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Designing Outdoor Living Spaces for Kansas City

We have been designing and building decks for the greater Kansas City area for almost 20 years. At Outdoor Environments, Inc we want to make the most of your outdoor living space. Whether you are looking for a single or multi-level deck or an addition to your home we can build you the space of [...]

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Tips on Beating the Summer Heat

We are definitely advocates of spending time outdoors at Outdoor Environments, but with the summer heat reaching high numbers we want you to take certain precautions.  Below are some tips on how to stay safe and cool this summer season from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

You need to regulate your time spent outdoors, [...]

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Give Dad a Grill for Father’s Day!

Hopefully you have already picked out Dad’s gift this year for Father’s Day, which is this Sunday, June 20th.  But if you haven’t, we have the perfect present for the perfect dad.  This year give Dad a gift the whole family can enjoy, a grill.
For the rest of the summer the family can enjoy the [...]

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Picture-Perfect Porches

We are looking forward to Paula S. Wallace, president and co-founder of SCAD, latest book- Perfect Porches: Designing Welcoming Spaces for Outdoor Living (Random House).   According to Wallace, “a well-designed porch is like a welcoming committee that invites friends and family to share stories, catch up on neighborhood news or quietly enjoy the breezes of [...]

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Bringing in the Beauty of Nature

Architectural Digest recently did a feature titled Garden Rooms.  The beautiful gallery of images features elegant conservatories, atriums and sunrooms that according to AD “celebrate the immediate presence of nature.”  At Outdoor Environments we hope that in providing your custom outdoor living needs we are bringing a little nature into your lives as well.
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Be Prepared this Tornado Season

DID YOU KNOW Kansas ranks #4 in terms of total number of tornados?  Situated in “Tornado Alley“, a broad region where cold air from the Rocky Mountains and Canada collides with warm air from the Gulf of Mexico, leads to the formation of powerful storms.  A tornado can strike in a matter of seconds and one [...]

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Dining Out

Although Outdoor Environments may be new to the blogosphere, that doesn’t mean we don’t have a list a mile-long of favorite design blogs, Shelter notwithstanding.
Recently, the blog posted a handful of super stylish outdoor dining rooms, ones that would look equally at home indoors! We are fans of the ordinary shed-turned-elegant dining room in this [...]

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Screened-In Porches

What are the most important considerations to take into account when designing a screened-in porch? When we look at this image, one of our most recent projects, we’re tempted to say “Comfort,” but the truth is, that is up to the homeowner.

Outdoor Environments’ responsibility comes into play at the very beginning–in the planning stages and [...]

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Detached Porches

When you think of adding on a porch, it’s important not to limit the scope of your project. How about a gazebo, a pool house, a garden shed or a playhouse? Outdoor Environments has created many a detached porch for our clients, and with brilliant results for clients who like to think outside the porch.
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Great Outdoor Rooms: Three-Season vs. Four-Season

What is the difference between three-season and four-season outdoor rooms? Three-season porches, as the name implies, can be used in as many seasons per year (particularly spring, summer and fall); and although they may be insulated, they are not designed to be heated during winter months. Three-season rooms in theory offer the best of both [...]

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