Creating a Profitable Patio with a Pergola

Warmer weather is coming, which brings Denverites out to get their vitamin E on. Is your restaurant, community center, or club missing the opportunity of potential patrons? It’s faster and easier than you think to add patron space and boost profits with a patio bar or dining space.

You’re Just 5 Steps Away from a Profitable Commercial Patio Space

1.       Legal Smeagal
Check with the local city government regarding necessary paperwork and permitting for the addition of outdoor seating space for dining. Researching before designing your patio ensures you won’t have to pay fines – or worse – reinvent your outdoor space pursuant to city laws and rules later.

2.       Space Scrutinization
Measure available space carefully, considering furniture additions and mocking-up a layout with tape or chalk. Ensure guests and staff won’t be cramped or in the paths of doors and server trays. If adding an outdoor cooking area or patio bar, consider how this will impact available seating. 

3.       Shelter Snafus
Outdoor dining space can turn into a detriment in inclement weather, sending patrons scurrying and leaving you under or over staffed. Luckily, with the flexibility of Arcadia adjustable aluminum pergolas, your weather worries will be a thing of the past. Ensure customer comfort and reduce workload with an adjustable outdoor shelter addition. Open up to allow full sun, dial-in just the right amount of shade, and provide leak-free precipitation protection at the touch of a button or on-demand with integrated weather sensing, app-driven technology.

4.       Amenity Additions
In addition to seating space and weather protection, consider the capacity for your outdoor space to encompass…

●        A Bar Addition
Guests enjoy watching drinks being made. Fun and functional, an outside bar addition can draw interest and revenue to your business – even simple mobile/portable units. Special promotional deals for patio-only diners creates an exclusive feel.

●        Cooking Fare
Customers love watching food preparation, especially on the BBQ grill or within outdoor pizza ovens. These additions can also enhance the ambiance of your outdoor dining space.

●        Fireplaces or Gas-Powered Fire Pit Tables
The unmatched ambiance of easy-care gas fireplaces or fire pit tables draws customers in to a warm, cozy setting.

●        Outdoor Televisions
Broadcast popular sports venues, providing a relaxing space for customers to grab a beverage and a snack while enjoying the game.

●        Fans & Heaters
Ceiling fans uphold comfort in summer months, while patio heaters offer extended service into chillier seasons.

●        Motorized Screens & Curtains
Motorized screens offer additional shading flexibility, repelling pests. Integrating outdoor curtains allows for privacy and space defining for meetings/parties.

5.       Furniture & Flair
Capture the ambiance of your commercial space with a rustic wooden picnic table and benches, charming bistro sets, or modern, sofa-style booths. Design your pergola to match, choosing from an array of custom powder-coating colors, faux-wood wrap, decorative trim, and architectural columns. Eye-catching décor, lighting and amenities, will draw attention to your space, creating a buzz, while fencing, dividers, or planters with brightly colored foliage provide privacy and security.

The Exterior of Your Business is an Advertisement

What does yours say? Open up to a world of nearly endless customization possibilities and income potential. Create a more profitable patio with a pergola addition. Schedule your complimentary design consultation with Denver Pergola Systems today.

This post was originally published at http://www.denverpergolas.com/creating-profitable-patio-pergola/

Why “Al Fresco” Restaurants are Always Full

Until recently, restaurants didn’t put much effort into decking out outdoor spaces. Today, however, the outdoor dining scene has changed, branching out from uncomfortable tables and chairs in the patchy shade of flimsy patio umbrellas, to encompass an entirely new outdoor experience. Out in the fresh air, away from the increasingly smaller and crowded living conditions they experience daily, patrons are flocking to outdoor dining for a host of reasons…

Al Fresco Dining is Trendy
Today’s outdoor diners are looking for ‘an experience.’ Festive, exotic outdoor locales that offer stimulation to multiple senses. In this invigorating environment, food and drink tastes fresher and better, inspiring indulgence.

