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Spring Time – Get Your Yard Ready for Entertaining

A Yard for Entertaining

Transform your backyard from drab to wow and double your space for entertaining family and friends.

One of the best parts about living in the Lowcountry is that residents can take advantage of the beautiful weather available almost year round. We love for everyone to take their entertaining and lounging outside. This year especially, we see everyone busy sprucing up their outdoor space and planning those projects they’ve been putting off. One of the most popular outdoor projects we’re seeing is the incorporation of those key elements you love about the interior of your home and mimicking them on the exterior. Think cozy outdoor living rooms, fire features, outdoor kitchen and bars.

Just picture it: A beautiful paver patio featuring an outdoor fireplace or fire pit to keep you warm on a chilly night, or to keep those pesky Lowcountry bugs at bay! A new paver overlay on the cracked concrete pool deck taking it from drab to resort quality instantly. A gorgeous and functional outdoor kitchen – a true show stopper! By taking these indoor elements outside, it feels like you’ve expanded your home’s square footage and allows you to gain some entertainment space.

While this outdoor hardscape trend has been rising for years in the Lowcounty, the current pandemic has allowed homeowners who have been putting this project off due to budget or time restrictions to finally pull the trigger. With vacation plans still being affected by Covid travel restrictions, now is the perfect time to expand your living space to your own backyard so every day can feel a little like a vacation day.

So what gets the most bang for your buck in a project like this? The heart of any home, an outdoor kitchen. A place where you can entertain and interact with family and guests while cooking a meal. Bringing the kitchen outside allows you take advantage of beautiful weather and it doesn’t feel as cramped or crowded as being inside.

If you’re looking to add this project to your list it might be very overwhelming figuring out where to start. Where do you go to see product? How much does it cost? Should you hire a professional to install? What can even be incorporated in an outdoor kitchen anyway?

There are many options when it comes to an outdoor hardscape kitchen. Luckily, Lowcountry Paver is a local family owned and operated hardscape manufacturer who not only specializes in top quality products, but they can also accommodate the smallest and grandest of budgets. Try a small grill island for compact spaces turning your grill from an eye sore to a built in feature. If you have more room to play with add a bar area for counter height seating. It’s also a great way to separate eating and lounging areas. If you want to create the ultimate outdoor entertaining area go for a full custom outdoor kitchen by adding a sink, refrigerator and maybe a wine fridge or kegerator if that’s your thing. If you have a chef in the family you could even add a pizza oven!

Over time, concrete pool decking can crack and begin to look drab and dull. A paver overlay not only restores the structural quality, it also gives you a new, resort-style look.

Entertaining becomes easy and stress free when you have a dedicated space. With pavers, you can make this outdoor space however large or small you need it, and you can customize the setup by adding a sink, refrigerator, wine fridge, grill, countertop seating–even a pizza oven!

With several product shapes, colors and finishes available you can create a custom look that blends in with your home’s exterior and suits your personality and style perfectly. By going directly to industry experts at Lowcountry Paver they can recommend the area’s most trusted and respected installers so getting quotes is easy and stress free. Lowcountry Paver also offers DIY kits for many of their products if you’re looking to tackle your backyard project yourself.

Lowcountry Paver manufactures their products locally in Hardeeville, South Carolina.

Hardscape pavers are available in DIY kits, or you can count on a local qualified professional to install your backyard dreamscape.

Visit their office and take a look at their large outdoor showroom to see products in person. You can even take samples home to make sure your selection is just right!

Lowcountry Paver is open Monday – Friday from 8am to 5pm and Saturdays from 8am to 12pm. 535 Stiney Road in Hardeeville.

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