How to make your summer fun
Summer signals long days, bright sunshine, starry nights and extra time to be with your family and friends. While many people will find themselves at home more this summer, there are still plenty of ways to maximize your fun, relaxation and pleasure during this wonderful time of year.
Here are five ways you can ensure a summer to remember:
Outside Living Spaces
How to make summer fun at home – If your home is lacking an inviting place to spend hours of time outside by yourself or with company, then make sure to design a space you will love coming to each morning and evening and the time in between. Ensuring you have a place to sit that is comfortable is the first step and you might look at building a deck or patio, changing up the furniture in a quiet area of your yard or building a water feature near your sitting area so you can truly sit back and relax. Finding a way to make sure you have access to both shade and sun is also critical to enjoying your outside living space so buy a large umbrella, consider a retractable solar shade or custom-build a pergola with a cover so you can beat the heat on the hottest days of July.
Maintenance Free Living
While being outdoors is enjoyable, it will quickly lose its luster if your yard and outdoor spaces are unsightly or lacking care. One of the ways to make sure your yard and outdoor spaces stay looking their best is to hire local lawn care. A reputable lawn care company can ensure your yard stays trimmed, weeds are kept at bay, grass looks healthy and they can even do gardening for you.
Al Fresco Dining
Ways to spend your summer at home – One of the simplest ways to maximize your summer days at home is to dine outside as much as possible. Whether you bring a simple breakfast outside with the newspaper or a good book or you serve a multi-course dinner outside in your backyard, there is nothing that beats filling our stomach with delicious food while enjoying a backdrop of nature outside.
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Another way to enjoy dining outdoors more often in summer is to invest in a quality grill. Avoid heating your home up and instead try new recipes on the grill like meats, vegetables and even desserts like cobblers.
Entertainment
Even if you plan to be at home most of the summer, you can still find many ways to find new forms of recreation and entertainment. Because of technology you can find ways to have virtual get-togethers via online meeting platforms. One fun way to bring a little more liveliness to your conversations is to play games together via online meeting platforms. You can do this by sharing your screen on your device with all others in the meeting and you can play trivia games, board games, card games or many other fun party games.
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Another way to keep yourself socially distanced by having fun is to access a projector and play a movie on a large sheet hung outside your garage or fence and host a neighborhood movie party. Make sure to prepare concessions and encourage guests to bring a comfy chair or blanket to enjoy the show.
The Open Road
Finally, if all else fails, you can plan to hit the local roads and explore places near your home or on local day trips. Oftentimes there are numerous local attractions, parks, businesses and outdoor recreation opportunities within our own hometowns or home states that are missed simply because they are just always there. So, pick up a local guide to your city or state or do some research online and make a bucket list of places within your local area you can explore throughout the summer. While there will be many years ahead where you can venture across the country or across the world, this is a great year to explore all your hometown and home state has to offer.
While summer this year might be a little closer to home, there are still so many ways to enjoy your summer fully by enjoying your outdoor living spaces, keeping your outdoor area beautiful, dining outside, entertaining from home and doing local road trips.