Dining Outdoors is Intimate
A ‘secret garden’ diners are dying to discover, tucked-away from busier spaces, al fresco dining offers an escape, from couples looking for privacy and respite in a tall, comfy booth, to lone diners looking to ‘get away from it all’ behind the borders of greenery with a good book, or in front of a glare-free flat screen.

Patio Seating Offers an Oasis
In busy downtown settings, outdoor dining offers an oasis – a secluded courtyard in the middle of the bustling city. Designs taking advantage of skyline views, waterfront landscapes, and people-watching offer opportunities even the most intriguing indoor dining spaces cannot.    

Being Outdoors Promotes a Sense of Connection
Greenery in adjacent landscapes as well as those added via planter boxes not only add ambiance, but when populated with edible ingredients, can serve as a kitchen garden, providing fresh fare and giving customers what they crave: A more intimate connection with Mother Nature and their food.

The Views are Unparalleled
On the water or surrounded by sweeping mountain views, Mother Nature provides the ideal ambiance for restaurateurs and their clientele to take advantage of. Eighty-two percent of diners at full-service venues prefer such outdoor dining experiences while on vacation. In such an amazing atmosphere, diners feel more festive, boosting hors d’oeuvre and cocktail consumption, and leading to higher ticket prices. Restaurants in tourism-heavy districts would be well-advised to invest in opportunities that connect visitors to a sense of place. 

Patio Seating Offers 2-for-1 Opportunity
Once restaurants add outdoor dining space, opportunities abound for expansion, allowing restaurateurs and guests to try something different outdoors. Dream-up ‘outdoor only’ foods and specials, or create an atmosphere completely different from the indoors, reversing your upscale interior to offer a more casual dining space, in essence, adding an entirely new restaurant to your existing space. 

Cashing-In on Cabin Fever
Because Americans spend so much of their lives stuck indoors, it’s fairly easy cash-in on cabin fever with an easily added patio space. However this doesn’t mean patrons will put up with anything. A rickety seating set, flimsy umbrella, and half-dead box of plants aren’t going to entice customers to an outdoor dining adventure. You’ll need to add a space worthy of your restaurant. After all, the exterior of your business serves as an advertisement for what’s housed under its roof.

Ensure an Inviting, Comfortable Outdoor Dining Space
Invite your patrons to make the most of any weather, with the latest in adjustable aluminum pergola technology and appealing features and furnishings. Open-up to the sun’s warmth on a cool fall day, while still maintaining the capacity to keep customers cool and protected from precipitation with 170-degrees of louver flexibility. Add ceiling fans for a space that feels up to 30-degrees cooler than exposed outdoor areas in the summer, adding a cozy fireplace centerpiece or outdoor patio heaters in the cooler weather season, maximizing the potential of your al fresco dining space with the ideal amenities.

As al fresco dining continues to gain popularity, is your business missing out on prime patio opportunities? Increase your seating area and boost your revenue potential. Discover new ways to reinvent your outdoor space. Contact Denver Pergolas to schedule your complimentary design consultation today.

This post was originally published at http://www.denverpergolas.com/al-fresco-restaurants-always-full/

Designing Your Outdoor Living Space? Don’t Fall Victim to these Common Mistakes

The 7 Deadly Sins of Outdoor Living Space Design

Diving into outdoor living space design? Hold your horses. Before you start flexing the credit card at the checkout counter, ensure you’ll be sitting pretty on your new patio and not making these common patio design mistakes:

1.       Winging it.
If you’ve never so much as taken out the tape measure, you’re not on your way to stellar outdoor design. Eyeballing is not enough to ensure sizing and fit. Flex your ruler and some tape or chalk, marking potential placement within your patio space. Be certain not to overlook necessary room for walkways and door clearance.

