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average outdoor kitchen order is in the $30,000-$50,000 range in the appliances and cabinetry. Faulk says the outdoor pizza oven is the top seller. Outdoor kitchens can include cooking areas with refrigerators and ice makers designed and built for outdoor use that cost several thousand dollars each. There also are shiny built-in stainless steel kitchen sinks and even dishwashers. Theyre all designed to be weather-resistant. Its been growing for the last five-six years, says Dominick Tringali, staff architect for Moceri, a custom home builder. We are seeing more of those kinds of spaces. A Moceri-built home undergoing reconstruction has a covered space with a stone base island with a Sub-Zero built-in dishwasher, storage drawer and a warming drawer. It features another base with a refrigerator, cupboard storage and a Wolf grill. Moceri estimates theres at least $35,000 in appliances. Theres more interest in improving outdoor space, Frank Moceri says. People are finding a better investment in outdoor space and something they can enjoy after the kids leave home. What you spend depends on what you want or need. Builders and designers peg pricing from $15,000 to upward of $50,000, depending on size, materials and appliances. The Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA) puts outdoor rooms in the leisure lifestyle category and says its a $6.2 billion industry. The options are enormous and for all weather, even in Detroit, says HPBA spokeswoman Leslie Wheeler. You can custom make it to fit your lifestyle. If pizza is your favorite, plan on a pizza oven.
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One of the hottest trends in home design is bringing the kitchen outdoors to make grilling more than just for burgers. This model home in Oakland Township, Michigan, features an outdoor kitchen area with pizza oven. (Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press/MCT)
This model home in Oakland Township, Michigan, features an This model home in Oakland Township, Michigan, features an outdoor kitchen area with a Wolf oven with warming drawers. outdoor kitchen area with a Wolf oven with warming draw(Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press/MCT) ers and a Sub-Zero mini fridge. (Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press/MCT)
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Plum Passion hydrangea is known for its eye-catching flowers and foliage. (Courtesy Monrovia/MCT) can be divided in spring or fall; rhizomes should be planted just below the soil surface. Its cold hardy in zones 3-8. Multi-season shrub: Blue Cascade Distylium is compact, evergreen, disease- and insect- resistant shrub for full sun to partial shade. Clusters of reddish-maroon flowers appear along stems in winter; blue-green foliage covers the plant, which grows 3-4 feet tall and wide. Its cold hardy in zones 6-9. They are heat and drought tolerant, wet soil tolerant, and are an excellent replacement for
Blue My Mind is a dwarf morning glory that looks best grown in pots or window boxes. (Courtesy Proven Winners/MCT) cherry laurels, junipers, hollies, Indian hawthorn, says Tish Llaneza of Countryside Gardens in southeastern Virginia _ www. countrysidegardens.biz. Plum pretty hydrangea: New Plum Passion hydrangea, or
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