Backyard Fun Blog

Maintaining your backyard playground ensures that your structure is a safe, clean, and sturdy place for your kids to play. Even high-quality, professional-installed playgrounds need regular maintenance. Like anything that lives outside, the sun, weather, and natural world can take its toll on your playground. Wood wears down if not regularly treated, screws can loosen and need re-tightening, and ropes, handles, and other fixtures can be cleaned or replaced. By taking care of your playground, you and your family can continue to trust and enjoy your backyard adventure space for years to come. 

When you’re considering a playground for your backyard, there are many options. Deciding between them can be challenging when you’re juggling price, quality, and customer service. As you consider all the backyard playgrounds out there, you’ll likely come across mass-market options with appealing price tags. While we know that playgrounds can be expensive, choosing a cheaper mass-market option might come back to bite you. A backyard playground is an investment that should last for years into the future, an expectation mass-market playgrounds have a hard time meeting. Here are three reasons we suggest avoiding mass-market backyard playgrounds.

What child doesn’t dream of having their very own swing set in the backyard? Having a swing set so close to home is an opportunity for the whole family to enjoy time outside. But unlike planting new flowers in the garden or adding a new throw pillow to your outdoor seating, a swing set is a bigger decision that deserves consideration. There are a number of benefits to owning your own backyard swing set and we’ve included a few here for you to consider.