Roof Top Decks & Gardens

Staten Island September 11 Memorial

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Staten Island was one of the hardest hit communities on 9/11, losing more than 270 loved
ones in the terrorist attacks on New York City that day. As a result, Staten Island needed
its own memorial, a place for the loved ones of the victims to mourn and reflect, and a place for all visitors to remember those who lost their lives on that tragic day.

The Staten Island 9/11 Memorial is located along the North Shore Waterfront Esplanade adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and the Richmond County Ballpark at St. George.

A day to honor and remember

We shall never forget those who perished on 9/11. The men, women, and children in the two towers;, in the Pentagon, passengers in the four planes; all the brave individuals who rushed in to help others and made the ultimate sacrifice. we will never forget

I would like to share a few of the photos I took while spending my morning with family at the 9/11 memorial, hopefully you can come here too.

Staten Island 9/11 Memorial Photos by Anthony

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First to work with Fiberon Pro-Tect Decking!

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we have recently been selected Winner!! of Fiberon’s Pro-Tect Giveaway

And awarded the opportunity to be the first to work with a new product line called Pro-Tect, among Fiberon’s other great decking product lines Pro-Tect was also created to endure the test of time, it is backed by the industry's first 20 Year limited stain and fade warranty.

this wonderful news came to us a few days ago while we were hard at work finishing the last details of another great roof top deck, a superb design installed with Fiberon’s Horizon product line in beautiful IPE composite decking, a full review on this beautiful project will be posted in our blog soon, for the time being here are a few sneak peek photos of the project under works.

we will keep you posted with further information on our first hands on review of Pro-Tect decking and photographs of the wonderful project we will design and build with this new product line.
A big thank you goes out to everyone at Fiberon.

Outdoor Decor with Creative Balance

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A week or two has gone by perhaps a bit more depending on the scope of your project, you can finally sit back and relax the construction of your new deck is complete, get ready a new phase will begin.

Themes and Styles for Outdoor Décor & Furnishings

The moment you first envisioned your deck and choose between real wood or a synthetic product for your ideal deck surface, you began to define a theme that would fit with your style, now its time to polish things a bit further, with a bit of pizzazz you can turn your outdoor living space into a flamboyant retreat of your dreams.

Outdoor furniture with deep seating provide the ideal comfort needed, modular collections are available so you can switch placement of your outdoor set and try out new combinations, subtle colors for your outdoor cushions will promote a dazzling modern fresh look and will give you opportunity to mix and match a great variety of colors and textures for your throw pillows.

Outdoor Fabric Features: when shopping for throw pillows or seat cushions for your outdoor living space the most important factor is fabric, the sight of a faded cushion or throw pillow after a couple of weeks is not so great, you want to make sure of the following features, high resistance to fading and long life span, fabric must be soft, breathable composed of a solution dyed acrylic that is UV, water and mildew resistant, and just as importantly that it does not noticeably shrink or stretch.

Style, Comfort & Functionality: A luxury style outdoor space is easy to create, a consistent décor theme will create and maximize the mood and ambiance of your outdoor living space, a space that offers great functionality will bring you a deep sense of comfort.

Seating lounge area: where you and your guests can retreat and have a couple of drinks.
Dining Area: would you like to have dinner under the stars or perhaps an outdoor breakfast in the comforts of your own home, a dining area is at the top of the list of must haves for any outdoor living space.
Greenery Surrounding: A variety of plants and flowers will bring your outdoor space to life, a planter box will boast the image of your outdoor deck integrate a trellis and create a beautiful green partition, a greenery surrounding opens up another level of design.

Creative Balance: We love to design superb outdoor living spaces, exquisite in detail just like our custom cushions, throw pillows, awnings, cushion covers and so much more, we hope you found this short article informative and helpful, for further information or to simply obtain more tips for your outdoor design feel free to contact us or stay tuned for our next article.

Container Gardening

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Even the smallest patio or terrace can boast a crop of vegetables or a garden of flowers either in planter boxes, containers or a combination of both, there are many ways to successfully venture into the world of container gardening and living in a fast paced city should not hold you back from doing so, often times things can become a bit overwhelming and we long for a peaceful escape into the great outdoors, that is why more and more Urban community gardens are popping all over many parts of the city.

we often receive requests from homeowners and garden enthusiasts to build custom planter boxes, we design in a variety of styles and sizes all suitable in construct and safe to grow a large variety of enjoyable edibles, Containers can also fit perfectly inside planter boxes making them easy and convenient for you to move around share and do so much more, one of the most important factors in edible growing is choosing a safe fertilizer, avoid chemical fertilizers that can make plants inedible, growing edibles in containers is extremely fun however it can vary a little bit from your standard yard garden, the soil in containers is unlikely to get organic enrichment the natural way so remember to work compost inside the containers.

