5 Tips to Create a Comfortable Outdoor Retreat
You'll be able to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather knowing that your backyard is covered...
covered in comfortable and attractive furnishing and accessories that is! Your garden and your patio can be used in nice weather as an extension of your home.
To make it a warm and welcoming place for when family and guest are over here are some easy tips: 1.
Hanging an attractive hammock under a tree or on a porch or deck can give you a great relaxing place to escape from the hot sun.
If you don't have a place to tie it up, then buying a hammock stand is a great option to make it portable.
Place it wherever you like! 2.
Lighting always adds to the look and feel of a room, even and outdoor room.
Setting out a hurricane lamp on a table, or hanging lanterns from branches or a pergola will light up your night.
Outdoor accessories like market umbrellas are now sold with solar powered mini lights that offer a romantic twinkle to the dinner table outside.
3.
When entertaining some portable items that can make less work for you running into the kitchen would be a large tub, cooler, even a couple pails will work, fill them with ice so drinks of all sorts can be right on hand.
A cooler on wheels makes this even easier.
Fold up tables for snacks work well, keeping them up off the ground and easy for guests to reach their hands into.
This also gives them an obvious spot to sit down a drink so that items lying on the ground or the arm of a chair won't get knocked over.
As a side note, investing in non-breakable dishwasher safe dishes and glasses is a relatively inexpensive investment and will help out a great deal.
4.
Informal seating groupings work well outside.
People can break off and visit or easily pull furniture in to make for a larger grouping.
Perhaps you have a few chairs set around a fire pit or a hammock can be sitting off to the side for a private retreat.
For extra seating some large seat cushions work very well.
You can toss them on the ground virtually anywhere to add a seat for someone.
Really popular for kids! Making sure that your outdoor furnishings are attractive and comfortable can be easy with soft fabrics in UV protected fibers.
5.
The use of an outdoor rug on your deck or patio can ground a 'space' and give it the feel of a living room.
They are also easy to wash, resistant to fading, mold and mildew and come in attractive colors.
The additional benefit is that these rugs can help trap dirt off feet and shoes outside before it's all dragged into the house.
Hosing it down regularly will keep it looking great.
It softens the feel under foot too, especially bare feet.
Whether you are in the mood for a lazy relaxed day to enjoy alone or if you are entertaining friends or family then transforming your garden, deck or patio into a cozy setting can make these experiences even more enjoyable.
These few tips regarding accessories and ideas will put you well on your way to having that comfortable space outdoors.
covered in comfortable and attractive furnishing and accessories that is! Your garden and your patio can be used in nice weather as an extension of your home.
To make it a warm and welcoming place for when family and guest are over here are some easy tips: 1.
Hanging an attractive hammock under a tree or on a porch or deck can give you a great relaxing place to escape from the hot sun.
If you don't have a place to tie it up, then buying a hammock stand is a great option to make it portable.
Place it wherever you like! 2.
Lighting always adds to the look and feel of a room, even and outdoor room.
Setting out a hurricane lamp on a table, or hanging lanterns from branches or a pergola will light up your night.
Outdoor accessories like market umbrellas are now sold with solar powered mini lights that offer a romantic twinkle to the dinner table outside.
3.
When entertaining some portable items that can make less work for you running into the kitchen would be a large tub, cooler, even a couple pails will work, fill them with ice so drinks of all sorts can be right on hand.
A cooler on wheels makes this even easier.
Fold up tables for snacks work well, keeping them up off the ground and easy for guests to reach their hands into.
This also gives them an obvious spot to sit down a drink so that items lying on the ground or the arm of a chair won't get knocked over.
As a side note, investing in non-breakable dishwasher safe dishes and glasses is a relatively inexpensive investment and will help out a great deal.
4.
Informal seating groupings work well outside.
People can break off and visit or easily pull furniture in to make for a larger grouping.
Perhaps you have a few chairs set around a fire pit or a hammock can be sitting off to the side for a private retreat.
For extra seating some large seat cushions work very well.
You can toss them on the ground virtually anywhere to add a seat for someone.
Really popular for kids! Making sure that your outdoor furnishings are attractive and comfortable can be easy with soft fabrics in UV protected fibers.
5.
The use of an outdoor rug on your deck or patio can ground a 'space' and give it the feel of a living room.
They are also easy to wash, resistant to fading, mold and mildew and come in attractive colors.
The additional benefit is that these rugs can help trap dirt off feet and shoes outside before it's all dragged into the house.
Hosing it down regularly will keep it looking great.
It softens the feel under foot too, especially bare feet.
Whether you are in the mood for a lazy relaxed day to enjoy alone or if you are entertaining friends or family then transforming your garden, deck or patio into a cozy setting can make these experiences even more enjoyable.
These few tips regarding accessories and ideas will put you well on your way to having that comfortable space outdoors.
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