HOW TO DESIGN A COMFORTABLE OUTDOOR ROOM

You must first determine what makes a room cozy in order to construct a cozy outdoor room. The response will always have two essential elements: intimacy and comfort.

LIVING COMFORTABLY OUTDOORS

Depending on the season, different items will be required for comfort outdoors. Finding a means to stay cool during the warmer months is frequently a top priority. The challenge of staying warm increases during this time of year. It's essential to have heat sources, such as butane heaters, cozy blankets, and fire elements, such as a fire table, outdoor fireplace, or fire pit, in order to enjoy your outdoor rooms longer into the fall and winter seasons. Retractable ceiling-to-floor solar screens placed around the perimeter of an overhang or porch can also serve as a windscreen in the winter and a sunshade in the summer.

The choice of furniture can also play a significant role. In order to achieve the desired aesthetic, many people favor form over function. Choose pieces of outdoor furniture that are cozy and can be arranged in groups to create secluded conversation spots. When choosing accessories like throw cushions, which can occasionally be lovely but rigid, take comfort in consideration as well. By allowing one to raise their feet into a more relaxed position, stools and ottomans can also increase comfort.

MAINTAINING INTIMACY

In an open area, it can be difficult to create intimacy. Organizing furniture into smaller conversation zones is one method to achieve this. Another choice is to use walls to divide outside spaces into separate rooms. Virtual barriers, like a folded screen or a container garden with shelves, can be used for this, while real walls can be erected by utilizing retaining wall blocks to build freestanding divider walls or seat walls.

In reality, seat walls provide two functions: they define or divide spaces while also adding additional sitting. In fact, built-in seating is currently one of the most popular new trends in outdoor architecture, according to a recent poll by the American Society of Landscape Architects.

FINISHING ELEMENTS

Decorate your outdoor space as though it were an indoor space to make it as cozy as possible. Pick items that express your individuality. Container gardens, weather-resistant clocks and vases, lanterns, birdhouses, and baskets are a few examples. If your outdoor room has walls, you can use them to decorate the space and further the idea of putting the indoors outside. The ambiance of the room can also be improved by the lighting.