Homes&Interiors
Pit stop!
Autumn is here, but some of us aren’t ready to swap garden living for the inside of our cosy homes. Adding a fire pit to your outdoor area can help extend the warmer season – here’s how to blend indoor and outdoor design
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uring the periods over the past year when outdoor but not indoor mixing was allowed, we’ve huddled in gardens and on patios to catch up with friends and family. It’s no surprise then that fire pits have seen a great surge in sales and now, as we say goodbye to the summer, it’s a great time to invest if you haven’t already. Perfect for extending the season and making your outside space an integral part of the home, they can also double as barbecues or even pizza ovens, and one Welsh producer has some beautifully designed pieces that provide a stunning focal point too. FirepitsUK has a range of over 40 original designs of fire pits, pizza ovens “There are and outdoor kitchens which are all myriad hand-forged from high-quality British ways to steel in its workshop in Wales. All its fire pits are ideal for cooking as well as cook over for keeping the chill in the air at bay. fl ames The range of clever cooking accessories, outside” including the unique detachable swing arm barbecue grill, make cooking over a fire pit so easy the old barbecue will soon be relegated to the shed. And once the cooking is finished, simply throw on more logs and enjoy the warmth and atmosphere long into the evening.
FirepitsUK offers a huge range of product styles
options suitable for a small garden from £130 as well as majestic 160cm fire pits and full outdoor kitchens and everything in between. Models vary from classic to contemporary, offering myriad ways to cook over flames with a wide range of accessories. All fire pits are designed to withstand storage outdoors for 10 years and more, guaranteeing a far superior lifespan to others on the market. FirepitsUK customers will be pleased to know they are buying British and sustainably. All the company’s fire pits are made by hand in Wales from steel that has only travelled the short distance from the Port Talbot steel works where Welsh warmth it is manufactured. Tim and FirepitsUK was founded in 2014 by husband-and-wife team Tim and Emma say: “We’re very proud Emma Ross, and its products are handmade from British steel by a team of craftsmen in the heart of the Monmouthshire countryside. to be a British company With an extensive range of designs, FirepitsUK offers through and through at a time when people value DID YOU the provenance and KNOW? responsible production E-retailer Etsy of the things they saw a 200% ris e are buying.” in searches for fire pits in 2020
The swing arm barbecue grill makes cooking easy
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