Warm weather and longer evenings combine to create a season that’s perfect for outdoor entertaining. Here are our top tips to elevate your outdoor entertaining space.

Furniture: Extend your living outdoors - treat it as a continuation of the overall style and colour palette of your home. Make sure you balance design, comfort and durability when selecting your outdoor furniture. 

Outdoor rug: Soft under foot, outdoor rugs are perfect for defining a seating area, adding texture and a bit of luxe to your outdoor space. Often they are made of recycled materials, are water resistant, and best of all, are super easy to hose down for a quick clean. Available in a wide range of colours and patterns, these are the most underrated accessory for any outdoor space.

Cushions: Not just for interiors, cushions are key to dressing an outdoor space, adding both style and personality. Definitely go for fun contrasting patterns and textures in high performing fabrics - there are even outdoor velvets which are beautifully plush and glam. I suggest larger sized cushions to elevate your look.

Outdoor fireplace: A fabulous centrepiece for your outdoor space, a fireplace creates warmth and ambiance, and even helps keep the mosquitoes away. We love the simplicity of an ethanol fire. Top tip: select one that has a ledge for perching your cocktail glass!

Enjoy your outdoors to the maximum by extending your interior style! 

Contact Kirsten for tailored design services, from colours and finishes for new builds and renovations, to furniture and furnishing selections, window treatments and styling.

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