Outdoor Living Areas for the Summer!

When you own a home there is nothing better to do on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, than spend time with your family and friends as you all hang out and enjoy some food and drinks on your deck and patio.  When your adding an outdoor kitchen to your deck and patio, there are several things about the design of the kitchen that have to be taken into consideration such as:

Custom design or basic Kitchen Grill

Probably the most important aspect of the whole outdoor kitchen is its actual design. Obviously, if you're looking to have the total outdoor kitchen cooking experience, then you're going to want to have a custom kitchen designed to your specific wants and needs, this can include the type of counter top materials used and the actual table top configuration.

Over Head Shelter or Cover

This aspect of the kitchen design will vary because of climate and location of where your home is located, but you can choose from a retractable awning to an oversized pergola.

Type of masonry for the grill

There are a few important choices that will affect the total design aspect of your outdoor grill. The type of material used to build the actual grill will help define the grills overall look and also how you cook with it. There are grills that are made of cinder block, regular masonry stone and even brick. The other decision is if you just want to use brick as an enclosure for a regular gas range with an outdoor grilling area as part of it, or if you plan to actually build a grill that you will use with such materials as wood or charcoal to do your actual cooking.