Designing Your Outdoor Living Space

Creating a comfortable and relaxing place outdoors is a fantastic way to expand your living space. The most important part of creating this outdoor living space is to make it your own. Whether you’re relaxing with family or entertaining friends, you’ll love having this special outdoor living space. When you are planning this outdoor oasis, don’t forget to think about adding an outdoor kitchen, including a fireplace, wood-fired oven, and grill island. In this blog, we’ll be discussing the best ways to design your outdoor living space:

Your outdoor kitchen needs all of the essentials. In other words, you want to make sure you have the same conveniences outdoors that you have indoors. You will need a prep area for chopping vegetables or meat. You will need a grill top to boil water for pasta for example. You’ll also want storage space, which would include cabinets. While cooking, you’re likely to need a sink to add water to your recipes and to clean dishes. When planning the layout of all of these parts and pieces, there are many things to consider. Ideally, your outdoor kitchen will be constructed in such a way that it all works together effectively in proper proximity. You must make sure each piece has enough space to function as necessary. Because everything will be outside, each peace must be waterproof and durable as there will be a multitude of temperature changes.

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You might also consider adding a bar top to your outdoor kitchen. This provides a casual, fun, and comfortable seating option for guests to sit and chat with you while you prepare and cook food. Additionally, folks can use this bar top seat to enjoy the food you’ve graciously prepared.

Don’t forget to add your fireplace! There’s nothing quite like sitting around the fire and enjoying the company of others. You can choose from a built-in or freestanding style of outdoor living space. You can also choose from a wide variety of finishes.  There are abundant options for fireplace materials such as brick, stacked stone, river rock, flagstone, fieldstone, limestone, concrete, marble, and even fire-resistant glass.

We’ve put together some expert tips to help you in making design decisions for your outdoor kitchen:

1.  For a customized look, coordinate your flooring, countertops, and cabinets just like you would with your indoor kitchen.
2. Locating your outdoor kitchen adjacent to your indoor kitchen will help you move food back and forth quickly.
3. Brick gives timeless appeal and traditional character to any fireplace. Brick veneer is affordable, available in various colors and textures, and easy to work with.
4. Stone is an expensive material for an entire fireplace.  Stone cladding looks and feels like real stone, but it’s much less expensive.
5. Rock materials like river rock and flagstone offer interesting color variation, texture and an earthy appeal to your outdoor fireplace.
6. Concrete offers a modern or contemporary look that blends well with natural landscapes.
7. Stucco is the least expensive material and comes in a variety of color and texture options. A stucco fireplace is great for a classic southwestern look.

When you’re ready to begin creating your outdoor kitchen or living space, visit Round Grove Products online at https://roundgroveproducts.com/ or give us a call at 330-621-3657. Our team is more than happy to assist you!