Summer’s right around the corner, so it’s time to start pimping out the backyard. If you’re in the market to add a little more entertainment to your outdoor living area, we’d recommend the Buffalo, one of the freshest looking outdoor pool tables on the market. Finished in aluminum and waterproof blue felt, this 8-foot outdoor pool table sports a modern style and retails for about $3,150.
Bring the circus home with your very own flying trapeze rig. They’re big, they’re fun, they make for a great weekend activity and most importantly you really could literally bring the circus home for your own private party or event. With enough space anyone can install a flying trapeze in their backyard, though we would encourage a few lessons before hitting the high bar by yourself.
When purchasing a flying trapeze set you should be sure to researh the manufacturer and check that their system is up to your country’s safety standards (EU standards are stricter than the USA). Read the rest of this entry »
Leave the boom box at home. iPods? A thing of the past. Enter the Boombench, a 500 watt speaker-packed bench with eight 60-watt co-axial speakers and two subwoofers accessable through Bluetooth. Simply connect your Bluetooth to this super-sized Docking Station and rock out to 95 db of quality sound. Just think of what it would be like to bump this bench next to your backyard pool, not to mention if you came across one of these babies in the park. Designed by Michael Schoner of NL Architects, check out the Boombench in the video above.
If you are looking for the ultimate outdoor theater but are short on cash and space, follow in the footsteps of Kevin Allwine, a home theater enthusiast who decided to construct an outdoor theater in his driveway due to space issues in his home. Allwine’s custom drive-in theater features an 8-by-12-foot theater screen placed against a concrete wall in his driveway, along with a homemade audio cabinet inside of his garage and homemade speakers. The theater seats 30-40 comfortably and is stored in the garage between showings. Total cost? About $1,300.
“In its largest configuration, on command, a series of nine motorized towers rise from their respective underground weather-tight concrete “bunkers” to reveal a system of quintessential scale, power, and performance. The main video tower houses a rigid, one piece cast acrylic rear projection screen that is Eleven Feet high and Twenty Feet wide. The screen itself, weighs over 3000lbs. This particular type of screen was chosen for its superior image quality as well as the fact that it does not “flex” in a breeze as a “fabric-type” flexible projection material will,” according to the South Florida company.
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