Spring is here! With it, the little joys of summer are on the horizon: lazing around, enjoying the new rays of sunshine, starting the first barbecue, and celebrating the first nap with the brand of glasses! Except that… this living space in its own right often comes second to the others. How can you decorate your terrace without breaking the bank so that it regains its former glory as much as the living room? Lou offers you a clever guide to achieve this.
Basic tips for decorating your outdoor patio
Let’s face it, decorating your patio is often a mix of odds and ends, stacked flower pots, faded daisies, and chairs that still need to be painted. In short, the best idea of the year is to get started once and for all and invest a little time and money to successfully arrange and decorate your patio.
- When choosing your furniture and decorative accessories, you need to think about volumes and colors with the same attention as for your interior decoration.
- So be careful not to take up all the space with overly large hedges if you are creating a 10 m² terrace.
- Design a space for well-being and relaxation. You feel at ease when the layout of a terrace is both aesthetically pleasing and easy to live in functional.
- So look for durable and low-maintenance materials .
The ultimate weapon decorative objects and terrace lighting
You’ll think Lou starts with the details… When it comes to interior design, you already know how important she is to lighting in the rooms of the house. Well, it’s the same when it comes to decorating the terrace. She even goes so far as to say (and she’s right) that a very simple outdoor space can become a dream oasis with just a few lanterns . So, go ahead and add some lighting to add a soft, cozy touch to your patio evenings. Make sure your lights look beautiful day and night.
Summer decor ideas you’ll love
- Large candlesticks at least 40 cm high, placed on the floor or on the table
- Solar spotlights in planters
- LEDs recessed into the terrace floor
- The spotlight was directed towards the wisteria
- The fairy lights above the garden table
- Luminous flower pots that create a decidedly modern halo
What furniture should you use to decorate your terrace?
Lou, like the entire Potiron Paris team, has a very clear penchant for good quality furniture and decorative accessories . More durable, they are therefore more responsible and ultimately more economical.
Read the following decorating tips carefully; they’re full of clever ideas.
- Settle into a style: Mediterranean decor with terracotta planters, lavender, and a fringed parasol, holiday ambiance with a hammock and linen curtains, jungle style with banana trees and rattan furniture. In short, choose an atmosphere and extend it to the end (decorating advice declared by the anti-bric-a-brac champion!)
- Harmonize your outdoor furniture: between the modern metal and glass garden furniture, the wrought iron table and chair, he mix and match wood and metal, tthecomplete sets in woven resin, tthegraphic teak lounge, tthechoice is vast…. Hence the im, importance of staying in a coherent style.
- For flower pots and planters, it’s the same story, we coordinate! (Wood, terracotta, neutral colors like white, gray, taupe, beige, to let the plants take center stage, or colorful, variegated models to bring punch and summer lightness).
- The plain, neutral table and the chairs in mixed colors
- Replace the parasol with a shade sail with solar LED bulbs
- Swap the classic dining table for a coffee table set with large cushions for a Japandi living room that exudes zen.
How to arrange your terrace with plants?
If your terrace is overlooked, or if you want to isolate it from the rest of the garden, a natural and green separation is a great decorative idea . A few plants, and it becomes possible to arrange a terrace without breaking the bank while bringing joy and well-being to the household .Hennn planting your outdoor patio, combine flowering plants with foliage-bearing shrubs . This will help avoid monotony. You’ll also enjoy some very pleasant seasonal variations.
- Choose shrubby flowers and shrubs that do not exceed 170 cm .
- reatee height differences to break up the uniformity
- Consider a green wall, vertical plantings and and c, climbing plants such as jasmine and wisteria to create an intimate and welcoming atmosphere on an apartment terrace.
- Spare a thought for the bees with honey-producing flowers.
What containers for plants?
Above all, don’t neglect pots and planters; htheyare crucial in the decoration of your outdoor terrace.
- Plant pots allow you to insulate your plants from the heat . This way, they will be more resistant to very hot periods.
- Large planters allow you to both arrange and decorate your terrace .
- Alwayss combine the arrival of a plant with a thought about watering it
- Evaluate its weight, because shrub + soil = the detail that kills if you live in an apartm,ent andthe, decoration of the exterior terrace is likely to make it laon at your neighbors below.
