Designing a backyard kitchen can be as simple as satisfying your needs to have a place to cook outdoors. An outdoor kitchen can be built almost anywhere in your yard. One of the better places that you can build a outdoor kitchen is just beyond the back door. This is especially true if have one of the newer homes that have smaller back yards. While just about anything can be placed in a backyard from a trampoline to a garden space, there is a great opportunity to expand the living space of your home with a backyard kitchen. First of all, the closer you are to the house the easier and less expensive it will be to build. Small backyard kitchen can tap into the house utilities such as water, electricity, and natural gas with far less cost. One of my favorite ways to design a beautiful small backyard kitchen is to bring a pergola off the back wall of the home and over the kitchen, There are no limits to the design and patterns that can be built. Here in the Seattle area we get quite a bit of rain, and I like to use glass panels above to keep the outdoor kitchen nice and dry while still letting the light.

When it is possible you should create both sunny and shady seating areas that they can be enjoyed all year long, and at different times of the day. One way to take advantage of smaller spaces is to use built in seating, built in bar seating is a great way to save space. When your wish list exceeds the space available it’s time to become innovative, and think about the best way to use the space that you have, making every inch of space count. Place built-in bench seating by the outdoor fireplace that could also be a step up to a raised spa. Create a side wall that is also a barbecue counter, sink, refrigerator and counter space, in this way you will have the rest of the floor space to dine and entertain on. Wood storage can be tucked beneath the fireplace hearth.

Here are some of the other things that you will want to take into account when you are designing your outdoor kitchen. Design Your outdoor kitchen where you are most likely to use it. Try to create a casual setting, your outdoor kitchen should be all about relaxing and having fun. Select durable material to build your outdoor kitchen, build the counter and floors with beautiful stone, brick or concrete, that will last a lifetime. When selecting your appliances, lighting, sound systems make sure that they are rated for outdoor use. While we are talking about lighting make sure to install a mix of functional and accent lighting in this way you can have safe lighting for food preparation and cleanup, and still be able to turn down the light for ambiance and romance. One last but important point don’t let the smoke ruin your evening or run off your guests, here is one of the best parts about building an small outdoor kitchen just off your back wall. The house will serve as a windbreak and keep the smoke from blowing around, and a hood and small fan can also direct the smoke away. outdoor kitchen seattle

Living in theses times of high stress we all need a place to cruel up and read a book, spending some quality time with our families and friends. there are times when we just might need a little space to ourselves. I can’t think of a better place to spend the time then out on my own covered patio, sitting by the fire and thinking about the day gone by or the day to come. A Seattle Masonry Contractor