Spring Cleaning

Well Spring has sprung all across the USA, bringing with it the feeling of new beginnings and a fresh start as a large majority of us have jumped into spring cleaning with a passion. Let’s all get our homes and yards ready for outdoor fun, visitors, cookouts, lawn games, etc.  I love this time of year! If you have a pool maybe it’s time to pull the cover off, possibly get that artificial waterfall working again. Also this is the time to clean the bar-b-que grill or smoker out in anticipation of some great outdoor meals with friends and family. And then of course it’s time to clean and inspect your outdoor lawn furniture, tables and chairs. This is where we can help. I am astounded at how many people call us at this time of year and say that when they got their cushions out of the garage or shed they found that either a mouse or a squirrel had used the 

batting and foam for their own unauthorized use and now the cushions and or slings are ruined. Hey, you can’t blame the little creatures they just do what they do.  In addition, perhaps on inspection you find that your cushions were a lot more faded than you remembered. We can help.

 Our sister site, The Patio PVC Shoppe at www.patiopvc.com is the place for replacement cushions, slings and webbing. As a way of saying thanks for reading our blog please use discount code  “BLOG10” to receive a 10% discount on all cushions and sling replacements.

Porches, patios and decks are great gathering places in the warm weather and especially on those beautiful warm spring and summer evenings when the deck is transformed into an outdoor room. One of the newest categories on our www.PatioandYards.com  website, are the new outdoor lamps. 

Add a touch of casual elegance, style and atmosphere and light up your outdoor area with Lamps that are completely weatherproof. Most of the lamps have a two level dimming switch and weatherproof cord & plug, 12 ft. on the floor lamps, and 16 ft. on the table lamps.  Great item!  

And speaking of atmosphere, how about some Garden Glo Illuminated Planters! (You can also use them as beverage coolers also!) Large frost resin planter has 24 color changing LED’S that 

last up to 20,000 hours. Colors change from red, green, blue and whiteand every color in between. You can even pause on your favorite color.

          

 So for this month’s big 15% discount at www.PatioandYards.com  use discount code, “15LAMP”on any of our outdoor lamps, and color changing garden planters .

Now that the weather has warmed, work on Sinbad, our 37’ all wood Egg Harbor, has slowly started to resume.  Now when I say slowly, I mean slowly. Www.patioandyards.com , the new website that we created to fund the refurbishing of our former grand, do I dare call it a ship, is still in search of more customers. We had a total of 514 visitors during the month of March compared to 104 visitors that visited the site in February. That’s an almost 400% increase so Yippie Skippie! We did have a few small sales and  the grand total of profit going into the bank for the restoration of Sinbad for the month of March 2012 was grand total of $122.86 . When compared to last month’s profit of  $19.00 it's an increase of almost 500%!!  Not picturing Sinbad in the water yet, but it is a start. Stay tuned!

The First PatioandYards Blog

Welcome to the PatioandYards.com Blog, although as I write this, my first blog post, I know that we have no followers as of this date and that is okay.  As in the movie Field of Dreams, I believe the premise of, “If you build it they will come”, will hold true.  So here you are reading our first blog and for this I thank you.

Now let me introduce ourselves. I go by the name of Captain Bob and I, along 1^st mate Cathy (who also doubles as my soul mate and wife) started an Internet retail sales business, way back in the year 2000. We started in our basement and have as of this month finally moved the business out of the house to an actual honest to goodness office building and at the same time have opened our newest website, PatioandYards.com complete with a new Facebook page, a new Twitter account and of course this Blog!

Although we do sell furniture you may see on this blog, and on our Home page that all profits from this web site go to the restoration of an all wooden 1968 Egg Harbor cabin cruiser, and throughout the future writings in this blog, I will keep our followers up to date on the progress of the restoration.   Egg Harbor boats, manufactured in Egg Harbor, NJ have a small but loyal following of “Egg Owners” as we like to refer to ourselves. My Egg’s name is Sinbad and we have owned her for about five years, having bought her from her previous owner, a real character, a good friend, and another Captain Bob, who just recently passed away. In future blogs, I will tell some great Captain Bob tales and stories.

In order to fund the restoration of Sinbad, of course we must sell our wares and so in each blog we will highlight some of our products, and offer discounts for those who follow our blogging.  When we first started selling online, our first website sold only PVC Pipe Furniture, once a long time ago referred to as plumbing pipe furniture.  So this month we will start with PVC Furniture.

PVC furniture is made differently today than when plumbers first put together the medium of their trade, making furniture for their families. PVC furniture today is a niche product that has a loyal following. We see customers that have had their furniture for over 20 years and they say it still looks brand new except for the cushions and slings which for the past 13 years we have been replacing for these customers. This furniture is made with furniture grade PVC that is chip resistant and is imbedded with UV stabilizers for long lasting good looks.  Why do people like this furniture? It is in expensive compared to any other furniture out on the market today, yet it has casual chic appeal. It’s fun furniture.

Late winter and early spring is the best time to prepare for those wonderful days outdoors. Now is the time to replace cushions and slings or possibly purchase a new outdoor set of PVC Pipe Furniture. We represent Casualine Furniture, the leader for the past 40 years in producing PVC Furniture. We will not be under sold. So for the month of February, we are offering a 15% discount on all PVC Furniture that you will find in “For Your Patio / PVC Furniture” Use Coupon Code- pvc15feb .