ORITENT EXPRESS

PERGOLA CHINESE gardens are a great way of creating tranquil and serene outdoor spaces to escape from the daily stress of modern living.

The Montebello community near Greenville South Carolina is �New Urbanism.� With common zones, it got its aesthetic ideas from the Tuscan hills of Italy. The Blue Ridge Mountains and Greenville skyline in the distance are only a short drive away. Facilities at this Carolina mountain property encompass tennis courts, kayaking and canoeing in Lake Como, a clubhouse and heated pool. There are single family, town homes, condo and undeveloped property available. Situated in the Greenville - Spartanburg corridor, this Carolina mountain home community is a wonderful pick for retirement or to move.Good idea: Use shallow pots without drainage holes to make a patio pond for water lilies.The Lake Shore on Lake Wylie community on the banks of twelve thousand acre Lake Wylie (off Fort Mill, South Carolina) is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Rock Hill is a few miles away, Charlotte, North Carolina is nearly 15 miles down, Greenville, Spartanburg and Columbia, South Carolina are a bit over an hour�s drive. With five hundred and forty four acres, its 1,200 intended houses contain town and single family homes. This community of Carolina mountain homes has playgrounds, gazebos, parks, picnic spots, horseshoe pits, sandy beach swimming area, baseball fields, basketball courts, soccer fields with a concession stand, boat ramps, fishing, docks and piers.Shutters and blinds can also help to soundproof your conservatory. Outdoor rolling shutters, for example, can reduce outdoor noise by 50%, helping to block out the sounds of traffic and noisy neighbors.Serving Multiple PurposesDeciding Where to Place Your BlindsGood idea: Plant Japanese maples - which are actually Chinese - in patio pots or in a sheltered border for the best results.Woodside Plantation rests at the margins of the mountains outside of Aiken, in an area known for its horse riding, and is one of my selections for best places in South Carolina mountain homes. Staying near Aiken provides you access to the sea shore and the mountains, with Columbia, South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia under an hour away on wheels. The 2,300 acres is a bluebird reserve, provides hiking and walking trails, a common garden, nature preserves, kayaking, canoeing, twenty acres of parkland, seven stocked lakes to fish in, a croquet court, tennis court, four golf courses, clubhouses, restaurants, pubs, and meeting rooms for luaus, parties, charity shows and card games.Good idea: If you don't want to add a new pergola or gazebo, try decorating an existing structure with bright cloth for a party or play area. Or if you are adding a new one, put it near a pool, which in Chinese ideology is the living pulse of a garden, representing purity and serenity.SCREENS CORRIDORS are often a centrepiece of Oriental gardens and serve as a link between buildings. They also divide up the space to create vistas and clear routes through the garden.In addition to making your conservatory look more attractive and blocking out the sun when necessary, shades and blinds can serve other purposes as well. For example, they can be helpful when it comes to maintaining a certain temperature in the conservatory and, during the winter, the material can serve as an insulator and help keep the room warm.

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