There are many beautiful homes in Lake Geneva – beautiful homes with beautifully manicured yards, landscapes that roll luxuriously from the road, around the house and back to the rear property line. There are estates in Lake Geneva deserving of placement on the front cover of magazines. Whether your Lake Geneva home and landscape are majestic in nature or have …
So you’ve decided to do something about that little-used patch of grass out back of your Elkhorn home; you’ve decided it’s time to build your dream patio – a place where you, the family and friends can gather to relax and entertain. Before you jump into the project, make sure you’ve got a good foundation though. In this case, a …
It’s hard to imagine a better place to have a home than Lake Geneva in the summer. A cool breeze coming off the lake, fishing, boating, swimming and absolutely no need to chase the sun; it comes to you. But, are you really taking full advantage of your Lake Geneva home? When you ask yourself what your Lake Geneva home …
You and the family have enjoyed that old wood patio in back of your Elkhorn home for a few years now. It looked great when you first had it installed. Today, however, it’s looking a bit shabby. In fact, it’s past the point where slopping on some stain will help. You could have avoided that predictable end where wood begins …
You look out into your Walworth backyard late at night. Maybe you see an occasional firefly. You hear a cricket or two. Off in the distance, one of your Walworth neighbor’s dog is barking. Somewhere in the dark is your patio. Once, you ran an extension cord out back and hung up some Christmas lights. That was sort of nice …
Lake In The Hills is a great place to live, particularly now that winter is over and summer is about to spring. It’s a great place to enjoy the outdoors and to relax. With the warm weather, outdoor fun and relaxing in a LITH summer most likely includes making the most of your back yard. Hopefully, you have a nice …
The rainfalls in Marengo this year are not comparable to a monsoon in Bangladesh but they are still significant. More than that, they have the potential to drain your bank account dealing with their soggy repercussions. After all, where’s all that water going to go? The rain water may collect in pools in your Marengo yard. It may drown precious …
As darkness settled over McHenry on a pleasant summer night, you and your guests are sitting indoors thinking how nice to sit outside on an evening such as this. After all, you have that wonderful brick paver patio, why not use it? The answer to that question is you never added landscape lighting to your McHenry backyard and brick paver …
A couple years ago, you made a wise decision and added a brick pavers patio to your backyard. You’ve since spent hours and hours enjoying your brick pavers patio – barbeques in the afternoon, dinner parties at night or just relaxing in an ideal setting. You remember considering a wood or concrete patio but your neighbor here in Algonquin talked …
One summer night this year, you’ll look out the back window and see a glow from beyond the trees where your Crystal Lake neighbor is entertaining on his brick paver patio. You’ll hear the laughter and recognize the comfort and relaxation the lighting brings to brick pavers patio in someone else’s yard. And then there’s your brick pavers patio, hiding …
