What is Outdoor Living?
Imagine coming home from a long day at the office. It’s summertime and you’ve been in the cold air conditioning all day. All you want to do is lay down on your comfy couch, in your favorite adult beverage…. Outside. An outdoor living space is an extension of your indoor lifestyle. A place where you can enjoy alone time, host guests, and more. Your outdoor living space is a beautifully designed and functional space that fits your lifestyle.
Essentials for your Outdoor space
An outdoor living space is whatever you’d like it to be. It could be comfy and cozy, feature wood, tile, stone, masonry, it could include an area for kids, a pool, lounging, cooking and beyond. Here are a few essentials for your outdoor space.
Deck
Not sure where to start? Create a deck space that can serve as your outdoor living space home. What do I mean by that? Think of the house that you live in, there are areas in it that you spend most of your time in. Your deck will act as that space. A deck can create a natural extension from your house to the outdoors. And of course an outdoor living space can seep into a garden or pool area, but a deck will be that central spot, the foundation of outdoor living.
Dining or Living area
From there, create a comfortable space to dine and lounge on your deck. Choose comfy couches, add a dinner table, look into adding a porch swing, or a hammock. That way you can move from the indoors to dine or lounge outside.
Choose something that complements your indoor lifestyle. Ask yourself questions like where do I spend most of my time when I’m in my home? Is it around the kitchen table or breakfast nook, on the couches with a good book or watching a family movie? Whatever your answer you can create a space to create lasting memories and help you and your family connect with nature and with each other.
From there you can add additional creative spaces to make your outdoor living space uniquely yours. Here are 5 ideas to get you started.
5 Creative Outdoor Living spaces
To us Outdoor Living means that you can enjoy nature, disconnect from your busy life and reconnect with your self and with others. An Outdoor Living space can help you create lasting memories as an extension of your lifestyle. Here are five creative Outdoor living spaces to get you excited about Outdoor Living.
Outdoor Bar Area
You enjoy making cocktails, hosting friends, and serving appetizers. Why not create a space outdoors to do that so you can enjoy the weather and your beautiful backyard? You could add a sink, outlets, a refrigerator, live edge or granite countertops, wine rack and more.
Outdoor Kitchen
You enjoy food and eating outdoors. Spruce up your barbecue area with a pizza oven, new grill, wine cooler or fridge, countertops, and more. Create an outdoor kitchen with all the essentials. Bring all your meal prepping outside, enjoy the weather while you cook and can spend time with your family.
Party Space
Do you love to host? Create multiple sitting areas so that you can have your guests mingle in various areas of your deck and backyard. Combine your space with a fire pit, outdoor lighting and more to keep the party going even after the sun goes down.
Pergola
Need some shade? Add a pergola to your deck or a section of your deck to create shade, privacy and more. Build a beautiful timber framed wooden pergola, add awning for when it rains. A pergola can add additional design elements to make your space your own. You could also build a pergola in your backyard in your garden space or by the pool depending on what you have in the rest of your backyard.
Something you
Lastly, add something to your outdoor living space. Are you an avid gardener? Create a gazebo to enjoy your garden space or spruce up your garden shed into a secret haven. Love to lounge at the pool? Create a bathing area so that you can stay by the pool area all day. Whatever you enjoy can be created and included in your outdoor living space.
What do you need to create an extension of your indoor lifestyle outside? How will you create your outdoor living space that’s beautifully designed and functional and that fits your lifestyle?
Not sure where to get started? Contact us at Lincoln Built to discuss creative ideas to create your outdoor living space today.
