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Homes & Gardens
Julia Demer

This Heritage Rug Pattern Makes Backyards Look Effortlessly Chic – and It’s a Simple Switch for an Outdoor Living Room

Green-and-neutral harlequin outdoor rug styled on a flower-lined outdoor patio with wicker garden furniture.

Back in the dead of winter, I did some reporting on flooring that makes interiors look more expensive. Now that it’s warmer, I’m tempted to take one designer recommendation outside – one with longstanding European roots, inherent high-jewelry references, and, despite taking the form of a rug, doesn’t quite read like one. I’m talking about Harlequin.

So it’s fortunate that I found an outdoor harlequin rug tucked into Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, offered in a range of colorways to suit any setting: green for lush, garden-centric spaces, a neutral for calmer, more pared-back patio setups, and a classic black-on-beige for a hit of backyard drama. (This pattern was once called theatre flooring, thanks to its long association with stage design.)

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