When you decorate your home, you're reflecting your personality and aesthetic - and getting a sense of pleasure and satisfaction. Finding just the right home decor for your tabletops, walls, and shelves adds your imprint to any room - but why stop at the door to your home? Garden decor and patio decor can extend your aesthetic to the outdoors. Not sure where to start when decorating outside your home? These outdoor and garden decor tips may spark ideas and enable you to transform your garden into a retreat that reflects your personality.
Choose Garden and Patio Furniture
The outdoor furniture you choose is no less an expression of your personality than your living room furniture. Plus, it sets the mood and style for the rest of your yard. Consider the mood you want to convey and choose furniture accordingly. Keep in mind that there's more to outdoor furniture than a patio table and chairs. Consider where you can place garden benches, hammocks, and garden swings or gliders.
Tip: Choose double-duty outdoor furniture like a rustic garden bench that serves as a picnic table when you need extra seating.
Water Features
Water features bring much more to your yard than water. When you choose a fountain, a birdbath, or a waterfall, you incorporate a soothing sound into the atmosphere. Water features also attract birds and butterflies to your garden and brings more life to your yard.
Tip: No room for a full-size water fountain? Choose a wall fountain or a tabletop fountain to add the splash of water and cool off your sunniest spots.
Fire Features
Next to water fountains and waterfalls, fire features are among the most popular outdoor decor items. A fire pit, hearth or fire bowl let you use your outdoor space long into the evening on even the coolest summer nights. You'll find many styles of fire pits and fire bowls, grills and fire boxes from which to choose.
Tip: A round marble or wooden tabletop turns your fire pit into a low table when it's not in use for a fire. Surround it with a few benches and garden chairs for an additional conversation area in your yard.
Add Containers
The right containers for your patio or garden help create a unifying theme. Whether you choose whimsical planters like old cowboy boots to further an Old West look or cast iron plant stands to display your favorite flowering plants and herbs, the right containers are as important to your yard as the right vases and home decor accessories are to your living room.
Tip: Choose planters that conform to a theme or mood and use them throughout your garden and patio to bring it all together aesthetically.
Decorate with Light
Solar garden stakes convey a soft glow, bringing your outdoor decor to life at night. Choose from a variety of garden stakes that collect sunlight all day - while looking beautiful - and accent your yard through the night.
Tip: Choose a pair of carriage lamp garden stakes to frame the entry to your garden or outline a winding path with solar lamp garden stakes.
Don't stop your decorating at the back door. Bring your home decor enthusiasm to your patio and garden and enjoy your outdoor atmosphere all summer long.
Author Resource:
Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the world's MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web.
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