2.       Minimizing the importance of quality.
It’s easy to get sucked-into a purchase of vibrantly patterned, yet cheap patio fare. But it pays to remember the adage, ‘Buy cheap, buy twice.’ You’re likely dropping cash on something that will soon fall apart. Research all outdoor materials before purchase, including brand reputation, considering how materials will withstand time in the sun, exposure to moisture and weather, and the use/abuse of your family.

3.       Failing to consider climate/location.
Those metal chairs may look fabulous… But how will they feel after an hour in the summer sun, or on a chilly winter’s day? Do those cushy chairs really belong poolside, or that wicker furniture beneath that needle-laden, sap dripping pine?

4.       Skipping the test drive.
Taking a seat in a chair, at a table, or simply picking up and pretending to use items you want to add to your outdoor space can tell you a lot. Don’t skip this step – or perusing customer reviews. There may be facets to each product you did not consider.

5.       Overlooking care.
How high-maintenance are the materials you’re choosing for your outdoor living gear? Are you up for the annual restaining necessary for that wooden pergola? Or the care necessary to keep cushioned patio fare free from mildew and mold? Research material benefits and drawbacks in advance, committing to care before purchase.

6.       Glossing over function.
Consider ‘real life’ use of your space – not simply looks. Will your kids fight over the best seat? (Buy 2, and skip something else.) Do you love to indulge in coffee/wine and a book? (Buy side tables.) Is the only time you’re around to enjoy the outdoors at night? (Focus on lighting.) Do you burn in T-minus 15 seconds? You need shelter.

7.       Failing to invest in protection.
Outdoor living essentials aren’t cheap. To prevent forking out year-over-year, you’ll need to protect your investment – and the use you’ll get from it.

Protect Your Outdoor Living Space with a Pergola
The ultimate in quality, looks and functionality, Arcadia adjustable aluminum pergolas offer all the protection you need to make the most of your time outdoors year-round. Fully-extruded, powder-coated aluminum construction requires minimal soap-and-water care. 170-degrees of rotation lets you enjoy the sun in fair weather, dial-in just the right amount of shade, or fully close to protect your expensive patio furniture from sun damage, rain, and snow. Open and close by time, pre-set positions, or automatically manage rain and wind in your absence with additional rain sensor technology.

Looking for more usable living space in your home? Think outside the box. Design your dream outdoor living area with the help of Denver Pergola Systems today.

This post was originally published at http://www.denverpergolas.com/designing-outdoor-living-space-dont-fall-victim-common-mistakes/

Most Popular Patio Trends From 2017 into 2018

Outdoor living continues its climb to the top of homeowner popularity charts. Which patio features will make the top 10 in the Denver metro area?

Backyard Bars Bubble Up
Tired of Ubering home? Backyard bars are one of the most popular outdoor living features, offering homeowners a safe, yet comfortable and festive place to indulge in dinner and a drink. 

Water Reshapes the Land
Both eye-catching and soothing, it’s no surprise homeowners are seeking the sights and sounds of water outside their doors, from small fountains to large ponds. Water features are often the ideal solution for that previously seemed like a waste of space, as well as awkward areas, redefining them as a beautiful focal point.  

Outdoor Kitchens are Hot
It’s no longer enough to toss a few dogs on the hibachi. Outdoor kitchens and grilling stations have evolved in popularity to encompass counter space, high-tech cookery, sinks, and fridges, luring many homeowners in to a backyard feast in 2017.

Fire Pits Seek More Space
As in a separate area – not a larger patio. Shifting this area away from the patio and dining area to a nearby destination and connecting the space with hardscaping to tie the two sites together presents opportunities for a larger, multifunctional outdoor livings space, as well as facilitate safer operation.

Bluestone Corners the Market – and Yards
Naturally occurring bluestone, quarried here in the U.S., was a popular addition to patio spaces last year. Surprising low-maintenance and durable, this stunning stone solution lends a lovely, elegant feel to backyard designs. Availability of both rectangular and flagstone cuts makes it suitable for modern and rustic styles, its beautiful blue-gray shades pairing well with plumbago and hydrangeas.

