Outdoor Living
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Nothing beats summer evenings sat in the garden, a fire burning, music playing, and some good company. The key to really making the most of your outdoors is to make it comfortable and bring a little of your indoors outdoors. I like to have lots of cushions and blankets ready outdoors for comfort and warmth. Lots of bright colours, floral patterns and cosy fabrics. Lanterns on the table ready for when the sun starts to set. A pretty tablecloth thrown over the patio table makes it look much nicer.
Being able to live life outdoors really does makes a huge difference to us, in a small house we all start to get cabin fever by the end of the winter and are bursting at the seams to get outside. I would love to get a hammock to hang up this year as illustrated in this blog post. I am also thinking of getting some lengths of fairy lights to put in the trees and along the fence. I have my eye on a pretty woven tray and a cosy cashmere blanket!
I would love to live somewhere where we could spend all year outdoors, but the winters here are too wet and too cold so we have to make the most of spring and summer months. Nothing beats summer evenings sat around the fire, they are one of my most favourite things to do. How about you? Do you love outdoor living?
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Alex
March 26, 2014 at 08:32I’d also love to live somewhere where I could spend all day outdoors. London is a very un outdoorsy place for me, I’m going to Spain next week and the apartment I’m renting is one minute from the beach. I can see myself getting up early and sitting on the beach watching the sun rise, and the same with my sunset. I can’t wait !!!
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:51Hope you had fun in Spain! I’d love to go back one day :)
Jess @ Along Came Cherry
March 26, 2014 at 09:48I heard something on the radio yesterday about how our Summer’s are going to be hotter and drier while our Winter’s are going to be warmer and wetter, not great about the Winter but if it means nice Summers then who cares! That first photo makes me want to be there so much! x
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:52I hate rainy winters… but if it means better summers then I guess that’s ok!
Alice
March 26, 2014 at 12:08Yes! One thing I insisted on when buying our flat was a garden that faced south – it’s such a sun trap!
Its full of flowers and plants, we have a BBQ and tables and chairs, piles of lanterns and solar powered fairy lights in the ivy covered fencing. I love it, and I love spending time out there. Roll on summer!
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:52SOunds perfect!!! I love my garden in the summer¬
Kay
March 26, 2014 at 13:15I can’t wait til we have warm enough weather to be outside all day again! We are fortunate enough to have a nice backyard area. We do share it with our neighbors upstairs, but they have little ones too, so they all play together in the spring/summer time. It’s great!
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:54sounds good! Roll on summer ;)
Fritha
March 26, 2014 at 15:15oh god I want to live in that first picture..I was getting so fed up of the rain before spring arrived I even told Tom I wanted to move to the US! x
Claire
March 26, 2014 at 18:44I can’t wait for more outdoor living too. Those photos look great and when I’ve seen your garden in posts it looks lovely too. Our garden can be seen from the Rugby field so I feel quite self conscious in it. I’m hoping to make something to make it more private. I love sitting on the bench having a cup of tea on my own either before everyone gets up or once they’re in bed. xxx
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:57Thanks! You can see into our garden from the churchyard, but thankfully not many people walk through!
abigail
March 26, 2014 at 19:05I spent a few summers in a community in Wales living in tipis and building our own little house out of wood and it was so much fun! I loved being so close to nature, relying on building your own fire for hot water and cooking and foraging for berries! I don’t think I could do it now, but I do still love spending as much time as possible outside, and those pictures make it look even more inviting!
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:58oh wow! that sounds amazing… not sure I could do it full time now either!
Fiona
March 26, 2014 at 19:51All I can think about at the moment is how I wish I lived somewhere warmer. I love eating dinner outside, and hanging out with the little one in the garden all day. This weather is so annoying, I am in need of a warmer climate x
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:58Yes – we eat outside all the time in the summer!
Bryony
March 26, 2014 at 21:08Ooh this has made me yearn for summer. Fairy lights are my number one for the garden… Magical!
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 20:59nothing beats fairy lights to add some magic!
Lori
March 26, 2014 at 21:22I really wish we had a garden, even though there are so many green spaces there’s nothing quite like your own little haven. The hammock is most excellent! x
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 21:01I’d be lost without a garden of my own… we use green spaces too, but having one right here that ‘s private is so good
Laura
March 26, 2014 at 23:27Growing up in South Africa I am all about the outdoor living – it’s the only downfall of the UK although I cannot wait for summer and I am going to soak up every inch of it :) Love your photos – great inspiration :)
Laura x
laura redburn
March 27, 2014 at 08:34we have such a rubbish garden here, just paving slabs. the people next door are forever throwing rubbish over the wall too! anyway, i’ve lived in places that have nice gardens and it really does make such a difference to have somewhere nice to sit and spend some time.
Adele Jarrett-Kerr
March 27, 2014 at 11:05I used to get really bad SAD when I first moved here from sunny Trinidad. I’m really desperate for a hammock though. One may have to enter our lives this year.
Gill Crawshaw
March 27, 2014 at 12:49I’m so excited for this summer as we’ve just moved to a house with a garden (from a top floor flat). i can’t wait to just let Eliza run around when it’s warm, while I sit and read a book…or try to. Being outdoors just makes everything better, doesn’t it? I have so many plans for building tents and dens.
Jenny
March 28, 2014 at 14:35This looks fantastic, what great ideas and photos for outdoor living. We just moved in when Buba was born then had Missy Moo so our back yard is still just grass. I am dying to do something with it to create an outdoor living space that we can enjoy. This gave me some great ideas. Thank you. #loveyourhome
Jen
March 28, 2014 at 15:02Oh I coudn’t agree more. We love spending our days outside on the patio, with the kids on the trampoline. Thanks for linking up #LoveYourHome
Rachel - 3yearsandhome
March 30, 2014 at 20:41Oh, I couldn’t agree more. I’ll have to stop pinning ideas for winter picnics and start looking for inspiration for spring and summer ones instead.
Polly
March 30, 2014 at 21:02yes! picnics are my favourite :D
Raven
April 27, 2014 at 15:13Looks like a cozy little spot you’ve created to get some fresh air :)