DWELLING WELL
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Ditch the indoors and go for the COMPLETE OUTDOOR LIVING EXPERIENCE by adding a kitchen to your backyard oasis.
In addition to making mealtimes easier—and containing the cleanup to one area—your outdoor kitchen can look and function just as well as the one indoors. Today’s appliances and cabinetry options ensure lasting beauty and a second kitchen you’ll love. Depending on how you structure your space, Joseph Nguyen, president of Dream Makers Landscape, says when you’re able to use the entire outdoor area for entertaining, it might not even feel like you’re outdoors.
By Heather Shoning
Your kitchen can be open-air or under the cover of a pergola or solid roof. When planning the kitchen layout, think about how you cook indoors and how you want to cook outdoors. 38
august 2022 // AvidLifestyle
PHOTO: COURTESY DREAM MAKERS LANDSCAPE
Backyard Dreams
IMAGINE YOUR SUMMERTIME and autumn entertaining taking place 100 percent outside— no running back and forth to the kitchen for meal prep and drinks. You spend your “kitchen time” outdoors with your family and guests. You don’t miss a minute of the fun and memory-making. Sound too good to be true? It’s not when you add a complete outdoor kitchen to your backyard entertaining area. And, of course, any party leads to the group gathering in the kitchen, so why not keep the party outdoors to enjoy the beautiful Colorado weather every minute you can?
