How to Enjoy your Patio, Deck or Garden
If you are looking to add beauty and ambience to your outdoor patio, outdoor lanterns are an excellent choice and can give any space a warm glow that neither overpowers nor disappoints. These beautiful ornamental lights create a dramatic, ambient glow in your outdoor living spaces, on the patio, by the pool, or in the garden. Starlight Lanterns, pictured above, are particularly perfect for adding a glowing ambiance to your outdoor decor.
Garden Gazebo Kits can provide a stylish shelter for an outdoor hot tub or spa, or an ideal pool side changing room. In a yard or garden, a Garden Gazebo Kit is easy to build and will be the perfect place to relax or to hold family dinners, weddings, and other special events. Why not indulge yourself with a garden gazebo to help you enjoy your garden?
Gazebos can be constructed of beautiful, long lasting, hand selected western red cedar. Every piece can be precision cut for a custom fit. Add a decorative cupola for a different look, or perhaps you’d prefer a cedar floor.
Beautifully designed Garden Gazebos enhance any setting and allow you to easily customize them for your pleasure. Make a focal point in your garden area or just build a place for entertaining in your backyard. A gazebo allows you and your family to spend more time outside and to enjoy your patio area.
The Benefits of Water Fountains and Waterfalls
Outdoor Fountains and Garden Plantersare a beautiful addition to any backyard or patio. They are scientifically proven to soothe and relax us as we are able to slow down, listen and enjoy the sound of running water just as we would if we were out in nature.
Water fountains and waterfalls – which come in tabletop, wall mounted, and free standing varieties – bring the soothing sounds of flowing water to the home, but they also bring a visual element. Not only are water fountains and waterfalls beautifully designed and able to complement just about any existing home décor, the water itself lends another dimension of stress relief to the equation. Watching the dance and trickle of water as it flows across rocks, down textured surfaces, and into a basin at the bottom enhances our auditory experience. When we listen to sound machines or audio recordings of nature sounds, we may feel the need to close our eyes to block out visual distractions around us that take our minds away from the goal of relaxation. In contrast, the visual attributes of water fountains and waterfalls bring us closer to that goal by giving us something beautiful and elemental to focus on with our eyes as we listen with our ears.
Learning how to relax and focus is the ideal way to start of 2009….Good Luck!
I want to share with you one of my very favorite quotes……. “You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you’ll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.” I’ve been thinking about this thought today as I plan to somehow solve all the world’s problems ( and mine) before midnight tonight.
I am confident, just as I am every year about this time that this coming year is going to be “my year”. I will hold on to that thought, however, as I have shared previously, my resolution this time is going to actually be achieveable……GETTING ORGANIZED! I have previously discussed how I have been organizing my closets in my house 1 by 1…well, now I am moving on outside. My next challenge is doing something with all that STUFF I have in my backyard. I am one of the fortunate one’s without a garage, but a carport in its place. I don’t really mind it, but it does somewhat challenge me in the “clutter” category.
Surfing the web, I have read much instructing me to concentrate and reflect on the “WHY” this resolution means so much to me, even suggesting I spend days reflecting and visioning how “organizing” will change my life. Let’s get serious, PLEASE, Just do it…like my quote implies..thinking and pondering are not the same as doing!
So, My first step was to find this great storage shed that fits everything I need to put away in it. This is what it looks like …
It even fits up against the carport and looks like it is part of the original house. I am considering painting it to match my exterior paint. I am going to put all my garden tools, garden equipment, bikes, summer toys, and pool equipment in it.
I must say with all this organizing, I do feel like I am regaining control in some strange little way. Maybe 2009 IS going to be my year. In reclaiming control of my clutter….I think I am reclaiming control of my life.
