After last week's pre-screening of Summer, I'm feeling a bit restless indoors. To combat this early Spring antsiness, I'm hatching plans for my future outdoor kitchen. Since I don't have the space, budget, or desire for a permanent installation, I'm gathering inspiration of the more modest variety.
These simple outdoor kitchens include everything you need to whip up an easy dinner for two or a fabulous feast for friends. If you prefer a more rustic set-up, check out these instructions for a diy brick oven.
Images: 1. Maalaisunelma, 2. Third Nature Studio, 3. Pernilla Hed, 4. Rachel Ord, 5. Eric Roth
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I absolutely love the Maalaisunelma pic - simple structure on a pallet. Awesome!
I've got a few outdoor events coming up this year (brother's graduation, sister's wedding...), and I'll have to think about erecting one of these in the yard!
love the first two... reg'lar barbecuing is always such a BIG DEAL and a PERFORMANCE... these are just about cooking and living outdoors... breakfast lunch and dinner PLEASE... they are poems.
LOVE that first structure!
Could you do a piece on outdoor showers next? We're considering it to save water/send it to our trees.
I would LOVE to have a kitchen outdoors. I would always fry and roast there, as I don't like the smell of it hanging around in the livingroom or bedroom.
I really like the first outdoor kitchen and would recreate it in a heartbeat if I had a yard! However, keeping all those knives outdoors in the second photo kind of freaks me out...