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The DIY Network always is a great resource for home improvement ideas. In todays blog, we take a look at a competition between two landscape designers and two homeowners redesigning their outdoor living rooms.

One features a custom outdoor fire pit and seating area nested next to sliding patio doors with an enclosed sun room with grill area and hidden flat screen tv.

The second yard included transforming a barren backyard into a beautiful sectioned off outdoor living room with privacy walls with an inset fireplace, a flagstone patio and custom concrete bar.

Both transformations are remarkable from the before to the after, but as in all competitions, there can only be one winner. So check out the video below and see the transformation take place.

So when you are in the market to upgrade your outdoor living room, call us at 1-877-556-5255 and well be happy to help you with any questions you may have.

The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article entitled "Blueprint for a New American Home: Expanding the Spaces a Family Really Uses; More Practical Doesnt Have to Mean Smaller" and brings up how outdoor living rooms are still hot on the trend list for homeowners and contractors.



The shift, says the WSJ, is that builders and homeowners are "shifting away from the aspirational, and more towards the practical." Below is the WSLs Lunch Break video highlighting "Whats In, and Whats Out?" in modern home design.



The main points made in the article are that people want to invest in spaces that their families use more often, like a dining area, work area and an outdoor living space. Homeowners are investing by expanding these living areas, making them more comfortable, less formal and more functional. Custom outdoor fire pits are a great way to extend time spent outdoors in useful and functional space. Entertaining family and friends as well as transforming your patio into a popular dining area is one of the top trends according to home builders and re-modellers. Many designers state they are installing more and more sliding glass patio doors to help blur the lines between indoor and outdoor living.

So when you are in the market to begin expanding your outdoor living space and create an entertainment space, think about including a natural gas or propane burning system in your fire pit as they are easy to control, you can turn them off with the flip of a switch, and they do not spew harmful smoke, ash and embers into the air. Contact us at any time with any questions you may have and well be happy to help. 1-877-556-5255