Living...inside OUT
"It's IN to be OUT!"
"It's IN to be OUT!"
Licensed and Bonded
Media ~ Industry Stats ~ Benefits
BENEFITS OF AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN...
- Lower power bills in summer by taking cooking outdoors
- Added value to your home should resale be in your future, yet enjoying your property WAY more during the interim
- Spending money makes money... as adding an outdoor kitchen/living space will most likely garner a positive return on initial investment
- There are no studies (to my knowledge), but I guarantee there is a positive "mental health added-value" anytime you have a personal resort steps outside your back, front or side door!
- Grilled foods are healthy foods... nekkid food!
- Gas grills surely do come in handy during winter power outages! And if your other outdoor appliances are also hooked up to your gas source, you can do all sorts of cooking. Same is true for those hurricane power outages (we are familiar with in central North Carolina). During Floyd, I could have used a nice outdoor gas kitchen to cook anything (and all those thawing foods) as I was without power for 13 days!
- The money you'll save buying bags of ice over a season will put a dent in what you pay for your own ice maker!
- If you have a pool, you'll love having a warming drawer for keeping towels nice and toasty for those chilly eve dips.
- A warming drawer in your outdoor kitchen even comes in handy for holiday gatherings when everything in your inside kitchen is at capacity...
- Kegorators can tap beer, or, simply serve as additional refrigeration when needed if no keg on tap!
- Grills abound for all budgets and taste buds... I can supply you with a gas grill that also lets you cook over charcoal! And smoke foods too...
- A power burner is essential if you like to can, cook "stinky" foods (like collards, fish, etc.) and stir up stews and crab boils for crowds! My designs include a pot filler to easily fill those big pots right there at the burner!
- Optimally, your outdoor kitchen will have a nice BIG sink (included in all my designs!) and hot water... and there are options available to make this possible.
- A well-designed outdoor kitchen is much easier to use AND clean than your indoor one...
- Men LOVE to cook outdoors, way more than INdoors... so convince him y'all need an outdoor kitchen really bad, and watch him turn into Grill Man... you may never cook again ladies!
- Entertaining is much more fun and easier for some reason...outdoors! (And you don't have to worry about cleaning up/picking up inside when you keep folks out of there!)
- Lifetime memories for children are made during fun times in your personal family resort...
The Food Channel includes outdoor kitchens in its 2012 Top 10 Trends... as more folks are justifying them by staying at home more and spending time with family and friends.
"Who would have thought we needed kitchens outdoors? For grilling, perhaps—but a full kitchen, complete with covered patio, granite-counter prep area, sink, mini fridge, rotisserie, stove top, and TV? They are becoming the new home essential. Expensive, yes, but people are justifying it by continuing to stay home more, entertaining more, and doing it in style."
"In a struggling housing market, more homeowners are looking for ways to best use and extend their yards and patio space. Builders and remodelers can take advantage of the outdoor living space trend by including outdoor kitchens, grills, fireplaces and stand-alone rooms in their offerings. ..."
Read Wendy's interview and full story here:
Building Outdoor Rooms
The National Association of Home Builders has stated:
"An outdoor kitchen addition can increase the value of your home, and bring upwards of 130% return on your initial investment!"
I have even read reports of 200% return on initial investment... either way, where else can you spend such money in your home for this kind of return... not to mention the bonus "enjoyment factor" too.
"An outdoor kitchen addition can increase the value of your home, and bring upwards of 130% return on your initial investment!"
I have even read reports of 200% return on initial investment... either way, where else can you spend such money in your home for this kind of return... not to mention the bonus "enjoyment factor" too.
September 24, 2009
Time.com
"Nearly two-thirds of architects are seeing increased demand for things like outdoor kitchens and fireplaces, according to an American Institute of Architects (AIA) survey. "There are no longer these hard divides between how folks are living inside and outside," says Kermit Baker, AIA's chief economist and a senior research fellow at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies"
Time.com
"Nearly two-thirds of architects are seeing increased demand for things like outdoor kitchens and fireplaces, according to an American Institute of Architects (AIA) survey. "There are no longer these hard divides between how folks are living inside and outside," says Kermit Baker, AIA's chief economist and a senior research fellow at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies"