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How To Be Confident In Backyard Design Plans
Sometimes even having a reputation as a top notch landscape design/build firm isn’t enough. For, while these Deck and Patio clients were enthusiastic about our design ideas, not being able to picture...
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Quality Upgrade Ideas for Your Outdoor Barbecue
According to trend spotters, the watchword for today’s outdoor upgrades is: Quality. Take the humble barbecue. It remains the beating heart of outdoor entertaining. But more and more it has become...
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10 Ways to Enhance Outdoor Living This Season
Camping trips and the rugged outdoor experiences they provide are fine in short bursts. But a full 5 or 6 month outdoor season spent enjoyed in one’s backyard cries out for comfortable and superbly...
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Bringing Your Vacation Experience Back Home
This year’s cold snap If during this winter’s record-breaking cold snap you sought haven in some warmer climate, no doubt you came back with more than memories of indoor resort comforts. For example,...
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Memorial Weekend: Time to Take It Outside!
We Remember. With a little help from the weather gods, outdoor living season kicks off over Memorial Weekend. Of course, Memorial Day itself is first and foremost a time to honor our fallen soldiers....
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Outdoor Living: Breathe Free in a Room without Walls
Outdoor rooms don’t have to be elaborate affairs. Some may not require any construction at all. Take the following Deck and Patio projects. Each one is designed to create the look and feeling of an...
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Landscaping Trends for 2019
Are you yearning for a bit of outdoor whimsy like attaching a swing to your pergola? Or perhaps you’re hungering for backyard woodland garden design? Maybe you’ve been asking your landscaper to come up...
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Emerging Landscaping Trends for 2019 (Part II)
As promised last week, today’s blog is Part II of our focus on landscaping trends for 2019. To further inspire our outdoor living aficionados, we’re showcasing below a few more Deck and Patio projects...
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Backyard Upgrades: ‘Phase’ Your Way to an Awesome Retreat
“When it comes to landscaping, sometimes ‘awesome’ isn’t accomplished in one season — let alone, overnight,” says Deck and Patio’s Dave Stockwell. Certainly, this was the case for these Shoreham, NY,...
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Best Outdoor Living Spaces: Pool House, Pool, Patio, and a Raised Spa
When you’re looking for the best outdoor living space ideas, it never hurts to consider award-winners, like our project showcase today. Forgive our shameless self-promotion, but this backyard upgrade...
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A Backyard Pond Retreat that ‘Feels Magical’
This editorial space is usually given to highlighting our own Deck and Patio projects. But, occasionally, we give a bow to work done by others that impresses us. Such is the case with the following...
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Landscaping Ideas: Sheltering in Place Sparks Passion for Growing Vegetables
The New York Times had an interesting column this week, entitled “Panic Buying Goes for the Seeds.” After discovering a renewed passion for gardening, the Times writer began searching for seeds to...
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Get Ready for Summer with a Stone Bar and Trellis
These Long Island, NY, clients wanted to upgrade their backyard with lots of outdoor living amenities. But space was at a premium. There wasn’t room, for example, for a pond with waterfalls. Also,...
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Custom Fireplaces Say ‘Welcome’ to Fall
As the final long weekend of the outdoor season, Labor Day represents more than the end of summer. It heralds what for many is the best time to enjoy outdoor living — autumn. During fall, New York...
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Swim-Up Bars: Turning Your Backyard Pool Into a Full-Blown Resort
Many hope that very soon we’ll all be able to have a backyard bash, teaming with friends and family. Because of this eagerness, we can’t resist thinking about what amenities we want to share with them...
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How Can I Add Privacy to my Backyard?
Backyard upgrades can create a wonderful escape — a place to relax and forget about everything. But a lot of homes in our New York Metro and Long Island areas are situated in tightly packed...
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Surround Your Pool with the Best in Outdoor Living
Deck and Patio’s design/build team is frequently asked what goes into creating a backyard that is ideal for entertaining, as well as outdoor fun. For many, the perfect outdoor experience begins with a...
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Prepare for Next Year’s Outdoor Season this Fall
It is becoming commonplace to design/build next year’s backyard upgrades in the previous fall. Whether it’s replacing an old deck or patio, starting from scratch, or adding amenities you’ve always...
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Backyard Shade Ideas: Casting the Right Shadows
Since pre-Revolutionary times, Long Island has been a summer playground. Our beautiful shorelines, rivers and lakes and endless summer sun make it a truly enviable locale. But even those who are sun...
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Swim-Up Bars Bring Vacation Experience Back Home
What Is a Swim-up Bar? Swim-Up Bar For the uninitiated, a traditional swim-up bar is a regular bar with a “wet side” and “dry side” which allows guests to swim-up and ask for a drink without having...
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