WHY INVEST IN A LANDSCAPE DESIGNER? To Have a Special Outdoor Experience From Home
As I write this in my office, I’m listening to George Winston radio on Pandora. I love this station, which includes a lot of music from motion picture soundtracks. When I am designing or
reflecting on a client’s property, this station helps me a lot. Why? Because designing landscape is a lot like creating a movie or Broadway show. My actors are the textures and colors of foliage, trees, stone, and wood. The scenes are views of a lake, pool, or wooded preserve. The soundtrack is of flowing water from a waterfall or the rustling of leaves in a tree. My clients invest in me to create an experience. This investment saves my client’s valuable time, gives them access to superior materials and workmanship, and provides a stress-free installation process. Most of my clients are very busy people, whose most valuable asset is time. They don’t have time to waste meeting multiple different companies that sometimes don’t show up or get back with them or that lack experience. When I visit my clients in their homes, I always show up on
time. I listen to them to get to know them and understand their dreams. Then, I create a design plan inspired by them and present it at their kitchen table. I bring samples, pictures, and a vision
TEDDY’S PAW-SPECTIVE THE ULTIMATE SECRET TO KEEPING COOL IN FLORIDA HEAT
to fly off to enjoy fireworks on a cool night in China
with my family. All I have are our sweet, sweet stone tiles. It’s the next best thing.
Alright, I know what you’re thinking: Teddy, we don’t have tiles everywhere, and I can’t roll
Hot? Sweaty? Need an instant cooling pad? I’ve got two words for you, buddy.
around in the bathroom all day. How else can I cool down? I’ve mentioned before that I jump in
Stone. Tiles.
the fountains in our yard for fun, and that’s still one of my favorites. The only problem is that I’m getting a feeling that it’s not the most popular activity with my family … That doesn’t mean that fun with sprinklers is out of the question, though! Even the small humans love that!
If you’re my parents, you might see “French limestone” when you look at our kitchen floors. Me? I see free real estate. This past month, I’ve been rolling on my belly every day across our cold floor tiles like it’s my job. Which it is. I’m a Cavapoo (a mix between a Cavalier King Charles spaniel and a poodle)! Knowing Mom and Dad, that’s probably French for “walking carpet.” It’s SO hot in the summer having a coat like mine. I might have just as much personality as Aladdin’s flying carpet, but I don’t have reality-defying physics or a way
(And while we’re on the subject of humans, I’ve seen people doing an unusual thing lately: spraying mist in their faces. Don’t they know that’s a punishment? How are they supposed to learn to be good boys and girls? They even seem to enjoy it! So strange.) I’ve shared all of my tricks for surviving the summer heat, but we shouldn’t forget our main priority to stay cool: drinking plenty of water! It’s really tough to know when we’re thirsty sometimes, but even if we’re barely parched at all, we need to keep fresh water in our healthy little bodies. Stay hydrated and cool, friends — and when in doubt, roll around on stone tile again.
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