Landscape Design & Installation Advice

Your indoor rooms are fairly easy to figure out.

Your kitchen is used for preparing food, your dining room for eating dinner with your family, your bathroom for cleaning and bathing, and your bedroom for rest and sleep. How you decorate and furnish these rooms follows their natural identities.

But your outdoor space is more of an open palette. It must be defined by what you want to do out there. Will you cook outside? Will you eat outside? Will you relax outside? Will you entertain outside? How many people will you regularly welcome into your outdoor space?

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A patio is at the heart of many Greater Chicago area backyards.

It’s where everyone gathers. If you have a pool, you take snack breaks at your patio. If you have an outdoor kitchen, you dine on your patio. If you have a garden to stroll in, you come back to sit, reflect, and relax on your patio.

This is why proper patio planning is key. After all, you want a patio that can accommodate all of your activities, as well as the regular size of your party.

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When you plan to invest in a new patio, you likely want something fresh that doesn't look like every other patio in your Greater Chicago neighborhood.

While searching for something unique, you might not know what’s available or possible. And as you search for patio design ideas, you’re likely thinking a lot about color. What color will pop? What color will blend? What color will be something you’re going to enjoy looking at in your backyard for years to come?

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A patio can create the perfect place for enjoying the outdoors in your backyard in Elmhurst, IL or Naperville, IL.

Whether you want a spot for outdoor dining, a place for the kids to hang out, an entertaining nook for drinks and snacks, a relaxing area for reflection and meditation, or maybe all of the above, a patio can certainly fill the bill.

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*While this article offers helpful landscaping tips for residential properties, we now specialize exclusively in commercial landscaping services. If you manage a commercial property or HOA, see how we can enhance your landscape here.

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Are your backyard dreams falling short? Is your patio to blame? Is your time outdoors limited because your patio isn’t giving you enough reason to stay out there and enjoy it?

We understand. Getting maximum use out of your landscape and enjoying your personal great outdoors isn’t going to happen if you are stuck with a boring patio.

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Hanging out with the family is always a good time outside on summer evenings. An outdoor kitchen enables you to have those great times with family, adding that one extra element that everyone loves: food.

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A backyard patio is a great place to relax and unwind after a long day.

You might be considering a paver patio to dress up your landscape and create this perfect place for dining outside or sharing a drink with a friend, but you might be worried about some of the problems you’ve heard about.

While you know you want a functional space, you definitely don’t want an outdoor area that will cause problems, hassles, and stress.

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When you’re looking to entertain in your backyard, what kind of space are you looking for?

Maybe you’re seeking an intimate space for a quiet dinner for two with ambient light from a nearby fire feature and great trees and plants that provide privacy, as well as great texture and floral scent.

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You want a patio in your Naperville, IL area backyard. You’re ready to walk out to your sliding glass door with that cup of coffee in the morning and have a place to relax in your own private oasis.

Waking up never felt so good.

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When you love to entertain, having a space that can accommodate a big group -- grandparents, lots of grandchildren and an extended family that lives nearby -- is important.

That was the case for this Plainfield, IL family.

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