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5 Outdoor Events To Welcome The Fall Season With Open Arms

  Just because we’re saying goodbye to summer doesn’t mean we can’t put our outdoor space to good use. As we transition into fall, this season’s golden hues and crisp air set the scene for unforgettable outdoor festivities. Nothing beats your favorite warm drinks, cozy blankets, and vibrant leaves to create the perfect backdrop. If you’re ready to welcome autumn, here are a few delightful outdoor events to make this season fun! 5 Fall-Themed Party Ideas To Try Out This Season Fall has plenty of reasons to enjoy the outdoors with those you love. Here are five fall-themed events everyone will love: Pumpkin Carving Nothing encapsulates the spirit of fall better than hosting a classic pumpkin carving session. Lay out plenty of pumpkins, carving tools, and templates for your guests to follow. Once everyone’s finished, buy plenty of lights or candles to showcase everyone’s hard work. Remember to save the seeds for roasting and the pulp to make homemade puree. Halloween Party ...

How To Get Your Outdoor Space Ready For The Fall Season

  Fall brings a unique blend of cool air, warm colors, and plenty of pumpkin spice lattes by the fire pit. Despite cooler temperatures, it's one of the best seasons to spend time in nature. But before you cozy up with a warm drink, give your space some much-needed maintenance to welcome the new season. Our guide will help you transform your space into the perfect fall retreat in no time! How To Prepare Your Space For The Fall As warm summer days give way to cooler fall nights, ensuring your space is all-ready is a must. Here are a few suggestions to help you get started: Set Up Your Fire Pit A fire pit becomes the heart of an outdoor space in the fall. If you've been thinking about getting one, now's the time! But if you already own one, clean out any ash and debris from the summer months before your first fall event. Consider surrounding it with soft, cushioned seating and some comfy throw-over blankets to get cozy during chillier nights. Check Your Grill Unless you live s...

4 Fall Outdoor Living Ideas to Extend your Patio Season

As temperatures drop in the fall, outdoor activities start to dwindle. However, there are still beautiful days and evenings left to enjoy outside. Make the most of the fall with these outdoor living ideas that will extend your patio season.   Add Some Heat You will need a good heating source for those chilly nights. Popular product choices to warm up an outdoor living area are fire pits and outdoor fireplaces, which add ambiance, a sophisticated touch, and visual appeal to an outdoor living space. Other heating options are chimineas, propane patio heaters, and electric heating appliances like infrared. You'll want to locate any heating sources close to your seating and dining areas.    Bring your Entertainment Outside Now that you have heat, why not enjoy your favorite fall sporting events or a family movie night with your friends and family in the comfort of your backyard? The fall is prime time for North America's four major professional sports. An exterior entertainme...

5 Ways to Prepare Your Outdoor Space for the Fall Season

We all want to make the most of our outdoor living space, even in the cooler weather months. Fall is right around the corner, and it's a beautiful time of year when family and friends gather outdoors to celebrate a season filled with football, bonfires, and pumpkins. These five tips on preparing your outdoor space for Fall will transform your outdoor space into a harvest-inspired oasis.   Refresh Your Landscape and Garden with Autumn Colors Fall is also the perfect time to refresh your soil with a new layer of compost for new flowers to grow. Begin by deciding your core color scheme. Once vibrant tones transition into burnt hues, swap out geraniums, petunias, and lobelias for chrysanthemums, violas, pansies, and goldenrods. In addition to gorgeous fall-blooming perennials, plenty of trees, shrubs, and annuals can add depth and color to your landscape.   Change Out Patio Furniture  When the temperatures begin to drop, consider putting away the umbrella for the season. Swap...

Four Fall Cleanup Tips for your Outdoor Living Space

It’s October, and you know what that means! Fall is officially here! With the weather getting cooler and the leaves falling to the ground, it’s the perfect time to start cleaning up and changing outdoor living space to be more usable during this cooler season. It’s essential to stay on top of your cleaning so that it doesn’t overwhelm you. Four Seasons helps homeowners extend their time outdoors with these four fall cleanup tips for preparing your outdoor living space.  Cleaning Your Backyard Leaves are a great way to add extra nutrients to a homeowner’s lawn and garden. It is a natural mulch that can be used to cover the dirt. Rent a leaf mulcher to finely chop the leaves to use over the lawn or spread them around plants in your outdoor living space. A spread of mulched leaves over a perennial bed provides insulation and improves soil quality as it decomposes. Leaves are also great for compost. Mixing leaves with other lawn matter can produce nitrogen-rich organic matter that is g...

