How to Style your Outdoor Space

How to style your outdoor space. 

Hi Friends! My deck is getting super close to being complete for the One Room Challenge. I am down to gathering the details that will pull the space together- AKA the fun part! Also, the make it or break it part. Here’s a sneak peek!

mini flamingo

I have been doing a ton of research on how to pull an outdoor space space together through accessories, and I thought you might appreciate what I have learned in case you are tackling a similar project as the weather warms up. And what better way to illustrate this than through pretty pictures?! 

All photos (except the Flamingo one above) are from Shop Terrain, the garden store owned by Anthropologie. I love this shop because it has a very old world, gathered look to it. I am going to use photos from their shop to illustrate how to style an outdoor space.

Styling your outdoor space is all about nature. The first thing is to start with your base furniture and lots of plants. You might also consider these furniture-like elements that will create a good foundation to your outdoor room:

Garden Stool

Rug

Fire Pit

Umbrella

Lights

Swing

Hammock

Next you can layer in your accessories-

Wreath

Hanging Planters

Terrarium

Bird House

Lanterns

A whimiscal detail like a Flamingo or Gnome

Candle

Interesting Planters

Any cement accessories that will weather well

Decorations for your walls like a mirror or mounted planters.

p.s. if you need more outdoor art ideas, check back next week, I’ll have a whole roundup of options!

Any items so you can plant/garden/prune your space

Gloves

Garden Tools

Watering Can

Twine

Extra Pots

You can also put Textiles outside:

Throws

Pillows

Floor Cushions

Table Cloth

Drapes

For styled photos, add evidence that a person has been there:

Hat

Book

Cup, napkin, drink

Sunglasses

Shoes

And now you have a cheat sheet so you can layer on accessories to create a perfectly inviting space!
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