Warmer weather will be here before you know it! While we all try to wait patiently for those days to arrive, now is a great time to start brainstorming ideas on enhancing your Grosse Ile and Trenton, MI, area landscaping. Here are five tips for making this area of your home entertainment-friendly:
Add a Paver Patio
With a new paver patio added to your backyard, you can set an entertaining location where friends and family members can gather and enjoy one another’s company. Consider how it could look inviting, perhaps with a fire pit for gathering and good conversation. When a paver patio is specifically built with parties and weekend gatherings in mind, it could become the entertainment hub of your group of friends.
Create Privacy with a Retaining Wall
A retaining wall could offer extra seating when you receive a lot of affirmative invites to your parties. It can also help to establish a more intimate setting, to establish a more private atmosphere in your previously wide-open landscape that would be perfect for hosting cocktail parties and family barbecues. As an added bonus, retaining walls are excellent tools to help keep your soil in place and prevent erosion.
Add Ambience with Outdoor Lighting
You’ll likely want to entertain when it’s dark outside in addition to entertaining during the day. You can introduce an outdoor lighting strategy to your property to open up the entertaining possibilities. Outdoor lighting may include twinkle lights added to a pavilion or outdoor light fixtures perched upon a retaining wall around your paver patio.
You could also consider your current outdoor lighting setup with regard to navigating your property. For example, you may want to add lighting along your walkways and outdoor stairways, or have pool patio lighting strategically added so that you’ll always be able to use this area for entertaining in the evening. There are many ways to add outdoor lighting to create a welcoming vibe and make your entertaining options even better.
Slight Shade With a Pergola
If you want to add a partially covered area to your backyard, a pergola is an excellent option. Your landscape contractor can build a pergola over your paver patio or add it to your side yard area. When you have this partially shaded area added to your lawn, your guests will have a spot to seek some shelter from the sun during your pool parties. You can make your pergola look more natural and inviting by adding foliage over the top and beams of the structure or adding outdoor lighting to this feature.
Dine Alfresco with an Outdoor Kitchen
When you have this outdoor cooking feature built on your property, the entertaining options are practically endless, from barbecues with the family to large parties at your home. Your outdoor kitchen can include a grill, pizza oven, and outdoor sink, so you have everything right there to cook amazing meals for your guests.
