Monday, 2 June 2014

Outdoor Living Room Designs

By Darren Hartley


An outdoor living room can be created with salvaged windows, weathered seating and rustic garden ornaments. They turn a small deck into an enchanted spot for entertaining. Garden walls help a patio or deck feel like a living room, regardless of their being made out of greenery, stone or old church windows.

An old world outdoor living room is not complete without accessories that give it a dramatic impact. Small gothic windows and 18-inch-high column capitals can provide for that. These column capitals also make handsome bases for low tables with rustic stone tops.

A 1940s spring chair reproduction is a perfect option for a vintage styled metal seating for an outdoor living room. It provides the needed splash of bold color to the surroundings. An iron candle stand or handcrafted floor candelabra can be incorporated for that extra Gothic touch to the atmosphere.

An armillary sundial is among the rustic garden ornaments that can be used for an outdoor living room. It can be a spherical sundial, usually made from cast iron. It was an astronomy teaching tool that dates back to ancient times and used as a popular accent in 19th-century gardens.

An old-world urn can provide an additional Gothic touch to an outdoor living room. For subtle contrasts, the pairing of polished surface of ceramic jars and the rustic quality of wrought iron can be the needed trick.

Highly polished, reflective surfaces do not give an outdoor living room an Old World look. Instead, elements with distressed, matte and honed finishes must be the concentration. For a timeworn effect, the chosen palette must consist of deep, rich and regal colors that are not muted.




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