Al Fresco dining: Top tips to style your outdoor dining experience this summer
With summer in full swing and the desire to enjoy al fresco dining, East London Parasol Company, a leading designer of luxury garden parasols, aims to inspire homeowners to transform their outdoor dining areas into captivating and functional spaces.
An outdoor kitchen is more than just a place to cook; it’s an extension of your home where you can entertain, relax, and savour the beauty of nature. With these carefully curated tips, East London Parasol Company invites you to elevate your outdoor kitchen space to new heights of style and comfort:
1. Create a Cosy Ambiance: Incorporate warm lighting elements such as string lights, stake lights, lanterns, or even a fire pit to create an inviting atmosphere for evening gatherings. The soft glow will set the mood and add a touch of enchantment to your outdoor kitchen.
2. Consider what you’d like to cook. Consider whether you’d like an outdoor grill, BBQ, or pizza oven. A covered area with a work counter, sink and outdoor fridge provides the ultimate outdoor kitchen. Choose durable, practical yet luxurious elements like polished concrete or terracotta tiles for your worktop or flooring.
3. Embrace Nature-Inspired Colours: utilise a colour palette that complements the natural surroundings. Earthy tones like sage green, terracotta, or sky blue can blend seamlessly with the outdoor environment and create a serene ambience. Our Lexham Terracotta Octagonal Parasol is perfect for adding pattern and an elegant nature-inspired hue to your dining experience.
4. Comfortable Seating: Invest in comfortable and inviting furniture to ensure your guests feel at ease during enjoyable hours spent outdoors. Plush cushions, durable fabrics, and cosy seating arrangements will make your outdoor eating space a true haven of relaxation. Pair our Peacock Chair, a truly stunning piece with the Lavender Poppy Frill Cushion to create a comfy seating space. For a complete look, consider adding elegant dining sets from Canada to elevate your outdoor entertaining area.
5. Green Thumb Touch: Add greenery to your outdoor kitchen space with potted herbs or a vertical garden. These are not only useful for cooking, but they also add a refreshing touch of nature and help create a cooling effect and purify the air – helping to create an enjoyable outdoor dining experience.
6. Personalised Accents: Infuse your own personality into the space with unique accessories and accents. Consider adding vibrant table linens, standing chandeliers, and decorative plates to reflect your personal style and make the outdoor kitchen truly yours. Finish off your table setting with these Orange Zig Zag Napkins to add a colourful addition to your al fresco dinner.
Discussing styling an outdoor space, Lucy Ferguson, founder of East London Parasol Company said: “Now that we are in the throes of summer, many of us will be planning some outdoor dining experiences in the comfort of our own gardens. With these tips, homeowners can transform their outdoor kitchen spaces into breath-taking extensions of their homes.
“Let your imagination run wild and create an outdoor dining area that seamlessly blends with the beauty of the great outdoors.
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