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Beyond Swimming Pool Design: 10 Ideas that Shouldn't Be Extras

You’ve probably been dreaming about a swimming pool for a long time. A pool is a valuable investment that will provide your family and friends with many years of enjoyment. It’s a place to cool off on hot days, a place to dine al fresco and enjoy your meals poolside, and a place to give your kids their best summer ever.

There are many reasons why a pool will add enjoyment and value to your property and your lifestyle but you want to ensure you actually wind up with the pool you’ve been dreaming about. The end result hinges on the pool contractor that you hire to complete the job. It’s a big decision and you want to make sure you choose wisely so that you aren’t haunted by regrets for years to come.

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Why Mulch is Important and What Kind is Best in Northern Virginia

If you’re someone who takes great pride in having a beautiful landscape, then you know it’s often the “little details” that matter. In fact, all of those seemingly small details can really start to add up. One of those landscaping details in mulch.

Along with those details are choices about materials. Each choice that you make has a direct impact on your landscape in either a positive or negative way.

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Fire Pits & Outdoor Fireplaces: 5 Tips for Your Patio or Landscape Design in Northern VA

When it comes to spending time outside, nothing quite adds ambiance like an outdoor fire feature. Whether you’re thinking about adding a patio with a fireplace, fire pit, or some other type of fire feature, you might be trying to figure out which choice is right for you. Any of them could be good choices, but you want the fire feature that is going to help you get the most out of your new space.

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7 Winter Landscape Design Ideas: Tips to a Beautiful Winter Landscape

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, you want an impressive landscape no matter what the season. But every time winter rolls through, you feel as though your landscape becomes dull and lackluster. Your boring landscape coupled with the gray skies and the chilly weather seems to make the season feel as though it’s trudging along slower than ever. You want to liven things up!

While you’re uncertain what changes you can make in your landscape, it would be nice to add year-round interest and appeal so that when Old Man Winter strikes, you’ll be ready.

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Tips to Manage Fall Leaves & Hiring a Leaf Clean Up Service in Haymarket, Gainesville, or Warrenton, VA

Leaves are beautiful—until they begin dying and accumulating on your lawn. While leaves blowing around and piling up can be a major eyesore, a lot of homeowners don’t realize they can also cause greater problems with the health of your lawn and the overall wellbeing of your property.

For that reason, leaf clean up is an essential service that should not be put off or ignored.

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3D Landscape Design Service: How Much Does It Cost in Northern Virginia?

If you’re having a complete outdoor living landscape project designed and installed then you want to know exactly what it’s going to look like when it’s complete. After all, if you’re investing heavily into a project, you ought to be able to know what you’re getting.

While you may be aware of typical landscape design options, such as an overhead 2D rendering, you may be looking for something more than that. As a visual person, you may want something a lot more realistic so that you can ensure you and your landscape designer are truly on the same page.

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6 Landscape Lighting Design Tips For Your Northern Virginia Home

Imagine a home that is well-lit with strategic uplighting on trees and architectural features, soft landscape lighting that helps direct family and guests into the driveway, path lights that lead to the front door, and backyard lighting that illuminates the patio and its surrounding areas. Now imagine a home that has a few poorly placed spotlights, one of which makes you feel like a deer-in-the-headlights when you pull into the driveway.

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Building a Pool on a Slope: Design Tips for Great Falls, VA Yards with Hills

Having a swimming pool might be part of your backyard dreams. But if you have a sloped property or a home situated on a hill, you might be wondering if it’s even possible. Can your swimming pool dreams still come true if your yard isn’t completely flat?

We’ll get right to it. Yes, building a pool on a slope is definitely possible, though it can come with some additional challenges. 

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