Outdoor Kitchen

Freshen Your Landscape for Year-round Use

With the high cost associated with building a new home, some homeowners are choosing to remodel-inside and outside.  Landscaping upgrades increase outdoor living possibilities.

"Homeowners like being able to take the party outside," says Karl Kuhni, owner of Kuhni Landscaping.  "The outdoors are quickly turning into an extension of the living space."

Freshening the landscape starts with making the best use of the space you have.  Homeowners can make usable space by adding structures like trellises, fountains, outdoor kitchens, fire pits and walkways - creating an environment of gathering.

"Fire pits are great year round," Karl says.  "They're a heat source that's easy to use and it creates a gathering place in summer and winter."

Landscape remodels aren't being reserved for large homes on massive lots. In fact, some of the most creative landscapes Karl has worked on have been on small properties. "When you have smaller areas, you can design areas that have specific functions," Karl says.  

Walkways bring aesthetic beauty to a yard and can be shoveled in the winter to allow for yard accessibility during the winter months.

Winter Weather

Even though it's winter outside, now is the perfect time to plan your landscaping. Whether it is installing a new landscape, freshening up an old landscape, or maintenance.

Things to do now are:
1.  Get a design
2.  Plan your project
3.  Select materials
4.  Get an estimate
5.  Begin installing hardscapes

Warming Up To Spring

Winter is still hanging on and we are tired of being indoors! Fire pits are a great way to stay warm while spending time outside enjoying your yard. Below are before and after photos of a gas fire pit with a seat wall.

Pleasant Grove Residence Continued

One of the many things that makes this yard great, is having different sitting areas like this paver patio, placed throughout the yard. Natural gas fire pit surrounded by stamped concrete.

The custom pergola provides shade for entertaining or just sitting poolside.

The hot tub and fire pit are next to the pool. The fire pit adds ambience to evening entertaining.

Rock & Engineered Walls, etc.

This home used took advantage of the landscape and had several different tiers and living spaces created. Unfortunately we do not have pictures of everything but I hope that you will be able to get a feel of the landscaping. The homeowner used engineered walls as well as rock retaining walls in their landscape. The installation of fire pits, paver patios, planter beds and green spaces will provide areas unique areas that can be designated for different uses that will suit the homeowner and their family.

Flagstone is another material that can be incorporated into a landscape that can soften a walkway that is very different than the use of concrete.

Again, the use of stone slab steps create a softer feel compared to concret.

This engineered wall her shows how the blocks can be placed to create a curve along the driveway that leads to the home. There is a space or gap that is created that can be used as a planter bed where a drip irrigation system can be installed.