GARDENS FOR OUTDOOR LIVING

These 5 gardens invite you to live the summer outdoors. Surrounded by greenery, with leafy trees and pleasant shaded areas, they have very cozy outdoor seating and dining areas. Get inspired by their ideas and put them into practice.

Outdoor dining in the garden surrounded by plants

THE MOST MAGICAL CORNERS OF THE GARDEN SURROUNDED BY PLANTS

And perhaps wasted. A corner or corner lends itself to creating a special space. You can place pots on the wall or if it is a wall, put small planters or planters on top. If it is high, with hanging varieties. There, that outdoor living or dining space will improve when surrounded by green. And if you want to add seats for little, take note of this idea: install a pair of slats attached to the wall as a bench.

Garden with gravel sulo with tiles and hurdle on the wall

TWO IDEAS TO COPY: FLOOR AND WALL

To improve the garden, take care of these two elements: walls and floor. On the wall, a coat of paint is foolproof. And to replace a damaged or outdated fence, natural hurdle! You will grant privacy to the space for little money. It is easy to install with flanges. And on the ground… Make a tiled path surrounded by gravel.

CLIMBERS AND VERTICAL GARDENS

They are perfect for decorating an area of the garden wall! More economical are climbing plants. You will have to be patient until they grow up and cover the wall. Artificial vertical gardens are not so cheap. The natural ones you can create yourself. It is important to choose the varieties well depending on the area and the hours of sunshine it receives. A wall covered in green will improve the feeling of contact with nature and freshness of the space.

PICNIC MOMENT IN THE GARDEN

If you want to improve the decoration of the garden or complete it for little money, add a cheap outdoor picnic area. Just a wooden design like the one you see in the image, typical of the picnic areas of the mountain. A table and a couple of benches as seats on each side. Place it near the shade of one of the trees in the garden or improvise a roof with textile candles. It has a price of € 170 approx. on Amazon.

A “MAKESHIFT” EXIT PLATFORM

With slats or pine sleepers with autoclave treatment you can create an exit platform in the garden when there is direct access to a room. It is a small terrace area when the outside space is not floored. It does not cost much and will serve as an extension of the stay to place a small living area or table with chairs. Some pots, a luminous garland and ready: improved garden.

 

HIGHLIGHT ELEMENTS WITH COLOR

With outdoor paints, color is allowed in the garden! You can improve the decoration and make it more striking, painting a door or shutter in an animated tone. It will stand out and attract attention, with a renewed air, although there are other more outdated elements.

Garden illuminated at night

THE EASIEST LIGHTING

That is the solar, because it does not require installation (you save on labor) and there are already models of solar lamps quite cheap. Everything will depend on the design and its size. We also like the idea of using rechargeable bulbs that you can place inside different structures that sift the light to achieve a perfect atmosphere on summer nights in the garden.

MARK THE PATHS WITH SOLAR BEACONS

This detail also improves the garden. It makes it safer and more beautiful. It indicates a passage area of the garden, a path or a staircase with small beacons or solar spotlights. With the light you will lead the way. Ideally, the spotlights incorporate the solar panel within the same body of the luminaire, so that you do not see that exempt element that is less aesthetic and difficult to locate discreetly.

Detail of hanging lamps with fiber shades in a garden tree

DECORATE TREES WITH HANGING ELEMENTS

It is an idea that improves the garden, makes it more bucolic and charming. Hang from the branches of the trees solar or rechargeable lights with natural fiber screens, glass cups with led candles (much safer), small glass or mirror objects that emit flashes when moving or swaying with the breeze, ribbons … A very do it yourself detail full of charm.

SHADY AREAS IN THE GARDEN

Metal pergolas have a high price, more than wooden ones. It’s easy to find wooden pergola kits that you can assemble yourself and save money while improving the shaded areas of the outdoor space. To provide shade, a good option is the hurdle, which lets the air through and generates a nice effect of sunlight (sun-shade). You can add light curtains to avoid direct sun on the sides of a roof when the sun begins to descend.