The 3 Most Common Planting Mistakes You Don’t Even Know You’re Making
Sometimes it’s hard to see the forest through the trees—even if the trees haven’t been planted yet. Visualizing the big picture of your yard as it matures is no easy task, which is why working with a landscaping contractor will help you get the most out of your yard not only today and tomorrow, but in years to come.
6 Ways to Reinvigorate Your Patio
Maybe you put your patio in several years ago without much thought for how your outdoor living needs would change, perhaps you recently moved into a new house and inherited a patio that you’re not completely in love with, or it may be the case that you have the perfect patio and you’re just looking to maximize its value.
Outdoor Projects to Start During the Winter in Pennsylvania
Winter is an ideal time to get plenty of outdoor projects started, and in some cases, even completed.
5 Reasons Why a Fire Pit Should Be Your Next Outdoor Project
Fire pits are one of the most commonly requested features by home buyers for their low maintenance and the wealth of utility that they provide. Here’s what a fire pit will do to transform the way you think about and use your property:
3 Landscaping Shortcuts You Should Never Take
When you’re looking to save time, don’t make the mistake of taking these three landscaping shortcuts below.
3 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Meeting With Your Landscape Contractor
Your home isn’t only where you spend most of your time—it’s also your biggest investment. Every step that you take to enhance your house’s amenities and add to its features not only makes it more of a haven for you, but increases its value if you decide to sell it in the future.
Choosing the Right Company
Close your eyes and imagine your family’s ideal outdoor living space. Does it have a pool or spa? A fire pit, a grill, or a complete outdoor kitchen? Flowers as far as the eye can see, vegetable gardens, an independent waterfall, a sparkling koi pond? Chances are you’ve envisioned something very beautiful and quite personal to your family and each member’s unique desires and needs. Being able to envision your perfect outdoor space is often the first step in creating an amazing landscape, but projects of any size also require budget planning and precise professional execution.
Outdoor Kitchens
Close your eyes and picture your ideal outdoor kitchen. Does it mimic your home’s kitchen? Would you do a smaller scale version, or perhaps just smaller kitchen appliances? Would you focus more on the wet bar or on the cooking equipment? Get a handle on your hopes and dreams for a fabulous outdoor kitchen. Envision the different foods you look forward to preparing and ensure your kitchen setup accommodates those visions. An outdoor kitchen allows you to really enhance the cooking and outdoor dining experience, even if you start with something simple like burgers. Now you can fry up some bacon and sauté some onions and mushrooms to create restaurant-style burgers that are sure to impress. No more dirtying up your kitchen and your deck or patio – now you can keep the mess all in one place.
Light Up the Night
Think about the lighting in your home. You likely have functional lighting as well as accent lighting. You may have the ability to create effects, such as up-lighting key focal points of a room, drawing the eyes upward with track lighting inside architectural areas, or surely the ability to brighten and dim certain lights on command. You can switch a table lamp off to illuminate the room more fully from overhead and above all, you can create appropriate moods using the lighting in your home. Why shouldn’t it be the same way in your outdoor living spaces?
Unique Features
During the warmer months, everyone wants to be outside. Picture your family splashing in the swimming pool by day, yourself and your spouse enjoying drinks in the hot tub by night, and patio parties that leave your neighbors and friends drooling with envy. The perfect selection of flowers, trees, shrubs and landscaping accents (perhaps a boulder here, a koi pond over there…) create an amazing outdoor setting to make you feel as though you’re on vacation anytime you step outside your home. With a little creativity and some help from an experienced and knowledgeable landscaping contractor, you can create an incredible outside living space to suit all of your family’s needs, and be the Jones’ everyone wants to keep up with.