Outdoor Living: June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Compilation of Outdoor Living Trends

Hope everyone is having a spectacular summer in their outdoor space.

Here are a few really good articles that explain what is happening and what will be happening in outdoor living!

Enjoy the reads and see where your outdoor space fits in the trend!

http://www.indyhomespecialist.com/top-10-outdoor-living-spaces.php

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110302006103/en/Survey-Shows-Top-Outdoor-Living-Trends-2011

I like these two articles particularly because they not only identify trends that are happening, but by percentage what is important to the the people that are either looking to implement the trend and what is MOST important to them!

Make your current home great and worry about your next house later is what I say!

Ahead of the trend here?

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Economic Trending Featuring Family Leisure and Some of our work

The word is out and Outdoor Living is trending in the market in a really big way! 10,000 people in Indianapolis are calling utility companies in June??? Wow!!!! What a statistic!

Check out what one local news station is saying about Outdoor Living and what it means to you!

http://www.wthr.com/story/18710951/home-improvements-show-flipside-of-economy

What are you doing to make your house more of what you want it to be ?????

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

"Hip" to be square - in Outdoor Living!

Huey Lewis, from The Huey Lewis and the News band said it best back in the late 80's....."It's hip to be square!"

Little did he know he would be way of ahead of his time in Outdoor Living. We took a really custom concept in Outdoor Living and made it a reality. With Custom Paint to match the house both on the roof and the custom "tapered" columns along with custom grout for the Limestone that the posts rest on I think we came out with something truly unique. This is something that is even difficult to "google."

We even built a custom cedar cupola. A cupola is a form of Roman architecture developed and built in the age of the Renaissance. Well - here it is again in 2012 and I think it might be making a comeback!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola

As you can see this project still has some work left, but I like the way this is all starting!