If you’ve always wanted to create a room that blends seamlessly with your garden, then hopefully we can help you get it right… This is a fantastic way to make your interior space feel so much bigger, brighter and modern. Our tips and tricks will help draw attention to your garden and bring the outside inside.

Open up the view to your garden

First off, and probably most important, any french/patio doors or large picture windows that overlook your garden should be kept clear of clutter so you can show off the space beyond to best effect. Keep curtains and blinds to a minimum too – ideally, go for something that can be pulled right up or right back, such as shutters or roller blinds.

Glass is the key

Folding glass or seamless doors that cantilever right back so as to be unobtrusive when open are the real key to merging indoor with out. Putting as much glass as possible into the room that leads to the garden is the key to bringing the outside inside. However, if you go down this route, then please ensure your view is a good one – even if that just means a small, but neat backyard type city garden. If you don’t have a wonderful view or a large garden to make the space beyond your living area attractive to look at, try some dramatic planting, good quality garden furniture (Lazy Susan, of course), lots of greenery and a nice bright colour scheme.

Get the flooring right

Selecting a flooring that can run from the inside of your home to the outside patio areas will really help to merge spaces into one. Plus, if you combine this with doors that open right back and the transition is pretty seamless.

Keep the floor level the same

As well as choosing flooring that’s the same material indoors and out, ensure your garden and living space are at the same level and try and avoid any steps – doing so will be not just more convenient, but will help lead the eye outdoors, making the indoor space feel bigger.

Mirror outside with inside

Choosing garden furniture that would look just as good indoors is a trick that you can use to blur the indoor/outdoor lines. Adding colours from your garden to the inside of your home will also help to merge indoor/outdoor. Another good tip is to go for planting that mirrors the colours you’ve used indoors.

Use green to link the spaces

Using green at your windows will help bring the garden and indoors together too. That could mean blinds or even painting the walls around the windows in a subtle green hue.

Buy low furniture for the indoors

The layout of your room might mean you have to have furniture placed across the window that blocks the view into your garden. Make the most of the view by choosing a low sofa.

Add lots of planting inside the house

Large, healthy pot plants indoors will ensure that your indoor living space feels more like a conservatory – and therefore directly linked to the garden. This is a great low cost trick, no matter what the architecture of your home is like, it always helps connect the outside with the inside of your home.

Light up your garden at night

Don’t forget that you use the inside of your home all day and all night, but even if it’s too cold to go outdoors, there’s no reason not to light the garden when the sun has gone down. Go for low energy options if possible, and always turn the lights off when not needed, but when you’re relaxing or entertaining inside in the evening, the effect of an illuminated garden is simply stunning.

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