Is there a spot in your Belmont and Wellesley, MA landscape design where a fire pit could create a gathering place? Consider adding a fire pit to your outdoor space for warmth and ambient light. These ideas can help you choose the perfect placement in your backyard.
Benefits of Fire Pits
If you like your outdoor area but feel like it lacks a true focal point, a fire pit can remedy that for you. One of the main advantages of a fire pit aside from the warm fire and soft glow it brings is the draw of a fire. Your guests will be enticed outside to warm by the flickering fire and the delight they feel near the ambient lighting. At the end of a long day, think about how lovely it would be to relax by an outdoor fire pit with your feet up.
The presence of a fire pit can elevate the atmosphere of your entire backyard with the unique design and heat. When you need something to make your backyard feel finished, a fire pit can be that outdoor feature.
Where to Place a Fire Pit
There are multiple places within the landscape where you can add a fire pit. From an unused corner of the backyard to situating it on the patio, a fire pit can go where it serves you best.
Corner of yard: Sometimes, you might have an unused corner of the yard that has no true function. This can be an excellent space for a fire pit because it extends your outdoor living area and draws people out into the backyard.
You can choose to have a landscape professional design and build a surface that matches your patio for a seamless outdoor space or you might decide to select a completely different patio stone for your fire pit area.
Adjoining the patio: When space allows, adding an extension to the existing patio can make your fire pit convenient and accessible. A landscape professional can design an adjoining patio that holds the fire pit while still connected to an existing patio.
You could opt for a patio paver in a different shape but same color as the current patio to keep the two spaces similar. Another way for your landscape professional to add to your patio can be to use the same patio paver but alter the laying pattern to indicate a new functional space.
With the outdoor kitchen: When you designed the outdoor kitchen, you might have thought incorporating an outdoor fire pit wasn’t a priority but time has shown that having a fire pit would add so much ambiance to your outdoor dining area.
When your landscape professional adds a fire pit to an area close to your outdoor kitchen and dining area, during dinner you can enjoy the fire and then retire to the fire pit for after dinner drinks.
The truth is that there are very few places where a fire pit does not elevate your outdoor landscape design. Nothing else provides the warmth and gentle glow of fire, making a fire pit unique among outdoor features.
A landscape professional can help you identify the right placement for a fire pit so you can enjoy your outdoor space by the fire whenever you wish.
