One effective break idea is for workers to get out of the office and mingle on outdoor park benches for a few minutes

While many companies can't offer the nap pods, ping pong tables or gourmet chefs offered by Google, there are several inexpensive break room ideas you can use to improve employee morale and boost productivity.

According to experts, the goal behind a break room is not to regard it as a place where employees slack off, but a place where they can relax, recharge and interact with fellow employees.

Employee lockers and break rooms set the tone for how employees are treated

Here are a few suggestions:

1. Break Room Décor - while it is important (and required) that employment legal notices be posted, be sure to make your break room different than the rest of the office or workplace. Paint it a different color. Add plants. Include comfortable chairs. Hang pictures. This lets employees know this is a space that is remove

By adding just a few key site furnishings, apartments can boost curb appeal significantly

In this digital age, because today's renters have a very short attention span, quickly enhance your apartment's curb appeal with a combination of commercial planters, outdoor park benches and picnic tables.

It's a new world out there. Think about how fast Millenials zip through pages on their smartphones and tablets. Now think about how fast they are going to evaluate your apartment community if you don't have the absolute best curb

Parks, picnic tables and wide open spaces are great for birthday partie

If you really want to host a unique (yet inexpensive) birthday party, consider a combination of picnic tables, a park and plenty of hard-to-hurt open spaces.

Parents know how it is nowadays when it comes to extravagant birthday parties. The old days of just inviting a handful of kids to come over for an hour has changed dramatically. Now the pressure is on to make a kids birthday party a major event, like the Macy's Day Parade.

People dish out big bucks for parties with activities such as bowling, laser tag, makeovers, gymnastics, trampolines, game rooms, etc. And then there is the standard party at Chuck E Cheese, where you can never, ever have enough quarters. How can any parent ever win in this escalating battle to put on the greatest

A steer leaps over a picnic tabl

There are few instances throughout history when royals and regular citizens had much in common. But their interests did align when it came to getting out of the castle or house, sitting down at picnic tables under a wide open sky and enjoying a meal outdoors.

The popularity of the picnic table tradition is still going strong today.

All across the country go to any park early on Saturdays and Sundays and you will see families already camped out there, with the grill fired up and delicious smells of barbecue floating through the air. Some of those barbecue dishes are so mouth-watering, you could easily stick a maître de at the entrance of the park and charge people for a meal.

Eating outside is a cultural trend that seems to be growing rapidly. For example, every mon

To add variety to the holidays, take the opportunity to take the family outside and visit local parks

The holidays are a time when families and people gather to exchange gifts, sit down together for a meal and just take time to be together.

But after all the presents are opened, the meals are consumed and everyone is caught up with everybody else, one of the best things you can do with family and friends is get outside!

Go for a walk together. Visit a park. Toss a football or kick a soccer ball. Ride your new bikes.

Mother Nature gives us the best gift of all - the great outdoors. Blue skies and green grass all wrapped up in a giant package of fresh air.

Sure, we know, it's the Age of Technology. But you can bring your new tablets, iPhones, and hand-held game consoles with you. Sit on a park bench or a picnic table and play, take photos or create videos.

The main thing is to just get out of the house. It breaks up the day, it gives people some elbow