10 Easy Hacks for Your Outdoor Space
Be inspired by these quick updates that prove sprucing up your garden doesn’t have to be a major job
Gardens, with their landscaping, mowing, pruning and digging, can sometimes seem like the hardest spaces to plan and maintain, but it doesn’t have to be difficult to create an outdoor oasis. In fact, gardens, patios, roof terraces and balconies are often easy to transform with a few clever tweaks. Take a look at these straightforward garden hacks and be inspired to create a haven of your own.
Conjure up a holiday atmosphere
This look is all about the soft furnishings. Create an exotic dining affair with vibrant tablecloths, vintage rugs and lengths of colourful cloth suspended to form an airy canopy.
This look is all about the soft furnishings. Create an exotic dining affair with vibrant tablecloths, vintage rugs and lengths of colourful cloth suspended to form an airy canopy.
Match mismatched furniture
Tie disparate furniture pieces together and create a cohesive aesthetic by painting them all the same colour. Opt for a fresh, contemporary hue, such as this mint green, and use spray paint for swift and mess-free application.
Tie disparate furniture pieces together and create a cohesive aesthetic by painting them all the same colour. Opt for a fresh, contemporary hue, such as this mint green, and use spray paint for swift and mess-free application.
Paint it Palm Springs
Give your garden a sunny, midcentury Palm Springs mood by painting all the walls and outhouses brilliant white to contrast crisply with the green grass and foliage. The key to this look is a chalky paint finish and a manicured and minimal lawn.
Give your garden a sunny, midcentury Palm Springs mood by painting all the walls and outhouses brilliant white to contrast crisply with the green grass and foliage. The key to this look is a chalky paint finish and a manicured and minimal lawn.
Stencil an outdoor rug
Create a cosy, liveable outdoor area by laying down some durable ‘soft furnishings’. Stencil a souk-style rug straight onto a deck using outdoor paint. Over time, the design will soften and wear down for an ‘antique’ finish.
Explore ideas for transforming wooden floors inside, too
Create a cosy, liveable outdoor area by laying down some durable ‘soft furnishings’. Stencil a souk-style rug straight onto a deck using outdoor paint. Over time, the design will soften and wear down for an ‘antique’ finish.
Explore ideas for transforming wooden floors inside, too
Enjoy year-round outdoor dining
Get one up on the temperamental British weather with a covered dining area. Buy an affordable pergola kit from your local DIY store and add a corrugated plastic awning to diffuse the light and create a cosy effect as well as good drainage.
See more spaces designed for all-season alfresco entertaining
Get one up on the temperamental British weather with a covered dining area. Buy an affordable pergola kit from your local DIY store and add a corrugated plastic awning to diffuse the light and create a cosy effect as well as good drainage.
See more spaces designed for all-season alfresco entertaining
Fashion a rooftop garden
Got a flat roof? Create a rooftop retreat by creating a garden-like border with potted plants and herbs. Carry up some light wicker furniture… and relax!
Got a flat roof? Create a rooftop retreat by creating a garden-like border with potted plants and herbs. Carry up some light wicker furniture… and relax!
Indulge in a little café culture
Make breakfast the most special meal of the day, every day, by taking advantage of any suntrap, however small. Set up a chic, Continental scene with a small bistro table and chairs, then sit back and dream you’re on a stylish European mini-break.
See more ways to incorporate a patterned floor
Make breakfast the most special meal of the day, every day, by taking advantage of any suntrap, however small. Set up a chic, Continental scene with a small bistro table and chairs, then sit back and dream you’re on a stylish European mini-break.
See more ways to incorporate a patterned floor
Create a room with a view
Make working from home even more appealing by taking in the view from the garden. Ready-to-assemble garden sheds come in all manner of modern designs these days, so it’s never been easier to set up shop with a desk, chair, your laptop and an extension cable.
Make working from home even more appealing by taking in the view from the garden. Ready-to-assemble garden sheds come in all manner of modern designs these days, so it’s never been easier to set up shop with a desk, chair, your laptop and an extension cable.
Build a simple hammock
Nothing could be as easy to construct, or as decadent to use, as a hammock made out of a reclaimed wooden pallet and the strongest rope you can source. Make sure the pallet is sanded well and sealed to prevent damage to it (and, ahem, your own seating area).
Decorate with soft cushions or, for even more dreaminess, top with a light mattress for the perfect afternoon nap spot.
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Have you hacked your outdoor space with a quick or simple trick? Share your tips and photos in the Comments below.
Nothing could be as easy to construct, or as decadent to use, as a hammock made out of a reclaimed wooden pallet and the strongest rope you can source. Make sure the pallet is sanded well and sealed to prevent damage to it (and, ahem, your own seating area).
Decorate with soft cushions or, for even more dreaminess, top with a light mattress for the perfect afternoon nap spot.
TELL US…
Have you hacked your outdoor space with a quick or simple trick? Share your tips and photos in the Comments below.
New patio flooring generally means digging, levelling and some hard graft… or you could just instantly transform a scruffy outdoor area with smart wooden tiles that clip together. The luxury of walking barefoot out onto that once rough and uneven floor will be bliss.