An Enclosed Gazebo Is the Ultimate Four-Season Shelter
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An enclosed gazebo is the solution for people who want a four season outdoor room. Most people add gazebos to their homes to extend their living spaces and create unique and beautiful outdoor rooms. But many want to enjoy that beauty year-round, without the inconvenience of freezing rain, snow or biting winds blowing through the space.
A Gazebo By Any Other Name…?
Technically, an enclosed gazebo is not really a gazebo as the open sides associated with the traditional gazebo structure have been eliminated. Some refer to enclosed gazebos as sunrooms, or cabanas. No matter; the fully enclosed gazebo is rapidly becoming a preferred option for those who want to use their gazebos in all weather.
An enclosed gazebo’s uses are infinite because they’re just like another room of your house. You can opt to build it as an attachment to your house, place it on the deck at a short distance from your home; or erect it freestanding in the yard. As it’s walled and private, the fully enclosed gazebo can be used for a spa or hot tub getaway, a pool-changing house, or even a small guesthouse. You can add electricity and plumbing, even a covered porch to make it a completely independent structure from your home. I imagine some house guests may not want to leave if you put them up in such lovely accommodations….
Ideas For Using Your Enclosed Gazebo
Enclosed gazebos are perfect for home offices, game or entertainment rooms, art/hobby studios, exercise/workout rooms, and studies or libraries. Or, like the traditional gazebo, use them to meditate and get away from the world. Whether you build them with walls and shutters for privacy, or floor-to-ceiling windows all round to let the sun in like the aluminum gazebo pictured at right from WillyGoat, an enclosed gazebo is a one-of-a-kind addition to your home. Combined with a pergola or arbor walkway and beautiful plantings it can be a stunning focal point of your yard or garden.
You can buy fine enclosed gazebo kits online that you and a few friends, or your hired contractor, can assemble; or have the enclosed gazebo shipped fully assembled. The folks at WillyGoat carry a nice range of enclosed gazebo kits with either windows or fiberglass screens in cedar and aluminum; click the picture link above right for more information. Yardiac has a lovely 10′ Hexagon All Season Panelized Gazebo Kit including Sliding Windows with Screens in red cedar. Check out the customizable cabanas and custom pool houses at Gazebo Creations; they deliver kits and fully assembled gazebos. An enclosed gazebo may be the perfect addition to your backyard utopia.
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