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Great ways you can extend your living space outdoors this summer

Written By Glenn Prescot

If you have a backyard, you don’t have to wait for the weekend to enjoy fresh air and sunlight while surrounded by greenery.

Patio of mediterranean villa in French Riviera with wicker furniture

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This summer, you can find a way to extend your living space to the outdoors and create an area for entertaining your guests and finding relaxation whenever you need it.

Table of Contents

  • Make a Grill Gazebo
  • Provide a Comfy Piece of Furniture
  • Create Privacy
  • A Makeover of the Exterior
  • Build a Fire Pit
  • Build a Simple Water Feature
  • Pleasant Outdoor Lighting
  • Final Words

Make a Grill Gazebo

Wooden gazebo for relaxing standing in the forest

You can build this gazebo during one single weekend. If you already have a patio, don’t worry- this gazebo can fit there but still provides enough room for seating and the grill.

It’s a great way to be with your guests even while you are preparing the meal. Plus, you can customize it the way you want by adding storage or coolers.

Make sure you use quality wood so that the gazebo lasts for years to come.

Provide a Comfy Piece of Furniture

If you want to be able to relax and feel comfortable, then you must put at least one piece of furniture where you can lounge.

It can be something as simple as a hammock or a swing or you can take it to another level and place an outdoor daybed or an outdoor sofa.

By doing it, you are creating a sense of extended living space where you can relax just like outside your home.

Create Privacy

Brick house and fence in an environment of vegetation and trees

Enjoying outdoors won’t mean much if anybody can take a peek and if your neighbors can see you. Privacy is important for feeling completely relaxed, and there are many ways to create privacy without disturbing the natural beauty of the outdoors.

You can install a wooden fence or build a garden wall; you can plant layered plants and climbers that will protect you from the privy eyes. Of course, a pergola can help, too, and it can define your outdoor space at the same time.

A Makeover of the Exterior

To completely enjoy your outdoor space, you shouldn’t only focus on the patio and what you put on it. The surroundings are equally important to feel nice in the backyard and to want to spend time in there.

Australians are known for paying a lot of attention to the exterior to make their experience outdoors as enjoyable as possible.

It’s a common thing to do a house rendering in Sydney and other cities when warmer months come – it not only makes the time outside more comfortable but it also protects the house and the garden walls. Follow their example if you want a complete enjoyment.

Build a Fire Pit

Vintage back patio with fire pit, furniture, and lots of greenery.

A fire pit creates a feeling that you are camping, especially if you light it in the evening.

A lot of people like gathering around the fire, so this would be a lovely way to spend the evening together.

Don’t buy the store model because they are not very reliable. Instead, spend the same amount of money to have a unique DIY fire pit that will be long-lasting and easy to clean.

You will need a few days to build it but it will be worth it. Most of that time will be needed for the footing and mortar to set in.

Just make sure to check fire pit codes in your neighborhood because you may need to build it away from the trees or structures in the yard.

Build a Simple Water Feature

small residential paved garden water feature or waterfall

Sound of water and the reflections in it deeply relax us, so think about adding a low-maintenance water feature in your backyard.

You can build a simple fountain around a large stone from which the water will flow out into some kind of a reservoir, then flow back thanks to a pump.

You can get a rock at your local stone supplier or drill a hole in the existing stone with a hammer drill.

You won’t have to spend a lot of time cleaning the fountain because there won’t be a collection pond to clean every couple of days.

Pleasant Outdoor Lighting

The patio and the surrounding walls should give off pleasant lighting that creates a relaxing and dreamy atmosphere.

There are many types of lighting – candles you can spread on the table and around the patio, string lights you can hang on the trees and the fence, solar-powered landscape lighting places in the flower beds, or tiki torches along the path and around the patio.

Final Words

Your living space outdoors can be as pleasant and relaxing as the indoors, even more. The point is to feel the urge to go into your backyard and get at least half an hour of enjoyment and silence in the fresh air. And that can be achieved if you invest your time in designing an outdoor space that suits you.

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About Glenn Prescot

I'm Glenn Prescot, an Interior Designer originally from Kansas USA and now living in Europe. I am a fan of DIY, home design, gardening and anything related to home interiors and exteriors. I'm also interested in crafts and Home Improvement projects.

I have been in the home design industry for more than 17 years. I love decorating and transforming spaces so that people living in them are happy and pleased with their space.

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