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Take a break from the fast track by building a quiet, soothing oasis in your own backyard. A winning outdoor room can be created with a few easy, affordable additions, and will enhance home value in the process. You’ll be able to extend the use of your outdoor areas through the fall season, and create a relaxing place to kick back and listen to the race on the radio. Here are the top tips for creating your outdoor oasis.
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Create your own brickyard:
A paver patio makes a great foundation for an outdoor room, whether it’s immediately outside your back door or in an outlying location in the landscape. Simply installed in sand, pavers are available in a range of shapes in brick, natural stone and cement. Start your patio project by carefully assessing the space slated for placement and planning for necessary drainage. Then take time to properly excavate, level and line the patio area for long-lasting, trip-proof results.
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Add shade and style: With a shaded pergola from Garden Treasures, you can create a focal point for your outdoor space. The fabric panels provide shady spaces and can be adjusted to allow more or less light. It will become a favorite spot to relax on a sunny weekend afternoon.
Create your own brickyard: A paver patio makes a great foundation for an outdoor room, whether it’s immediately outside your back door or in an outlying location in the landscape. Simply installed in sand, pavers are available in a range of shapes in brick, natural stone and cement. Start your patio project by carefully assessing the space slated for placement and planning for necessary drainage. Then take time to properly excavate, level and line the patio area for long-lasting, trip-proof results.
Add shade and style : With a shaded pergola from Garden Treasures, you can create a focal point for your outdoor space. The fabric panels provide shady spaces and can be adjusted to allow more or less light. It will become a favorite spot to relax on a sunny weekend afternoon.
Furnish for enjoyment: Fantastic new fabrics and finish technologies are making it possible to bring the features and comforts of your favorite indoor furnishings outdoors. The Birkdale loveseat and coffee table pair and coordinating sofa chairs beautifully furnish an outdoor oasis. Add an outdoor area rug to complete this sophisticated suite for lounging and entertaining.
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Gather around the hearth: A fireplace adds ambiance, a fine focal point and genuine warmth to your outdoor room. Anything from a portable fire pit to a faux stone fireplace will make a wonderful centerpiece for backyard living. |
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Illuminate your space: Tune up your existing lightscape with hard-wired fixtures that properly illuminate outdoor living areas and enhance garden plantings, trees and other standout features. Portable lamps and decorative torches add to the mood.
Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize: Bring your style to every corner of an outdoor living area with touches such as decorative art, sculpture, water features and strategic plantings along borders and in finely crafted containers.
Shop these solutions and before you know it, you’ll have a staycation destination that’s a pleasure to come home to between the fast-paced laps of life. For more backyard living ideas and information on how Lowe’s can help, visit http://www.lowes.com/.
Tom Kraeutler delivers
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radio program. His latest book
My Home, My Money Pit: Your Guide to Every Home Improvement Adventure
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