Outdoor path lighting is an excellent way to show off our beautiful flower beds. Outdoor lighting is also a good way to highlight or spotlight water fountains, garden statuary, and some of our favorite shrubs or trees in our garden or on the lawn. The hardest part is choosing the right type of lighting that [...]
Now that summer is upon us, many of us have stumbled out of the winter stupor and into our easy, breezy backyards. This, only to find out that our once proud and vibrant patio furniture sets have degenerated into nothing more than kindling and scrap metal. Don’t sit around lamenting the loss of a bad [...]
Enhance the beauty of your home with appealing concrete patios, pathways and driveways. You may not have well-furnished the interior of your home, but you must well-design and decorate the outdoor areas which create the first impression on your house and will get you appreciation from visitors. Avail the service of Double L Concrete, which [...]
Design is a very subjective task. However, there are a number of objective factors that must be considered in creating an aesthetically pleasing and functional deck design: 1. exposure concerns such as weather, sun and wind 2. functional considerations such as connection to the home and traffic patterns The influence of local [...]
Solar deck lighting is an energy efficient method of providing accent and safety for any outdoor deck location. These lights rely on energy derived from sunlight to charge batteries through miniature solar photovoltaic (PV) cells located on top the lights. This eliminates the need for installing unsightly electrical wires or cables around a deck. Also, [...]
Interested in expanding your living space? If so, you may want to consider building a deck. When done correctly you can create a great transition between your home and your backyard. But you are not limited to just that because decks can be built anywhere in your yard if you please. However, regardless of where [...]
I recently had a nice visit at a friend of mines new house she was especially proud of her arbor while I was imagining a traditional trellis type arbor over a path like you might see at a wedding. I was surprised to see an immense patio that was 14 feet wide and 22 feet [...]
Furnishing and accessorizing a newly built deck can be an exciting and enjoyable experience. There is a huge selection of products and items from which to choose. The important thing is to avoid going to the extreme. Putting too much on the deck can easily turn it into an obstacle rather than an outdoor space [...]
