The Outback Blog

Are you happy when you look outside? Or could your outdoor life use a boost?

Maybe you dream of a great new patio where you can host everything from dinner parties to book club or do Saturday morning yoga while the birds chirp.

Or an outdoor kitchen, complete with a pizza oven, so you can wow your friends with that new asparagus, potato and goat cheese pizza recipe.

Or maybe you're just tired of your scraggly junipers and lackluster lawn. It’s embarrassing, right? Time for a full-scale front yard makeover.

But how much does landscape design and installation cost?

It’s been a crazy busy week and you finally have a blissful window of time to yourself.

Woo hoo! What should you do?

Pop some corn and curl up with a movie?  Make a date with ESPN? Choose a new commercial landscaping company?

Brick pavers? Stamped concrete? Either way, it sounds like you’re getting a new patio or driveway, so apparently it’s your lucky day.

Does landscaping increase your home value? It absolutely does. 

But some improvements are worth more to home buyers than others. 

Add a deck or patio? People love that. 

Tear up the lawn and install a skateboard park? Only your 14-year-old loves that. 

You want to be smart with your landscaping so you get a good return on investment (ROI.)

When you look at a pile of pavers, it’s not that impressive.
 
But man, the difference they can make when a skilled installer turns them into art.