Monday, March 8, 2010

Outdoor Dreaming

The weather here is beautiful. I had the windows and patio door open all day yesterday! The warm weather and cool breeze gave me the urge to design our patio. We're lucky to have a wrap around patio on our 1 bedroom apartment. It gives us the opportunity to add another living space to enjoy during the spring and summer.

I designed this space first and foremost to be very budget friendly, but also chic and sophisticated. If you know me, I love neutrals so of course this is the direction I went..




The patio set is a steal at $228 and has great reviews. It looks very comfortable too! The size is great for an apartment patio as well.

Our patio flooring is cold, scratchy concrete. So I would love to get this Dash & Albert rug to put underfoot. A 3x5 at $84 is the perfect size for the larger part of the patio.

On top of the rug, I'd put this new chaise from Ikea. Doesn't it look like the perfect place to read a book or old Domino?


I'd make some throw pillows in this outdoor fabric I found.

Some of my favorite things are hanging lanterns...





I found these, three for $39, I'd hang them from the top of our patio.



They'd be perfect with pillar candles!

The entire space is under $600. I think this would be a good investment, don't you? ;)

10 comments:

  1. just bought a garden stool that looks exactly like that for $30 for our deck (which is in progress)!

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  2. AWESOME.
    Love all of these. Thank you for the inspiration.
    xoxo,
    Raru

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  3. Love it! Where is the garden stool from?

    Or Jennifer, where did you get yours for $30?

    Thanks!

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  4. this is gorgeous! i'm a bit jealous of the warm weather where you live. doors and windows open sounds wonderful.

    we own that patio set, except it isn't the tall version. we love it! the chairs are really comfortable...but, our set is currently covered in snow because we forgot to bring it in for the winter! hence the jealousy over your warm weather. :)

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  5. I too would love to know where Jennifer received a garden stool/drum table for $30.00 and where your's came from.

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  6. I love hanging lanterns in outdoor spaces! They just make the space seem magical. Thanks for posting this!

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  7. I love hanging lanterns in outdoor spaces! They just make the space seem magical. Thanks for posting this!

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  8. For the hanging lanterns (which I LOVE), you can do an EASY DIY. Just take glass jars (spaghetti sauce, baby food, salsa, etc.) and take some wire, wrap it around under the top lip and make a loop over the top! Bam! Beautiful lanterns! Plus its recycling!

    I used old glass jars with candles on my patio this last summer and people loved them! And it was free!

    Your stuff looks awesome!!!

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  9. I too would love to know where Jennifer received a garden stool/drum table for $30.00 and where your's came from.

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  10. just bought a garden stool that looks exactly like that for $30 for our deck (which is in progress)!

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