As we head into the winter months, it’s the perfect time of year to start planning how you want to spend your days next summer. Getting your vision together now can ensure that you have plenty of time to consult with any designers, interview contractors, and hire people to start the work in the springtime. As bumps and delays are expected with any renovations, your backyard paradise will be ready to enjoy in the summertime if you start in early spring. Let’s take a look at some ways to up your backyard game with some easy upgrades.
Pool, Anyone?
While this is an expensive and extravagant upgrade, why not go big or go home after the last couple of years we’ve all had? Installing a pool may take some checking with a homeowners association and require installing a fence around it, but this is one upgrade that turns your backyard into a paradise for you and the entire family. Installing a pool is a significant investment, but one that typically pays for itself in spades. It benefits you with an at-home outdoor activity during the summer months. It can keep you in great physical shape through the exercise it provides and teaches your children the life-changing and saving skill of swimming. If you’re constricted by budget, there are tasteful ways to have above-ground pools installed as well at a massive fraction of the cost of their in-ground counterparts.
Outdoor Dining Area
Consider an outdoor dining area as your renovation if you’re currently eating outdoors on a picnic table or another table type with just an umbrella as shade. If you and your family host many outdoor dining events, even if they’re as casual as barbecues and potlucks, it could be worth it to install a patio outdoor kitchen. Not only is this a gorgeous renovation when completed correctly, but it also adds serious memory-making potential. Upgrades like a brick oven for homemade pizza making or a stunning long dining table on your patio means partying well into the night with family and loved ones. Connecting your outdoor dining and kitchen area by some beautiful stepping stones from your home to the renovated area would be a gorgeous touch.
Saunas and Hot Tubs
If you don’t have a large enough backyard or don’t want to deal with the maintenance and upkeep of a pool, a hot tub is a nice compromise. Children under a certain age can’t use hot tubs, so if you have little ones, it might be tough to keep them out or make things feel fair when their older siblings are allowed in, and they’re not. But if your children are above six or definitely teenagers, the whole family can enjoy a hot tub.
In addition to the health benefits of hot tubs, they’re incredibly relaxing, and we all know how critical self-care is for our mental and physical health. If you want the same health benefits of a hot tub and more, a sauna is another great addition to turn your backyard into a paradise. Saunas are great for ridding your body of toxins and helping with inflammation. This renovation can be done in a modern style that adds a lot of resale value to your home.
Dreamy Gardens
For some people, the ideal thing to add to a backyard to turn into paradise is quite simple: shade. Some yards have hardly any shade, so creating the garden of your dreams with shade-providing trees is a serene and ideal upgrade. You could have a fern garden, an herb section, a perennials section. Another beautiful touch would be native flowers to the area you live in. Rocks make beautiful accents in a garden. You could do a rock staircase if you have a slight hill in this area of your yard, or even do a rock wall. Gardens are beautiful and enjoyed by people of all ages. A simple consultation with a landscape architect could change your backyard into the oasis of your dreams.
Your home is your haven, and your backyard is an extension of your home. Deciding to invest in your backyard is just as crucial as the renovations you make indoors. So, start now while the weather is cool so you can make the most out of the weather when it turns warm. Welcome to paradise!
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