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10 Questions to Ask When Planning an Outdoor Kitchen

By Rebecca / August 14, 2023

Whether you are building an outdoor kitchen for yourself or for a client, we find that there are 10 questions to ask when planning an outdoor kitchen. Getting the conversation rolling with the following questions can ensure that any outdoor kitchen is truly functional and makes your client happy. Get the checklist to read from…

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Backyard Pavilions: Outdoor Living Trend 2023

By The Fire Farm Team / July 5, 2023

We love it when contractors who use our Outdoor Living products send us photos of their finished work. One of the trends we’ve seen developing in these pictures is the emergence of backyard pavilions as a desired feature in 2023.    Why build a backyard pavilion?  What drives you indoors? It’s usually one of two…

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How to Build Our Most Popular Finished Outdoor Fireplace

By Rebecca / May 10, 2023

Although we’ve seen many, many beautiful outdoor fireplaces made from our Stone Age kits, when people come looking for inspiration on our site, they often ask us how to recreate this particular one.  This earns it the title of our “most popular finished outdoor fireplace.” Made from a Stone Age kit by a contractor in…

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Choosing the Right Gas Fire Pit Insert

By Chealsee Kalivas / May 12, 2020

The choice between a wood or gas fire pit kit alone, can be a hard one. However, once the choice is made for gas, choosing which gas fire pit insert to use can be confusing! Here are some things you will need to consider before starting your gas fire pit kit project. Gas Fire Pit…

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Outdoor Living Showcase: Pizza Oven, Fireplace & Kitchen

By Chealsee Kalivas / April 16, 2020

The Fire Farm is excited to share this newly completed outdoor living space filled with outdoor features for entertaining, built by Mike Darling Construction. The project utilized a New Age outdoor fireplace kit, an Amerigo pizza oven built from one of our outdoor pizza oven kits and a stone outdoor kitchen built with our Stone…

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Stone Outdoor Kitchen Feature: Sandy Hook, CT

By Chealsee Kalivas / August 13, 2019

Another true entertainer is complete! This stone outdoor kitchen is in Sandy Hook, CT and packs a ton of heat, featuring a 36″ built in stainless steel grill, 2 side burners, and a Green Egg .  The vision started with this sketch that helped them lay out the outdoor kitchen in the space they wanted…

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Solving Northeast Dilemmas

By Steve from Firefarm / May 16, 2019

The dilemma of building an outdoor kitchen in the Northeast: Building an outdoor kitchen in the Northeast has never been an easy decision. Unlike California and Florida, the grilling season in the Northeast is significantly shortened by long winters which means investing in the cost of a traditional stone kitchen—no matter how beautiful—hard to swallow. …

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Outdoor Kitchen of the Week – Newtown, CT

By Chealsee Kalivas / July 27, 2018

There is nothing better than when our outdoor kitchens are built right down the road! Especially when we know the person and get to enjoy our own products! There is a lot to like about this outdoor kitchen that was built right in Newtown, Connecticut.  As the homeowner told us, “The grill is large enough…

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An Outdoor Pizza Oven Installation in Connecticut

By Chealsee Kalivas / March 1, 2018

Spring in the winter means outdoor living projects get supercharged! As the weather gets warmer, it is the ideal time to install your new outdoor pizza oven.  Because the weather was over 40 degrees (yes…in February!), we were able to install this Vecchio pizza oven during the winter months at a Stamford, CT home.   …

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The Basic Steps: Designing Your Outdoor Kitchen

By Chealsee Kalivas / January 22, 2018

Looking to invest in an outdoor kitchen to entertain friends and family? The outdoor living areas that people are designing today not only add value to your home, and allow you to spend more time with your family and friends. When designed efficiently an outdoor kitchen will bring your entertaining to an entirely new level.…

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