How a Fire Pit can Transform your Backyard

There is nothing quite like spending a Northeast Ohio or Erie, PA summer evening around a fire pit. The memories that are made, delicious foods that are cooked, and the enjoyment of the outdoors, are hard to match. When it comes to your outdoor living space, having a fire pit can transform your backyard. Ranging from large extravagant centerpiece designs to contemporary sleek options, there is a wide variety of fireplaces, pits, tables, and other stone structures to suit your space and style, all of which offer numerous benefits.

What are the Benefits of a Fire Pit for your Backyard?

Regardless if you choose a wood or gas fire pit, a fire pit or fireplace or table, with the added warmth from the fire, you’ll be able to comfortably enjoy cool summer, spring, and fall nights outdoors. A fire pit can transform your backyard and offers many other benefits. Below we take a look at some of the ways a fire pit can change your outdoor space.

  • Increase the Outdoor Season: While it’s summer right now, we know it won’t stick around forever. With a limited outdoor season in Northeast Ohio and Erie, PA, any way that we can extend our time in the fresh air, we will take it. Fire pits aren’t just for the summer, they extend the portion of the year you can spend in your backyard by providing you with a heat source. A fire pit allows you to hold outdoor gatherings even on chilly spring or fall nights.
  • Add Ambiance: It’s hard to deny that the glow of a fire, candles, a fireplace, or from a fire pit, adds a visual warmth to a space. There is something soothing and relaxing about gathering around a fire. Not to mention, that attractive glow lights up the exterior of your home giving it a completely different feel. When you add an outdoor fire pit, you’re adding an additional source of lighting to your backyard.
  • Extend your Outdoor Space: Whenever there is a gathering, people tend to congregate around one area (kitchen, bar, indoor fireplace, etc.), a fire pit can create the perfect place for everyone to go outdoors. People love to gather around a fire and a fire pit provides the perfect outdoor gathering point for you and your guests to relax and unwind. If you have outdoor furniture, this can make sitting around the fire pit even more inviting.
  • Entertainment: A fire pit can transform your backyard by providing entertainment. This is especially true of wood burning fire pits. From stoking the fire to watching logs burn, the simple act of keeping the flame going can be a source of entertainment all night long.
  • Additional Cooking Source: This ties in with entertainment. A fire pit can provide you with another area for cooking, which can be fun for people of all ages. You can add a grill plate to the fire to cook an entire meal, put some hot dogs on a stick, or just use it to create roasted marshmallows and s’mores. A few sticks and marshmallows can make for one heck of an evening; with a fire pit, that can become the main event for the night.

If you’re looking to add a cozy element to your outdoor space, a fire pit is an ideal way to go. Fire pits won’t take up a large volume of space, so they are perfect for smaller patio areas. You can add a custom fire pit, a fire pit table, or something else; whatever fire pit option you select will transform your backyard.

At Litehouse Pools & Spas we have fire pits for everyone’s style and preference. Check out our fire pit selection or design one of your own with our custom fire pit or outdoor fireplace options. Visit us in store or online today to get started transforming your outdoor space with a fire pit.