May 29, 2007
Outdoor garden & living areas: worth the price of your next vacation?
A few weeks or so ago, I wrote about an article that talked about modeling your garden after what you see on vacation.
Well here's another similar article. They talk about "creating a 'chat pit' - the new buzzword for seating around a fire pit..." and various styles such as Spanish colonial or Japanese.
I guess the idea is that one vacation inspires you to create an outdoor living space modeled on whatever theme inspired you in the first place. Then you skip your next vacation paying for the expensive outdoor area. I hate the idea of skipping vacations, but it makes sense for some people considering that you use your home a lot more often than you travel. It's kind of like making your home a vacation spot.
Posted by James Trotta at May 29, 2007 2:34 PM | TrackBack
We are boomer escapees and agree to creating your yard as a vacation spot. We originally planned to travel frequently, and have found our yard as a vacation destination within. We travel frequently and always enjoy retreating and relaxing in our yard.
We have no lawn. We do have rock and wood deck patios, a hot tub, vegetable garden, fruit trees, rose garden, etc. We have many projects, including creating mosaic patterns for patios.
And when we are ready for a rest from yard projects, we travel.