With the promise of warmer months ahead, our thoughts are turning to our outdoor spaces, and how we can make the very most of them in spring and summer. More and more homeowners are embracing this extra space with outdoor living rooms, extending their interiors onto a deck or patio, or taking up a cozy corner of the backyard where they can enjoy al fresco lounging surrounded by nature.
'The garden provides a sense of refuge from the outside world,' says Paul Sangha, principal landscape architect at Paul Sangha Creative. 'It could be as small as an urban balcony. There's always an opportunity to create a space of calm, nourishment, and solitude at every scale.' If you're considering extending your living room to your backyard, these are the 5 elements that people with calming outdoor living rooms will always have.
