9 Backyard Projects to Complete This Summer
We are featured in a Redfin article about what to do to make your outdoor living space awesome! The following is an excerpt from the article:
#9: Add a fire pit
Adding a DIY fire pit to your backyard is an excellent way to keep the fun going long after dark. Instead of an unsightly dirt fire pit, spend a day making a new statement piece for your yard, or consider buying one to save time. Adding or creating a firepit can be exactly what your yard needs.
“Your outdoor living space deserves to be as warm and inviting as the family and friends you are entertaining. Provide extra warmth and art by adding Steel Fire Studio logs on top of your fire pit or table. Bring the warmth of a Colorado resort to your backyard with one of a kind, handmade, steel Art on Fire.” –Steel Fire Studio
“Design the entire backyard experience around this captivating, elegant focal point. Solo Stove fire pits produce little to no smoke and so easy to light you can have a beautiful, roaring fire in minutes. Satisfy late night s’mores cravings and make special summer memories around everyone’s new favorite gathering spot.” –Solo Stove
“Fire adds instant ambiance to any landscape design and there are many ways to bring fire into your outdoor space. Once you choose your location, plumbing in a natural gas or propane line is the best and most integrated method of fuelling your fire. You can run a gas line under hardscape, wood, or synthetic decking. If you can’t pipe in gas you can run an outdoor fire off of a small propane tank that you can conceal in a side table or bench. And even if propane or natural is not an option, you can use a clean-burning bioethanol burner that doesn’t require an external fuel source—just fill and fire.” –Paloform
“When planning your backyard for a firepit take into consideration the height of your furniture with the firepit. DreamCast designs its firepits at 15″ for an outdoor coffee table height. Outdoor furniture is much lower than indoor sets, and if the fire pit is too high then not only does it take away from the modern aesthetic, but it also reduces the warmth you experience. As a general rule the lower your firepit the more warmth you’ll get.” –DreamCast
“Gathering around a roaring fire has been a family pastime for centuries. We no longer gather around a few logs strewn on the ground, families gather in their own beautiful setting circled around a fire feature, in many cases a handcrafted fire pit created and designed by Artist, Rick Wittrig of Fire Pit Art. Our artistic, handcrafted, made-to-order fire pits create an artistic focal point with a fire or without updating your outdoor living space with a warm artistic flair. –Fire Pit Art
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