by Linda Todsen | Feb 10, 2012 | Covered outdoor areas
These purple wicker chairs add such an upbeat vibe to this calm looking covered patio, such an original choice of colour for wicker! It has been combined perfectly with the eggplant colour used on the french doors and surrounding trims ~ and the blue in the pots and...
by Linda Todsen | Sep 20, 2011 | Covered outdoor areas
Earlier in the spring we were building and posting about the outdoor covered area that we were constructing on our property on Hornby Island – built to house a tent, to protect our guests from the elements. The “tent house” has been in use a little...
by Linda Todsen | May 5, 2011 | Covered outdoor areas
Since I last wrote about the “tent house”, we have pretty much completed it. We are very pleased with the results and are looking so forward to putting up the tent in it later next month ~ in the meantime we will be setting it up with some chairs to sit...
by Linda Todsen | Apr 15, 2011 | Covered outdoor areas
We are joining many others in the desire to build an outside covered area ~ a spot to set up some chairs and a table out of the weather, where you can be protected from the rain or the strong rays of the sun. A spot where you can set up for a summer party and not...
by Linda Todsen | Feb 22, 2011 | After work activities, Covered outdoor areas, Islands in Thyme
While we were walking about in the rain out in Tofino a couple of weeks ago, we spotted this great outdoor fireplace. Not only was the fireplace wonderfully clad in river rock, it was built in an area obviously meant to accommodate a gathering of people. A locally...
by Linda Todsen | Jan 31, 2011 | Completed Custom homes, Covered outdoor areas
The idea of being able to sit outside and be protected from the elements has long been in fashion, just think of the front porch of yesteryear when folks sat in their rocking chairs and watched people pass by. For many years we have been creating large overhangs and...
