Welcome to the LivingOnThePatio community. This blog is for you if you want to have a beautiful outdoor living space but don’t have lots of money to spend. Whether you are a first-time homeowner or a downsizing retiree, you want to be smart about developing an outdoor living area that will be useful to your family, comfortable to spend time on, and increases the value of your home.
To that end we have developed some planning tools that will stimulate conversation and ideas about your outdoor living space and help you get to identifying what you want, how much you should/can spend, and whether you’ll tackle this project as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself), hire professionals, or make it a combination of both.
Check out the services we are offering to get you to your ideal outdoor living space. And remember, every day is Friday on the patio!
Base Level: Subscribe
If you’re just starting to investigate what it takes to create your ideal outdoor living space but you’re not ready to start throwing dirt, begin by subscribing to the LivingOnThePatio blog. The posts here are full of experiences, ideas, and what-to-look-out-for to help you start imagining what you’d like to have as your personal outdoor paradise. Be sure to comment on any and all posts you like and let us know if there’s a topic we missed that you like us to talk about. And be sure to check out the Patio Food section because once your outdoor living space is completed you’ll want to immediately begin chilling with a beverage and snack. Hey! Life happens on the patio, right?
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Mid-level: Starter Kit
Jumpstart your outdoor living dreams with the LivingOnThePatio Starter Kit, designed to help you plan, budget, and enrich your outdoor space with style and functionality. This comprehensive kit includes essential worksheets and a charming Wine Bottle Light to illuminate your journey toward the perfect patio.
Perfect for beginners or seasoned patio lovers, this kit brings clarity, organization, and charm to your outdoor design process. And it fits those who are confident in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) without needing any further navigation to achieve your ideal outdoor living space.
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Signature Level: A Guide to Creating an Ideal Outdoor Living Space
So you have decided to create or upgrade your outdoor living space. Good for you! We’ve created a 17-page PDF Guide — a tool, really — to help walk you though every aspect of thinking about, planning, developing, and building your ideal outdoor living space. This workbook will generate conversations within your family to determine how to best use your space, what are your needs and wants, how to prepare a reasonable budget (within your means), what can you do yourself and what will you hire out.
Included in the package are three 30-minute online sessions with your Chief Navigator, Julie.
Book Julie to Speak at Your Next Event
Julie is available to speak on a variety of topics involving outdoor living spaces. Book her for your next event by clicking here to make contact.
Who’s Talking:
LadyJ
I’m Julie Beckwith, capable wife and now blogger. I seek to help homeowners improve their health and life while increasing the value and enjoyment of their home, all within budget. I’m good at numbers and have been the CFO – that’s Chief Family Officer – for the Beckwith family for a number of years now. I love my simple life in retirement and have become passionate about recycling, including reusing and upcycling as well as composting and gardening. This LivingOnThePatio blog is my latest interest after a career in product management for the 5th largest national bank and owner of a successful marketing agency. Today, I’m on a mission to assist homeowners to create and benefit from their own outdoor living space because life happens on the patio!
Beckers
Randy Beckwith here. I’m thankfully retired. But, my career included graphic designer, copy writer and marketing professional. Now I live with my wife in Roanoke, Virginia enjoying time relaxing on our patio that was a necessary addition to our home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I love to cook fun, simple, but tasty food. When enjoying an adult beverage on the patio it’s usually a vodka martini. And I do simple DIY projects to enhance our home and outdoors. We’ve had great fun building an outdoor living space on a “reserved” budget and want to share our experience with anyone who wants the same without breaking the bank. I hope you enjoy reading our blog. And remember, every day is Friday on the patio!
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