Fall Decorating Trends for your Sunroom

The chill in the air and leave piles on the ground welcome in the new season. Fall is an exciting time, especially for outdoor space. This is your last opportunity to make an impression on your guests before the leaves are replaced with snow. Here are some tips to make your guests obsessed with your outdoor fall decor: Outdoor Fall Decor Your outdoor landscape should reflect what you want, not what you think others want to see. If you have young children, decorating pumpkins or making wreaths is a cute way to keep them busy and create homemade outdoor decorations. Create a cozy foundation for the winter through the use of rustic foliage, scented candles, and colors including navy, orange, and off-white to embody fall and allow for an easy transition into the winter decorations. If you want to take risks and go big, maybe even add an assortment of gourds, dried corn, or hay to give off a rustic fall vibe. Furthermore, if you plan on having company over outdoors while the weather is stil...

Spooky Sunroom Decorating Tips for all Hallows Eve

The best time of year is here. Halloween is a celebrated every year on October 31 st . Everyone dresses up in their favorite costumes and begin to decorate their homes. Join in on the fun! Below we have listed some fun ways for you to decorate your sunroom or house for this festive holiday. Pumpkins: The most classic and festive way to decorate for Halloween is with pumpkins. Pumpkins are the symbol of fall. Gather different variations of pumpkins and gourds and leave them around the sunroom. Also, lighting a pumpkin scented candle will fill the room with the Halloween vibes. Candy Corn: Whenever you see those little white, yellow and orange candies you know Halloween has arrived. You can purchase a candy corn banner from Etsy that will ring in the season. Putting out a bowl of candy corn on the table will make for a sweet treat while hanging out with your family and friends. Skulls: Another spooky way to honor the Halloween season is to add some skulls int...

3 Tips When Throwing an Outdoor Party

Throwing a party is easy when you can expect warm weather, clear skies, and sun-drenched days. However, hosting a party becomes a bit more difficult when you throw in the unpredictability that comes with the fall months; fluctuating temperatures, rain, cloud-covered skies and invasive wind can really ruin a party. Consider these top 3 fall tips when throwing an outdoor party in the fall so all that hard work doesn’t go to waste in a split second. Plan the Menu Cold fall days are expected, so keep your guest’s bones warm with hearty warm soups and stews, and fall-inspired hot drinks fit for both adults and children. Our fall favorite is Jacques Pépin’s quintessential Beef Stew in Red Wine Sauce , which is packed with chunks of flat iron steak and a melody of fall flavors such as mushrooms, carrots, bay leaves, thyme and dry red wine. Pair this meal with a layered polenta dish that will knock the fluffy socks off your guests. Don’t forget to bring the entire meal together w...

Fall Décor for your Outdoor Space

Unique gourds and colorful pumpkins, friendly scarecrows and dried decorative corn husks, layered greenery and an abundance of fall foliage; it’s easy to be a little extra when decorating your outdoor space for Fall.   Avoid that overwhelming feeling that comes with “idea overload” brought on by Pinterest after Pinterest search and leave it to Four Seasons Sunrooms and Windows. We’ve compiled our favorite Fall décor for your outdoor space, so you can spend less stressing and more time relaxing in your cozy Sunroom this November. Pumpkins, Gourds, and Squash From white and sugar pie pumpkins to muscat gourds and pattypan squash, Fall gives us some of nature’s best decorations. Our favorite outdoor space décor tip involves filling outdoor lanterns with an array of pumpkins, gourds, and squash. This simple, yet unique, décor adds a pop of color, a splash of fall, and a hint of classic all at once.   This décor works best when done with multiple lanterns of varying s...

Falling Into Early Winter: 5 Decorations That Make For A Cozy Sunroom Living Space

With leaves twirling gently to the ground, families gathering around football games, and pumpkin patches bursting with color, fall is breezing in as a welcome respite from the humid days of summer. From sporting events, to holidays, to the invigorating autumn air, fall brings so much to celebrate. As loved ones gather to reconnect, you'll want to make your home a haven. Here are 5 easy decorations to make your sunroom or living space cozy for fall. Orange & Clove Centerpiece Gather 16 oranges and a jar of whole cloves. On a round plate or cake plate, arrange 7 oranges, with sides touching, in the center of the plate. Top with a second layer of 5 oranges, then a layer of 3, followed by 1, to form a tower of oranges. Press whole cloves into the oranges in a decorative pattern for a sunroom centerpiece with striking aromatic appeal. For added beauty, tuck fall-colored silk or fresh flowers into the spaces between the oranges. Pumpkin Topiary Select 3 pumpkins ...