Great Landscape Design Incorporating Fire Pits

Thinking about redesigning or improving your outdoor entertainment space? A fire pit can enhance the atmosphere of your back yard experience. I use the word experience because sitting around a fire is a social event. You chat it up with family and friends, eat, drink and be merry. The ambiance is heightened with the warm glow of the flame, and we as humans have always been attracted to the fascination of fire.

I found a great site which shows how fire pits can be incorporated into the overall landscape design of your backyard. Its not just about plopping a fire pit in the middle of your patio, although weve seen it done, and it works, but these are some examples of how to incorporate fire pits into the overall layout and design of your entertainment experience: www.naturescapedesign.com/photogallery.htm.

Notice how most of the patio designs are built around the fire pits as if they are the center of attention, the meeting ground or the communal focus point. The designs highlight and feature the contours of the fire pits. The stone work of the surrounding patio becomes more expansive as it reflects the entire space, not just the fire pit. These are some great designs to keep in mind if you are planning on building or renovating your outdoor patio.

Remember to check out Warming-Trends.com for all of your custom fire pit kit needs including burning systems, hearths, log kits, accessories and more.

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A Fire Pit is a Grown Ups Campfire

Thanks to Mike Holmes, Citizen Special, for coming up with that one-liner. He posted a great article in the Ottawa Citizen about fire pits and how they need to be assembled in the proper manner for safety reasons.

He suggests to start building from below the ground up, recessed if you will, to ensure proper drainage. He also mentions how important it is to select the right brick or stone so that they dont explode on you. He also mentions, as we have in previous postings, the importance of selecting a safe location for your fire pit being careful to avoid building it underneath trees or overhangs that could catch on fire.

Mike emphasizes the importance of working with a contractor to ensure that you build the pit in a safe manner that will avoid injury and not set your house (or your neighbors house) on fire. For more information, check out the article here.

And apparently, Mike is in a new HGTV show called "Holmes Inspection." For more information on his show, you can visit www.hgtv.ca.

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Modern Contemporary Fire Pit Design

Ok, so todays blog is about artistic design with fire pits. Now, the drawback here is that we dont usually build these types of fire pits, however, we can fit our crossfire burning systems into these designs. So I guess its six in one, half a dozen in the other. We just want your business, so thats why I bring this up.

Anyway, we are always interested in whats on the market in terms of outdoor fire pits and I came across a site that has some interesting art deco designs that would look good in a contemporary and modern outdoor living space. Some of these fire pit designs burn wood and others natural gas or propane. I hope you enjoy these various designs.


The Meridian Firebowl


The Firefly Firebowl


Rollfire


The King Isosceles


Bel Air Residence


EcoSmart Outdoor Lantern

I hope you found these designs interesting and if you did and are in the market for a more traditional custom fire pit, please check us out online or call today! 1-877-556-5255.

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