Knowing how to arrange your terrace or balcony is essential because it is an integral part of a house or apartment: its decoration and fittings are very important and give life to your exterior.
It is indeed a real living room in its own right , particularly as soon as the heat rears its ugly head. Ah the beautiful summer evenings on the terrace enjoying a drink (in moderation), with friends, or as a couple! Take advantage of the rays of sunshine to relax outside and immerse yourself in your favorite book, with a cup of tea or coffee in hand. Or simply enjoy a little nap to perfect your tan.♥☼
It is possible to create a terrace in your image, with these few decorating tips and advice, so that you can spend a relaxing summer filled with beautiful moments.
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1 • OFFER A BENCH ON YOUR TERRACE
We said previously, setting up your terrace as a separate room in the house is the best way to extend your living space. Balconies or terraces can enlarge them with an additional living room, like a cozy flowered veranda.
Install a bench, a sofa area with a small coffee table to structure your terrace and create a real outdoor living room, a cocoon of appreciable and relaxing life.
You can coordinate your indoor and outdoor spaces by setting up a bench on your terrace that resembles your sofa. The color, the shape, the style, these characteristics can be echoed on each side of your home.
You can also choose two completely different atmospheres between your terrace and your living room by choosing a bench that is completely opposite to your sofa: a more original effect.
The main thing is that your outdoor furniture is as comfortable and useful as possible.
2 • OFFER A FUNCTIONAL GARDEN ROOM FOR EVERYONE
Having the opportunity to create a small outdoor room is a real joy. Think of your garden furniture as a useful and refreshing living room with weather-resistant furniture that is, above all, practical to move. Indeed, depending on the layout of your terrace you will surely have to move this type of furniture often
A garden room begins with a small table where you will begin to arrange your garden furniture around it. You need a space so that you can eat your meals easily and why not work with the softness of the sun’s rays on you.
After you have decided on the central location of your garden furniture where you will start arranging your garden furniture around it. your garden furniture.
Another “garden living room” idea is to position some outdoor furniture such as an ottoman, an armchair or an outdoor sofa as an extension of your indoor living room. This tip is ideal for a living room opening onto your terrace via a bay window. Play with objects by arranging your terrace to forget the inside/outside separation.
◘ The terrace is the relaxation corner of your house
Well sheltered from bad weather, set up your terrace like a real living room. Decorative frames, designer lamps (always protected from rain and humidity of course), colored or pastel vases, decorative objects of all kinds… Take out your interior items or do a little shopping to personalize your terrace !
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3 • DEVELOP YOUR TERRACE WITH PLANTS
Decorate your terrace with pretty flowers or various green plants. Flowers always add life and pep to a decoration. Don’t hesitate to put them everywhere, on your walls (like a vertical garden), on your table in a pot or vase, at the edge of your terrace, in pots… treat yourself and choose them carefully ! Each plant or flower has its own charm.
Many flowers are ideal for those who don’t have a green thumb, succulents, cacti. Something to delight everyone. In addition, you can have outdoor plants which will be less demanding on watering and the attention to be given to them (depending on the plants of course). There are lots of easy-care plants to decorate your terrace simply and beautifully.
To arrange your terrace with plants it is necessary to think of your flower pots as a piece of furniture in its own right. Your plants will help you enhance your terrace by highlighting a specific area (a coffee table for example), to delimit your space with rectangular pots for example, or to hide from the view of others by adding a few bamboos or abundant shrubs . A bamboo hedge, for example, will serve as a charming privacy screen.
Consider integrating plants that flower at each time of the year to have a terrace that is always flowery and colorful. You can also intersperse annual plants in your pots to give yourself the opportunity to replant new plants each year. What a joy to garden, isn’t it?
