Prepare Your Outdoor Living Spaces for Holiday Fun With These 5 Landscaping Tips in Dublin and Upper Arlington, OH
Before you know it, the holidays will be upon us. Are your Dublin and Upper Arlington, OH, landscape ready for your visitors? Prepare your outdoor living spaces for gathering and fun—or at least an impressive view—with these landscaping tips.
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Prep the Patio
The first space you may want to have prepared and ready to go is the patio. It is the gathering spot for birthdays, holidays, and family get-togethers. If you have been debating transforming that poured concrete pad into a true patio with custom patio pavers set in a gorgeous pattern, now is the time.
A paver patio is customizable in color tones and design so that no two are alike. You can choose a central shape or pattern or even your family monogram for the middle of the patio to function as a focal point. Banding around the perimeter can create a visual boundary for this primary outdoor living space or distinctive markings for the functional areas of your patio (e.g., grilling vs. dining).
Add a Retaining Wall for Privacy
When your home is close to other homes and you desire more privacy and a cozier space, consider adding a retaining wall around your patio or along one side of it. A retaining wall around the outdoor dining space can make your outdoor meals feel secluded and special. Place a retaining wall around the outdoor fireplace and you feel like you are inside an interior room.
A well-planned retaining wall can add more seating space with a carefully selected flat stone top, and it can be the place to showcase pots of your favorite flowers for seasonal beauty and color.
Bring In Some Fire
When your landscape professionals include an outdoor fireplace in the patio design, the warm flames will draw your guests outside for an amazing time. You can choose a fireplace with rustic wall stone in earthy colors to blend with surrounding nature, or you might prefer a sleek stone and a steel chimney.
The fireplace design could harmonize with the style of your home and its architectural details. When you and your landscape team discuss the approach to your fireplace, that is the time you can convey what you envision, and they will work to bring that to reality.
The area surrounding the outdoor fireplace can become the place you most love to relax. As the holidays draw closer, having a warm beverage and cookies by the fire can create lasting memories for your family.
Spruce Up the Landscape
Sprucing up the landscape can be as simple as having your landscapers rake up the leaves and clean out the landscape beds for fresh mulch and flowers. You could also consider pressure washing for a clean look of your exterior home. If you are expanding the amount of space you have dedicated to your patio, then it’s also time to consider a new landscape plan that brings more living beauty to your outdoor space.
Fresh shrubs and bold flowers can give your landscape a refreshed look. Ornamental trees can add interest and color with berries and bark.
Don’t Forget the Outdoor Lighting
If your outdoor living space is not illuminated after dark, you are missing an opportunity to show it off during the darkest days of the year. Adding outdoor lighting to your patio and backyard can allow you to stay outside longer, and it would make your space so inviting. Lighting can make your home and property feel festive and ready for a celebration.
About the Author
In 2017, David C. Ludolph II and Kody G. Kavanagh joined forces to create PropertyWorx—one of Central Ohio’s leading full-service property solutions companies. With combined experience of over 50 years, we pride ourselves on taking both residential and commercial properties to the next level, by providing home and business owners with all they need to update, transform, and tend to their properties.
