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  Adding an Outdoor Kitchen During Your Pool Build Is the Smartest Thing You Can Do | Stono Outdoor Living

  Planning an outdoor kitchen? Do it during your pool build, not after. Once the deck is poured, gas and electrical lines get buried under concrete, meaning a kitchen added later requires cutting into your new deck and a second round of contractor visits. Stono founder Xavier Meier explains why the smartest (and cheapest) time to plan your outdoor kitchen is while the ground is still open, and how Stono's prefabricated aluminum islands install in half a day with zero on-site construction.

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  Charleston, Naples, and Outer Banks Engineered Outdoor Kitchens | Stono Outdoor Living

  Charleston, Naples, and the Outer Banks are often talked about like they're the same coastal market. They're not. Each one has a different climate profile, a different failure mode, and a different part of the kitchen that goes first. Charleston hits hardest at the seams and fasteners. Naples destroys the finish. The Outer Banks drives salt directly into the hardware. This post walks through what makes each market different and why the material answer is the same in all three.

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  What Coastal Homeowners Should Look For in an Outdoor Kitchen | Stono Outdoor Living

  Most coastal outdoor kitchen buyers walk in with the wrong questions. They focus on color, layout, and appliance brand. The questions that decide whether a kitchen survives the next ten years are different — and they're the ones most brands prefer not to answer in writing. Fasteners corrode before the cabinet body shows a scratch. Finishes chalk before anyone notices. Seams open from the inside. This post covers what actually fails first on a coastal outdoor kitchen and the five questions worth asking before you sign anything.

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