Pergolas Pull-Together Backyard Designs
Patio cover was increasingly added to backyard landscapes last year, not just to provide shade, but to improve the indoor to outdoor transition, and give spaces a more ‘room-like’ feel. Winning shelter solutions take this a step further, offering multi-functional use and extending the backyard season.

More than a Fair Weather Accessory
For the ultimate in outdoor living comfort, and to make the most out of your outdoor living investment, Arcadia adjustable pergolas offer the proverbial ‘cherry on top’ of any patio design, providing sun, shade and shelter at the touch of a button. Open up to reveal beautiful blue skies, taking advantage of 170-degrees of rotational flexibility to dial-in the perfect amount of shade, or quickly close for leak-free protection in a rainstorm. Durable and heat reflective, aluminum pergolas are built to withstand even hurricane-force winds, requiring only occasional soap-and-water maintenance.

Top-off your patio design with the most sought-after outdoor living features among homeowners, adding value and functionality to your space. Don’t just dream it. Do it. Contact Denver Pergola Systems to learn how today.

This post was last published at http://www.denverpergolas.com/popular-patio-trends-2017-2018/

No Cash? No Problem! Denver Pergolas Now Offers Financing

Postponing outdoor living space design post-holiday season? Finance it! Warmer weather is on its way, making now the ideal time for outdoor living space additions before you miss out on prime time with Mother Nature. 

Denver Pergolas Now Offers Financing through Select Payments
Instead of applying for credit through multiple banks, now you can get approved for a home improvement, outdoor living space addition loan, gaining financing for your new adjustable aluminum pergola system through a simple, 3-step approval process with Select Payments.

Who is Select Payments?
Select Payments is an innovative new financing solution for helping you acquire your dream pergola. A partner with multiple lenders, Select Payments offers Denver Pergolas customers of all credit levels opportunities for financing home improvement additions with affordable, fixed-rate loans requiring no down payment.

Keep Money In Your Pocket While Achieving Your Outdoor Living Dream
Borrow as little as $1,000 toward the purchase and installation of an adjustable louvered pergola, or more to ensure the successful completion of your pergola project. Maximum allowances vary by financial and home addition situation. Pay back your loan anytime with no prepayment penalties to save on interest charges, or stretch your payment terms 1 to 3 years (or more) depending on your approval criteria.

Good Credit? You May Qualify for ‘Interest-Free’ Terms
Customers with superior credit could receive an approval for ‘interest-free’ loan terms. How does this work? On a 36-month loan with a 12-month interest-free option, for instance, you could take the full 36 months to repay your loan, or pay your loan off in its entirety within the 12-month interest-free repayment period, taking advantage of ZERO interest charges on your loan.

It’s Easy to Apply for an Outdoor Living Addition Loan:

1. Fill out the application form.
   Fill out the form online, from your smartphone, mobile device, or computer, anytime 24/7. Because of Select Payments’ partnership with multiple lenders, affordable monthly payment plans are available regardless of credit history.
2. Review your application decision.
   Application decisions are returned within minutes after verifying your employment and income and reviewing your credit history. They will include your contract terms and conditions, including loan repayment terms and interest rate, which will vary based on your credit history, loan term, and the amount you finance. Loans are fixed-rate, with no prepayment penalty.
3. Approve the agreement.
   Once the agreement is approved and signed, it’s time to bring your pergola plans to fruition and get out in the outdoors, scheduling the installation of your custom adjustable Arcadia pergola system!

No Hidden Costs
Select Payments financing options are up-front, and fixed-rate, with no hidden application fees, documentation fees, or prepayment penalties, save for standard late charge penalties on overdue accounts. What you see in your contract is what you’ll pay for your monthly installment.

Don’t let anything delay your outdoor living dream. Achieve your dream design, fast, with the help of Denver Pergola Systems and Select Payments today. 

This post was originally published at http://www.denverpergolas.com/no-cash-no-problem-denver-pergolas-now-offers-financing/