Outdoor Living2021
RoomGrow to IN SOUTH LOUISIANA, we are lucky to have outdoor spaces that are usable all year long. How defined you make those spaces can add value to your property and immense benefits to your family. Consider the areas in your outdoor space as if they were rooms to be defined, designed and decorated to fill a purpose. Casual, sophisticated, friendly or nurturing; large or small; public spaces or intimate ones? Are they to be used by the couple, the family or when gathering with friends? Having an understanding of what you will use most often sets the direction. Here are some helpful ideas to pull the concept together. If your backyard is a floor plan, how many rooms can it include? By dividing the space, you can offer the rooms a purpose and prepare them to fill it. These rooms will have floors, walls, sometimes even ceilings. They can be styled using color, texture, lighting and fixtures. One advantage of imagining outdoor spaces as unique rooms is that you can apply different design priorities to each, with less concern for the overall. For instance, using stone surfaces in your kitchen doesn’t preclude you from using warm woods in the living room. This is true for outdoor rooms, as well. A formal parterre garden in the courtyard doesn’t mean 44
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