You can purchase compost at any garden center, compost encourages earthworms and other beneficial organisms whose activities help plants grow providing the needed nutrients improving the soil.

Drainage: is very important choose containers that have a good number of holes in the bottom this will ensure proper drainage, that way your edibles will neither drown nor parch.

Sun: Your balcony or terrace should receive about 4 – 5 hours of sun every day, preferably morning and late afternoon when the sun will be less intense, be mindful of this when choosing a location for your containers or planter box.
Watering: A sprayer attachment on a garden hose or a watering can is a great way to water your container plants, just make sure the water is cool let the water run for a while especially if the hose happened to be in the sun for a good part of the day, hot water can retard root development.

An urban garden right at your fingertips, even in the biggest city, small apartment, the possibility to reconnect with the natural world through gardening is possible, put that balcony to work or complete that roof top garden you have always been dreaming of, we can still take pleasure and enjoy gardening without giving up the advantages of a big city metropolitan lifestyle that we also enjoy.

Soon enough you will find yourself sharing some of your wonderful edibles with family and friends even meeting other dedicated enthusiast like yourself within the community, exchanging gardening tips volunteering at your local community garden, hanging out at the local garden center wondering why oh why did you ever skip out on this place, and you realize hey! I’m an Urban Gardner now!!

2010 Highlights - Carroll Gardens

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Welcome to our second post of 2010 Highlights, this memorable roof top deck was built in the heart of Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, the area is named after Charles Carroll a revolutionary war veteran the longest lived signatory of the declaration of independence, this distinguishable neighborhood is very engaging, quiet streets with long gardens and brownstone row houses, the area is home to many great Café hot spots, antique shops, boutiques and restaurants, and a superb appreciation for beautiful outdoor spaces.

This brownstone apartment enjoys an exclusive entrance out to a very spacious roof top terrace making this an ideal place to host family outdoor events, or to simply retreat on a calm Sunday morning with a favorite book in hand enjoying the good weather right at home, the beauty that lies beneath this deck is given by the multi-chromatic look of this upscale and durable composite decking, a vibrant deck constructed at its best to endure time itself, a low maintenance option that will keep its current and any future homeowners happy.

The platform and walk able Plexiglas was a very interesting feature that we constructed for this project, it made an ideal location for the homeowner to station his gas grill.

It was a pleasure seeing this outdoor space take shape an excellent highlight of the year.
stay tuned for other great postings.

2010 Highlights - Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

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Its official in a couple of days 2010 will be departing, leaving only but a great memory of the wonderful homeowners who we met along the way and the projects we had the opportunity to design and build for them, it’s that time of the year to showcase some of our great work, the following will be just a short highlight of the adventurous year we had.

We love building roof top decks in Boerum Hill Brooklyn and the surrounding areas, a former Brooklynite myself knows there is always something great going on here, among many great hot spots Brooklyn is home to the TV show talk Stoop with NBC’s Cat Greenleaf who interviews actors, musicians, politicians on her own stoop, speaking of Boerum Hill there is a very nice outdoor space we had the opportunity to design and build for a wonderful client in that area.

The location would once again be a roof top, an old deck was

in need of being replaced, the space held a great view and immediately design features started to flow in, after finalizing on a design the demolition phase would begin, a couple of pictures were provided by our client 2 of which we digitally stitched together (right picture) to get a better view of how the old deck looked in its better days, the picture (below) detailed how we encountered the

deck before we removed it, this project would include a board over board fence, the deck surface would be constructed with a beautiful Mahogany Composite that was very vibrant and would do wonders for this outdoor space, to top things off a Cedar Pergola would be

installed creating a nice lounge type retreat area where seating could later be placed if desired, we designed the following rendering to visualize how certain design features would look.

Here is a comparison between the Rendering and Project Photos (below)

See more pictures in the slide show (below)

This great outdoor space was magnificent to build, it merits a place in our 2010 Highlights, stick around, we will be positing more great outdoor spaces.