Weather keeps changing and the air conditioned rooms at times become suffocating for us. It makes us want to go out and have dinner in cafes and restaurants, not for the food but for the ambience they provide. The serene surrounding you get make you feel closer to nature.
Recently, we covered a story on 13 DIY Creations For Your Saturday House Party and this is what we have next.
Move your kitchen outside your house and cook to your heart's content. From permanent fixtures to open-air solutions for the nights you want to sit and eat outside or the days you plan to cook on barbecues, these 15 designs will prove to be of great help to you.
The design you see in the picture was inspired by Piet-Jan van den Kommer design.This kitchen was buit in a house in California.
The owner of the place wanted to have an open air kitchen along with a vegetable garden on the side. The living room on the right (pictured) is equipped with electricity and water, connected with a patio of bluestone pavers.
The pictured cabin situated in Ohio has eight-feet long dining table stretched out in the open. And, the table is made out of a bowling lane. It means that the long wooden base on which you normally go and bowl can be used as a table.
When looking for the best examples in order to seek inspiration, what better than the house declared as 2012 House Of the Year by Country Living. The perfect combination of outdoor and indoor which includes picnic tables lying out on the front and the barn doors which make the cook feel that he is surrounded by natural beauty.
Don't want somebody else to do it? Then, this might be just for you. Lowe's website explains perfectly how to create your own outdoor kitchen equipped with grills.
The title sounds like an oxymoron with kitchen being outside, but Piet-Jan van den Kommer has a different view. It is a modular outdoor kitchen and is said to be virtually maintenance free and is customizable.
Seems like you don't need a house to live in after you've got one of these cookhouses. This place resembles the inside of your living room and also makes you feel like sitting under open skies.
The perfect design for the nights you plan to get drunk with the least of space needed. The refrigerators kept one atop the other will suffice for all the drinks you want to enjoy whenever you're out.
Ever thought of a kitchen you could take wherever you want to. It comes with a chalkboard which doubles as a menu card and the recipe you're making. Yes, the pictured kitchen comes with wheels designed by the bloggers at The Horticult. The day you don't want your kitchen outside then, just pull it back inside. Simple!
You will never wish to step inside your house when you set up this kind of kitchen. It has all the things you can dream of in a kitchen including grill, cooktops, refrigerator and pizza oven.
A kitchen with the right mix of stainless steel to provide strength and finish. Cedar cabinets complete the look.
Have this bluestone countertop table surrounded by indoor plants. It appears the best place to where you can cook food and enjoy.
Forget about cars being the only ones in this category. This kitchen has window frames attached to pulleys. The pulley helps the resident to raise them whenever they want to have some fresh air. It gives the joy of cooking in an outdoor kitchen.
This one needs the least investment of all the kitchens in the list. Just dig a pit, light some fire in it and drag a bar table outside. You're good to go with your ready outdoor kitchen.
Didn't like any of the above ideas. Then, why don't you set all those things you keep in your kitchen in your backyard. And, make the permanent arrangements like brick built-in barbecue, stone grill and all that you want in your outdoor kitchen.