Furnishing the terrace and the garden like a sitting room

A stylish, designer outdoor experience

Thinking of how to furnish your garden or terrace? We are, for sure! It’s great to get out and relax in the open, whether you’ve got a small terrace or a big garden, breathing in the fresh air and the fragrance of the flowers, enjoying the sun on your skin with your eyes half-closed. It’s fun to entertain your friends outdoors, to organise a picnic or to dine beneath the stars.

An original idea is to use indoor furnishing outdoors: poufs, mirrors, frames and designer chairs are all ideal for creating an outdoor sitting room area. Furnishing your outdoor spaces doesn’t just mean buying a table and four chairs; it means bringing a touch of character to the setting, using creative ideas. It’s very important to choose designer chairs for the outdoors too: whether they’re in plastic, wood, steel or shabby style, you can even mix and match them – what matters is that they have character and that you take care to select just the right combination of styles.

In the garden, it’s also important to have a good cover to protect them from sunlight and from the evening dampness: a sheet, a gazebo, a sunshade, whatever you like, as long as the accent is on style. If the space is limited, it’s best to go for space-saving, fold-up solutions. For an extra-original touch, you might like to use mirrors and frames for the walls of the terrace or balcony, or even a plain wall in the garden. As well as their decorative function, mirrors are great for spreading extra light. It really doesn’t take much at all to create an original, trendy little corner.

CREATE THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE:

You can find plenty of ideas online too – take a look at www.lionshome.it or www.madeindesign.it:it’ll be no easy task choosing from all the models available. The paving has an essential role to play: it has to be comfortable and transmit a sense of wellbeing, so you can walk barefoot if you feel like it; Ceramiche Coem has several collections suitable for outdoors, with a natural, material look. Brit Stone, Afromosia, Cardoso and Pietra Sabbiosa are just some of the collections designed with outdoor areas in mind, aimed at creating a smooth, continuous effect that links up all areas of the home, indoors and out.

Thanks to the different shades of colour and the natural materials, these collections can be used to bring a personal touch to your settings, slotting smoothly and seamlessly into the surroundings, with complete respect for nature.

And to create just the right atmosphere, it’s important to pay attention to the lighting, for which “indoor” solutions can also be adopted: a bedside lamp for soft lighting; a floor or ceiling lamp, maybe chandelier-style. Garlands of lights are always a great idea to create a delightfully romantic effect… and then of course there are candles: fragrant, colourful or just plain white, they’re always perfect for turning a garden or terrace into a fabulous open-air sitting room.