What's Cooking Outside Your Bahamas Home?

You Can Turn This Outdoor Space

Into This Gathering Spot

This is one way to stand the heat and stay in the kitchen!
For those lucky enough to have them, outdoor kitchens are the heart of the home in the Bahamas.
It's where everybody gathers, mingles and lingers during parties. It's where the family gets together to throw some fresh fish on the grill and chill.
Outdoor kitchens can flow into outdoor sitting rooms. The concept goes way beyond the plastic chair and table thing. Kitchens are big in the real estate world and the Bahamas is no exception.
If you're considering an outdoor kitchen for your Bahamas home, here are some tips to guide you.

1. Get a professional, or at best understand good kitchen design concepts. If you don't, you may regret it. Refrigeration, grills and cooktops, sinks and prep counters need to flow seamlessly.

2. Think about the relationship between your indoor kitchen and outdoor kitchen. Do you want them to be able to work in tandem?

3. Choose low-maintenance materials made to withstand the Bahamas environment, especially if your home is on or near the salty sea.

4. Compliment the appearance of your Bahamas home.
The outdoor kitchen design should work with the architecture of your Bahamas home and also the landscape.

5. Design the whole outside entertaining space as part of a single plan.
Let the kitchen, and dining and sitting areas flow into each other. Don't isolate the outdoor chef from the rest of the party! We all like to interact in our Bahamas homes.

6. Don't forget the design needs to include utilities. Remember, you will need to factor in gas, water and electrical supply.

7. Extend the outdoor entertaining season with heaters, shade and rain shelter.
Yes, it can get chilly on a Bahamas winter night! Fire places and chimineas are fantastic for your outdoor home area. In the winter, they create warmth and ambience. In the summer, the fireplace becomes a focal point for pots of flowering shrubbery.

8. Incorporate music - even flat screens if desired.

9. Lighting. If you don't get a professional to design and provide the various types of lighting required, you'll probably regret it.

Outdoor living's big in the Bahamas. An outdoor kitchen will add value to your Bahamas home and open up a whole new lifestyle.