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  • Outdoor Entertaining: Memorable Occasions in Your Own Backyard

    Sharing special occasions in your own backyard with friends and family creates festive and memorable events. With expert planning, a thoughtful layout, and inspired design, your patio or deck can be a space that’s perfect for outdoor entertaining.

    Start by considering how you would like to prepare, cook and serve meals outdoors. Your choices range from a simple grill to a full-scale outdoor kitchen. In addition to a cooking zone, you will want a layout that comfortably integrates dining and relaxing with ample space to navigate.

    Outdoor Entertaining: Memorable Occasions in Your Own Backyard
    Country Club Homes, Inc.

    Entertaining day and night? From a fire pit surrounded by a cozy circle of chairs to a large stone fireplace, a heat source adds a comforting glow when the sun goes down. During the day, you will want to have gathering spots for guests to find shade in your outdoor space, whether from umbrellas, a roof overhang, or a pergola.

    Outdoor Entertaining: Memorable Occasions in Your Own Backyard
    Country Club Homes, Inc.

    Truly successful outdoor entertaining space is designed to create an appealing and distinct environment while at the same time feeling like a natural extension of your home. With a deck or patio custom designed for the events you most enjoy hosting, you can comfortably and happily welcome guests into an inspiring outdoor space.

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    Asmara, Architect Patrick Ahearn

    At Country Club Homes, we stay in touch with the latest custom home design trends to share exciting new ideas with our clients. Contact us today at 203-762-0550 or visit us at countryclubhomesinc.com to learn more about our work.

  • Home Style of the Month: Shingle

    Making its mark between 1880-1900, particularly in New England coastal towns, the Shingle style of architecture is unmistakably American, with influences from Queen Anne and Colonial homes. Shingle style was never a mass building trend. The homes remained high style, architect driven projects, usually for wealthy families building a summer “cottage” home. The style has…

  • Solid Style: Ideas for a Stone Fireplace

    A natural in traditional and rustic homes, a stone fireplace is a solid focal point in any style interior, contributing warmth and character to a space. Multiple options for the size and shape of the fireplace, the type of stone used, and the earthy variations of the material make each stone fireplace truly distinct.  …

  • Fall in Love with Your Home: Romantic Ideas for Valentine’s Day

    We’re no experts on how to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your significant other but we do know something about how to show love to your home using these romantic ideas. February is a wonderful opportunity to create a spirit of joy in your environment by focusing on the senses romance inspires. Sight: If January didn’t…

  • A Bright Winter: Lighting Design for Your Home

    During the season of shorter days, the lighting design in your home more strongly influences mood. We all spend more time at home during the winter months and lighting can help us feel comfortable, warm and optimistic even on the coldest days. First, there’s natural light. Allowing as much natural light into your home as…