
Strategically use these outdoor products to entice summer homebuilders.
By Kristen Eichenmuller
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Make the most of the summer season by accentuating the great
outdoors, and provide your potential homebuyers with appealing
personalized spaces. For a single-family suburban lifestyle,
incorporate inviting decks or an original outdoor umbrella to
customize and enhance your home's backyard. Buyers will want to
spend a quiet evening outside or have extra room for entertaining.
For multifamily homes, buyers or renters desire extra amenities like
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outdoor fireplaces and built-in kitchens to create entertaining and
gathering spaces for families and friends. Summer is a strategic time
for selling homes with outdoor appeal, especially when you use any of
the following features to improve your home's design and functionality.
The right materials, color and texture can emphasize the rest of the
property because selling a home is, in part, selling a lifestyle.
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Parasoleil, with its central facility in Colorado, manufactures
architectural panels cut with artistic, perforated patterns. The standard
3-by-8 foot panel material is 16 ounce copper and comes in any one of
five patterns inspired from cultures around the world. The copper is a
green-certified material with more than 90 percent recycled content.
www.parasoleil.com - Reader Service #151
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Belgard recently announced the addition of the Chicago Brick Oven
collection to their product line. The oven line includes a variety of
prefabricated models, "finish-it-yourself" model, and oven kits bundled
with Belgard's hardscape products. The flagship of the oven product line
is the series created especially for worldrenowned New York chef and
restaurateur Mario Batali.
www.belgardwest.com - Reader Service #150
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Danver provides beautiful, durable and distinctive stainless
steel cabinetry to create a unique indoor or outdoor kitchen. Their outdoor
kitchen products make backyard entertaining convenient, chic and carefree.
Contractors, builders and kitchen dealers trust Danver for state-of-the-art
stainless steel cabinet design, the most extensive line of cabinetry offered
anywhere and unmatched simplicity of installation.
www.danver.com - Reader Service #152
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The Tempest Torch outdoor gas lamp creates a
natural venturi without the use of electricity or a
fan. The display possibilities are nearly end-less: outdoor
living spaces, retail or business store fronts, front
walkways and lighting pool areas. They can be mounted
onto permanent post, pillars or on an exterior wall by an entry.
Electronic ignition allows torches to
light with the flip of a switch! Install
up to 25 torches on a single 15 amp circuit.
www.travis-inc.com - Reader Service #153
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Morton Patio Umbrellas has high-end umbrellas for
commercial and residential use. The compan's unique
collection of shade and patio umbrellas are carefully
selected from the best manufacturers from around the
worlds. Morton looks after every detail and doesn't just
send boxes, they send a lifestyle.
www.mortonpatioumbrellas.com - Reader Service #154
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International Ideas Imports' All Weather Wicker collection
is made from Viro, an environmentally friendly, high-quality
resin wicker product. Viro Fiber is one of the largest producers
of all-weather wicker. Viro fibers are made of HDPE a 100
percent recyclable, non-toxic and highly durable material.
This All Weather Wicker dining table will add elegance to any
outdoor living space.
www.internationalideas.com - Reader Service #155
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Genova Products is pleased to announce that color-matched
PVC Railing is now available for its Genovations Decking
line, providing an aesthetically complete surface and railing
system! The high-performance railing system offers all the
features clients would expect from a Genovations system.
www.genovaproducts.com - Reader Service #156
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This stylish outdoor table is specifically
designed for Napoleon Patio Flames and features a rugged stainless
steel frame with black powder coated legs and an optional granite
look tabletop. The campfire-style burner and log set brings easy-to-use
visual warmth and radiant warmth to the outdoor setting and is also
completely weather resistant if the cover is used.
www.napoleonfireplaces.com - Reader Service #157
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StoneCraft introduces its turnkey Outdoor
Living Products line, prefabricated units for
ruggedly-beautiful fireplaces, fire pits and
mailboxes shipped with a lightweight base
unit, StoneCraft stone veneer, mortar and
tools. Assembly is easy and scratch coat is
already applied. Products deliver outstanding
outdoor living appeal in just hours and also
provide profitable efficiency for contractors.
www.stonecraft.com - Reader Service #158
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Ganahl Lumber Trex offers creative
freedom and style options that include the
ability to physically bend and shape with a
variety of colors and textures. Trex decking,
railing and fencing are true value-added
features for residential and commercial
installations. Trex offers unmatched good
looks and longevity and will never rot, crack
or splinter.
www.trex.com - Reader Service #159
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