Start your Summer Right with an Outdoor Kitchen!

Start your Summer Right with an Outdoor Kitchen!

Spring is a season of many transformations, and an outdoor living space might be one of those changes that come to mind. These areas are a great way to create the ideal atmosphere for relaxing, dining and entertaining. While you’ve surely cooked up some food on your grill outside, you might not have thought about incorporating an outdoor kitchen to your home! They are ideal for hosting friends and family and for bringing the indoors out. It’s essentially adding another room to your home and typically at a lower cost than adding a new interior room! At Southwest Appliance in Durango, Colorado, we have the appliances and know how to get your outdoor kitchen space set up for summer fun. Wondering what you need to know to get started? We’ve got you covered.

Building an Outdoor Kitchen

You might think that your outdoor cooking experience is complete with your average stand up grill, and that might be the perfect fit for you, but you’d be surprised at the options available to truly customize and up your outdoor cooking game. There are a variety of outdoor cooking spaces you can design; you don’t actually have to build a “true” kitchen. The space can consist of a stand alone grill with a dining area and a couple of chairs or it can be a full service kitchen with a sink, counter space, storage, refrigerator and built in grill. Southwest Appliance provides hundreds of options: built in grills, stand alone grills, refrigerators, modular components and more. Our selection will give you the resources to accomplish your outdoor cooking, with style!

A few things to consider when formulating a decision
  1.  Probably one the most important questions to address is your budget?

  2.   Do you have the available landscape space to add a kitchen?

• Do you currently have a patio? If so is it close to the house, plumbing and electricity?
• Would you have to excavate in order to accommodate an outdoor space?

  3.   Are you thinking about selling your home in the near future or do you plan on staying in your home for the foreseeable future?

• If you are planning to stay, you can create a space that suits your fundamental needs without having to weigh the possibility of adding value to your home before you put it up for sale.
• But if you will be preparing to put your house on the market, you might be better served in regarding this home improvement project as an investment that could potentially increase the value of your home.

  4.   How often do you cook and entertain outdoors and for how many people?

  5.   What do you need to have access to when you cook outdoors?

• Do you require only a grill for cooking or do you need access to water and electricity for cleanup and appliances?

  6.  Do you have sufficient protection from the sun, rain or wind?

  7.   Depending on the size of your project will you be required to get a building permit?

• Is this a project you can handle with a few willing friends or will you have to hire a contractor?
• Certainly if your project is small, family and friends are an option, but if your intention is to construct a top notch entertaining space you will want to seek the services of a contractor.

Whether the goal is to maximize your return on investment or simply create a space where you can enjoy family and friends, additional considerations will be required. The bottom line is, the knowledgeable staff at Southwest Appliance will take the time to listen and understand your needs, combined with your goals and make discerning recommendations to help guide you through the process. Our service does not stop there! Southwest Appliance stands by their products and service with the dedication of a well established company, that has been serving La Plata County since 1979. The goal of everyone at Southwest Appliance is exceptional customer service and satisfaction, if you’re not happy we’re not happy. Come get your grill on at Southwest Appliance!