Using Garden Decor To Tempt Friends Outdoors

Does your garden decor lure you outdoors? It should! The hot summer days are leaving us, the nights are getting a bit cooler, with the mornings nice and crisp. It's a great time to create, and enjoy, an outdoor living space utilizing garden decor. Many people have started creating outdoor living spaces using garden accessories, patio furniture, and fancy grill set-ups. It has become quite fashionable to take things outside rather than keeping to the confines of the walls of our homes. Being able to enjoy the outdoors is not something that is reserved only for the rich and famous anymore. It can be a casually relaxing place to enjoy with friends though! Inviting your friends for an Autumn evening out on your patio or deck builds memories that will long outlast the season. There is just something special about good friends, good conversation, and the smell of the outdoors that just registers within our souls.

Begin by creating in your mind a cozy, friendly atmosphere you want for your outdoor living space and then make plans to bring your ideas to life. Start off by deciding where you spend most of your time outdoors. Do you enjoy sitting on the patio or do you find yourself gravitating to the yard? You want your space to be in an area that you already enjoy being in or would enjoy being in if a place was created. Keep in mind too that you will be having friends and family over to enjoy this extended part of your home as well. You want to keep things open but well defined and easily accessible. You want to create an atmosphere that beckons people to stay and visit and enjoy the natural surroundings. Keeping it simple and easy to maintain is important too. What good does it do to have a getaway area if you're constantly keeping it up? When decorating your garden area, keep to garden decor and furnishings that are easily cleaned and can be left outside year round.

Now that you have an area in mind, start defining it. Begin with the entrance to your outdoor space. Visualize using garden decor and outdoor furniture to invite people to welcome going outdoors with you. Utilizing garden accessories like stepping stones and wind chimes, rather than the old standby welcome mats, give a cozy feeling that says welcome in a unique way. This is your space to be as creative as you want. Using stepping stones to create a pathway to the main area is a wonderful touch as well. Garden accessories don't just come in plain concrete anymore. There are many vibrant colors and designs now to suit your taste. Another nice touch you can consider is to put decorative garden stakes and small planters along the side of your pathway. These small additions can make quite an impression to your visitors.

Let's take a look for a moment at your main area. Unlike your house, you don't have walls to define your room when you're outdoors in the garden. Using garden accessories like hanging planters, small and large statuettes, or even iron statues will not only define your area but be pleasing to the eyes. Adding a small birdbath within your area creates a Venice-like ambience to your space. Using wrought iron and wood furniture keeps your quaint outdoor theme going and provides for comfortable seating for everyone. With the days beginning to become shorter, you need to think about lighting as well for the evening. You can use the tried and true tiki torches or you may choose to pizzazz it up a little. There are now beautiful solar powered lanterns on the market that will bring a unique lighting effect to your outdoor living space. They give off a wonderful ambience and don't need electricity either. Another idea is to use a fire pit for light as well as warmth on the cooler evenings, if that suits your needs.

So there you have it, a little blueprint to get your creative juices flowing so that you can create your very own outdoor living space. Utilizing garden accessories in different ways, you can create a unique and usable garden or patio area to enjoy for years to come. Garden decor is not just for the garden anymore. Extending your living space to the outdoor garden area will bring you lasting memories of friends, family, and good times. There is still time before winter comes to create and enjoy your outdoor oasis. So get out there, start creating and let your imagination go.

About the Author: Copyright Liz Hekimian-Williams - Start your outdoor garden oasis by using a few of your favorite garden accessories teamed up with your creativity and imagination. Create welcoming landscapes in your backyard using garden decor from Giftsprings.com