Perspective:
A Tailor-made Trend
It was 20 years ago that Hearth & Home began talking (preaching?) about Outdoor Rooms, and urging specialty dealers to embrace the opportunity offered.
Magazine Archives
Perspective:
What's In Outside?
By Lisa Readie Mayer
If the surveys are correct (and they most likely are) this should be a good year for The Outdoor Room®, which means a good year for smart retailers who are actively promoting the concept.
2018 Retail Penetration: Outdoor Room® Products & Services
At the beginning of June, a questionnaire was sent to 2,683 retailers of hearth, patio, and barbecue products. A total of 173 were returned and usable.
Backyard Evolution
By Lisa Readie Mayer
The Smithsonian Museum has created exhibits – both static and traveling – that celebrate barbecue and the American Backyard as formative elements of our lives.
All in the Family
By Bill Sendelbeck
Ken Moss is the third-generation owner of a store that began by selling wood stoves, and now sells not only hearth, but barbecue and Outdoor Room products as well.
Customer Retention Matters, Now More Than Ever
By Bil Kennedy
New research sheds light on how today’s consumers shop for hot tubs.
Special Section:
The Outdoor Room® Design Ideas
By Lisa Readie Mayer
Our annual special section highlighting the work of architects, designers, landscape architects and retailers. A feast for the eyes and mind.
Culinary Historian
By Lisa Readie Mayer
Paula Marcoux, culinary archeologist and authority on live-fire cooking, explains how the past is prologue to this hot trend.
Elements of the Outdoor Room®
Here’s a variety of necessary products for the well-appointed Outdoor Room.
Attention Retailers!
Are you ready for May 15, 2020? Don’t get stuck with a showroom full of unsellable woodburning appliances.
2018 June Business Climate
In early July, Hearth & Home faxed a survey to 2,500 specialty retailers of hearth, patio, and barbecue products, asking them to compare June 2018 sales to June 2017. The accompanying charts and selected comments are from the 216 useable returns.
Parting Shot: Form & Function
In design, form and function are often equally important.
