The main goal of developing your landscape is to involve your family and friends while enjoying the outdoors as comfortably as possible. Let’s talk through the primary features of enjoying your backyard, whether it’s comfortable seating on the patio or around a fire pit, lighting for the ambience, or a hard-scape design involving water features, because everyone loves a good view. Craft your space uniquely as your personality.
Outdoor Entertainment
Creating a patio is an essential part of enjoying the Summer outdoors, whether it’s having a cup of coffee as you watch the sunrise with dew on the grass or a glass of wine as you watch the sunset. Having that comfortable space to breathe in fresh air and enjoy a dinner with your loved ones is a low-cost backyard renovation that should be considered. Depending on the size of the platform, the cost will vary, however, a few months’ savings will allow you to have a medium paved space for patio furniture—a small price for the longevity of enjoying the outdoors for years to come. Whether you create a patio or firepit entertainment space, it’s only the beginning for creating a vibrant environment.
Lighting for Ambience & Functionality
Now that you’ve created a place for dining and entertainment, it’s time for creativity to take shape. Lighting can change the entire dimension of a backyard to create an intimate experience, while having safety features. Visualize the shapes of the flower beds, fences, walkways, firepits, patios, and more, highlighting the beauty of your home. It’s important to choose a color theme to make sure there is a balance for the perfect ambience. For patios and firepits, posts with string lights are a great addition. For flower beds, you may want to consider solar-powered lamps or rope lights to key in on the playful curves your yard contains. Safety is of utmost importance; that’s why lining your steps with lighting may prevent injuries caused due to falling. If you’re lucky enough to have an inground pool, go the extra mile and install lighting in the pool for night swims and overall safety. Take the simple features of your backyard and go beyond by adding a lit-up backyard gate signifying an intimate experience into your sanctuary.
Hardscaping and Water Features
Having a balance between lighting and seating is a crucial part of fully enjoying your space. From having substantial seating to highlighting your yard with brightness is intertwined perfectly with a water feature. Strategize where your yard is most empty, typically in a corner, where you can develop a waterfall fountain with sufficient lighting surrounding to showcase the vibrant features. This will become the focal point during your family dinners or game nights as you hear the water flowing, ensuring relaxation in the yard. To avoid irritating maintenance, plan out your yard to allow easy-to-reach places that won’t cause a headache when mowing. Hardscaping doesn’t have to be as complex as waterfalls and retaining walls. It can be as simple as the patio platform, walkways, or steps, allowing easy access to your backyard. Having that perfect mix of stone and grass allows sophistication to take shape while still keeping the balance of your backyard sufficient.
Comfortable Seating
The most important aspect of a backyard is relaxation, which connects to comfortable seating for all. Whether you enjoy the subtle swaying of a rocking chair or porch swing, sofa conversation circles, hammocks, or hanging egg chairs, the options are endless. Each choice should connect to your style and how you wish to function in your backyard. Seating types and placement will vary depending on the location, whether it’s the patio, fire pit, or near the water feature. All of these choices should lead to joy and relaxation, so utilize those emotions when crafting your sanctuary.
If your imagination has grown beyond the reach of your backyard’s potential, contact Clark’s Landscaping in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For all services revolving around landscaping, hardscaping, lighting, sprinkler systems, and more. Reach out today to achieve your sanctuary’s potential, at (616) 784 – 5525.
