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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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How to Build an Outdoor Fireplace

By The Fire Farm Team / May 8, 2023

Fireplaces make up the backbone of outdoor living spaces. Learning how to build an outdoor fireplace by using a kit can speed up the installation process and make getting the proper draft easier.   An outdoor fireplace is a great addition to a home – it can increase property value by as much as 12…

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Outdoor Fireplace Contractor Spotlight: Pete Proulx Landscaping

By Rebecca / March 22, 2023

In the New York/New Jersey area, the landscaping experts at Pete Proulx Landscaping work hard to design outdoor living areas that work with a family’s needs, and then harmonize with the environment. They frequently use Outdoor Fireplace Kits to build the base of their fireplaces and fire pits. The kits form the structure for landscape architects…

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How to Get the Height You Want for an Outdoor Fireplace

By Rebecca / September 20, 2022

A common question we get asked by homeowners and contractors is “How do I get my outdoor fireplace to be X feet high?” Here’s a breakdown of how you can use different pieces to achieve the height you are looking for—whether that’s human sized or super human.  Fire Farm’s outdoor fireplace kits from Stone Farm…

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Finished Outdoor Fireplace Kits – 2020 – Pennsylvania

By Emily Snayd / December 21, 2020

As pictures are finally starting to roll in from around the Mid Atlantic and Northeast of some finished projects using our Outdoor fireplace Kits, we thought we would start sharing by state!  Here are some great masonry outdoor fireplaces from Pennsylvania that we loved!  Outdoor Living Space – Ambler, Pennsylvania The homeowners wanted a backyard…

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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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Choosing the Right Outdoor Fireplace Kit

By Chealsee Kalivas / May 4, 2019

If you are thinking of building a stone Outdoor Fireplace, you are likely considering using a kit to ensure a good draft, or simply for efficient building.  We are here to help you with Choosing The Right Outdoor Fireplace for your back yard. Here we review some different questions to consider (not to mention some…

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From Kit to Art – Your Outdoor Fireplace

By Chealsee Kalivas / April 12, 2018

Although many outdoor masonry fireplaces have a similar shape, it’s the finish and work around it, that really make them a focal point of your backyard.  Sometimes the word ‘kit’, can scare a homeowner because everybody loves unique items.  However, although our outdoor fireplace kits are the “backbone” of an outdoor fireplace, it’s the contractor’s expertise…

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Outdoor Entertaining – Poolside Cabana in Newtown, Ct.

By Steve from Firefarm / September 22, 2016

We’re excited to share pictures of this great outdoor space created by Sterling Associates and Landscape Unlimited, right here in Newtown, CT! The homeowner built their pool roughly 8 years ago, but wanted to add an outdoor entertaining area to keep the family out of the house and by the pool!  To do this they added a bathroom with…

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