Hints on Designing a Gorgeous Outdoor Room

One of the perks of living in a house is having space for expansion and since you already have that kind of advantage than you should make the most out of it. Decorating a garden is the first thing you can do to make your backyard an area for spending some pleasant times with your family and friends. And where can you spend your quality time better than on a terrace, porch or patio? It is the perfect place for drinking your morning coffee or afternoon tea.

Besides, it is a proper designer’s challenge where you can explore the boundaries between exterior and interior. We hope that with the next few advices, we’ll help you overcome those challenges.

Balancing Interior and Exterior

A backyard room is an extension of your house, so building it without consideration of the style of building and decoration you have indoors would be impossible. So, when thinking about decoration of this new room, don’t lose sight the most defining characteristic of your home. Try to implement some of them to the backyard room by adding some specific details, such as paintings, rugs, wallpapers, pictures, etc, in order to create more cohesive and harmonic appearance.

Choosing Furniture

Opting for materials for outdoor furniture may be a bigger challenge than you expect. There are a lot of things to consider, such as temperature, humidity, etc. The most commonly used materials today are teak and woven synthetic faux-wicker. More popular out of these two is the second one, but teak is more adaptable and durable.

Colors and Patterns

When choosing colors and patterns for your outdoor setting furniture, keep in mind, what we’ve mentioned above, about the harmony between your house interior and backyard room. You don’t want the colors to be too different. If you are not a risk-taker, opting for neutral and natural wood tones might be the best option. On the other hand, you can pick out one accent color from your house and use it as a dominant one in this room to. For additional charm, use colorful and floral, or some other conspicuous pattern, outdoor cushions.

Introducing Light

As this room should be yours shelter and oasis during warm nights too, you should think about installing some lighting. You can opt for the same type of lighting as in the interior of your house: central light sours accompanied by several others; or you can choose peripheral lights without overhead lighting, which is more appropriate for outdoor setting. You can even experiment with some other ideas, as hidden lamps, candles on the table, etc.

Finishing Things up

The last, but not the least, is to add small touches and details which will add personality to your little escape room and provide perfect connection between the comfort of your house and oasis of your backyard. Some of the best ways of doing that are by planting flowers and plants, adding a reading nook, decorating with candles, picture frames, souvenirs, lamps, etc. Here, you can completely give rein to your imagination.

We hope these advices have been helpful. If you’ve done everything “by the book”, by now you probably have your little piece of relaxing paradise on the border of your house and backyard. All you have left is to seat back and enjoy your peace and tranquility or invite some friends over to brag with your success and throw an opening party.