the space in inclement weather, or to provide shade from searing sunrays? Will your fireplace be built into the wall of an outdoor gazebo or other outdoor structure, or will it be freestanding? Does your envisioned outdoor space require lighting? Will this lighting be overhanging or will you use freestanding lampposts or lanterns to provide your lighting after dusk?
Another consideration is the plumbing available to your outdoor space. Will you need water access or is that an element that will not be used?
Once you have determined the layout and the design elements you wish to include in your outdoor space it is important to consider the materials available. For a simple barbeque area on an existing deck, the items needed may be easily found at a number of local stores, or you may already own many of the needed items, a table, chairs or benches, a grill and perhaps some colorful cushions, tablecloth and an outdoor rug could be all that you need to give you a pleasant outdoor area that meets your needs.
You may decide to tackle a larger project. Perhaps there are landscape elements that will be brought into your outdoor design themes. You may choose to have a built in grill complete with custom slate or granite coverings and a rockwork fireplace. Whatever you decide, an outdoor living area will increase the curb appeal and usually the value of your home.
Outdoor design teams can coordinate an entire yard with walkways, sitting areas, flower gardens, entertaining spaces, and gathering areas. These spaces can be defined with plants, decks, rockwork, furniture, and or/ outdoor rugs.
A cooking or food preparation area is always of importance. While it is acceptable to carry food from the kitchen to the outdoors, many people opt to have a grilling area, built in or freestanding, fireplace or fire pit. Your outdoor table and chairs may be custom made, purchased at a store or a combination of the two in order to achieve the design elements you require. An excellent way to define the eating space is with a large outdoor area rug. This will help to formalize the space and give it a bit more polish than a plain table and chairs outside.
Building a deck or patio onto your house to provide living space will give you a defined area to work with. For those with ground level entries to their home, paving stones or bricks can give the harder surface area desired to define this outdoor living area. Privacy fences can be erected if the outdoor space becomes too visible to the neighborhood for your liking.
Some structural consideration should be thought of if wanting to add more than a casual space outdoors. Will you require a roof of some sort to ensure your ability to enjoy the space in inclement weather, or to provide shade from searing sunrays? Will your fireplace be built into the wall of an outdoor gazebo or other outdoor structure, or will it be freestanding? Does your envisioned outdoor space require lighting? Will this lighting be overhanging or will you use freestanding lampposts or lanterns to provide your lighting after dusk?
Another consideration is the plumbing available to your outdoor space. Will you need water access or is that an element that will not be used?
Once you have determined the layout and the design elements you wish to include in your outdoor space it is important to consider the materials available. For a simple barbeque area on an existing deck, the items needed may be easily found at a number of local stores, or you may already own many of the needed items, a table, chairs or benches, a grill and perhaps some colorful cushions, tablecloth and an outdoor rug could be all that you need to give you a pleasant outdoor area that meets your needs.
You may decide to tackle a larger project. Perhaps there are landscape elements that will be brought into your outdoor design themes. You may choose to have a built in grill complete with custom slate or granite coverings and a rockwork fireplace. Whatever you decide, an outdoor living area will increase the curb appeal and usually the value of your home.
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