Outdoor Furniture: How to Create Flow with Indoor Design

Arredamento esterno: come creare fluidità con il design indoor

The design of a home's exterior furnishings is just as important as the interior. You have the opportunity to create an outdoor space that reflects you and welcomes you, just like the interior does.

From the outside, you see in. From the inside, you see out.

Do your spaces tell the same story or do they seem to belong to two different worlds?

Creating a correspondence between inside and outside allows you to:

  • make the rooms overlooking the external terrace seem more spacious and bright ;
  • consider the terrace and the interior as a single large space and not as two separate units;
  • move the living area, the hub of sharing, outdoors.

In practice, there are some measures you can adopt right away.

Square meters don't matter: they apply whether you have to furnish a small, narrow balcony or a huge garden with a swimming pool.

Hiro design round flowerpot table

A STRATEGIC PORTAL BETWEEN OUTDOOR AND INTERIOR SPACES

The transition between outdoor and indoor furniture must be as seamless as possible.

To make the transition seem natural, remove the curtains from the windows! Keep them open, so you can see the balcony furniture even while indoors.

Make the view of your outdoor furniture stand out : symmetrically position two identical, upright plants on either side of the opening. Choose the same designer planter for them for a refined finishing touch.

Altea designer plant pot by Hiro

FURNITURE FOR THE TERRACE: DESIGN CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERIOR

When furnishing your terrace , garden or balcony, maintain your personal style.

You can express the characteristics that distinguish your furnishing style through a careful choice of outdoor furniture .

Color plays a key role. You can create continuity by incorporating the same hues into your outdoor furniture design . Thus, during the colder months, you can bring designer outdoor planters indoors and fill them with your houseplants. They'll look great indoors, too, thanks to the magical power of color.

The ideas for a terrace that blends seamlessly with the interior are endless. You can play with textiles to add a touch of personality, or recreate the atmosphere of your living room by setting up a welcoming garden lounge complete with an outdoor coffee table .


Altea round planter designed by Hiro

DESIGNER PLANTS AND GARDEN FURNITURE: CLEAN LINES AND NATURE HARMONIZE

Playing with contrasts always pays off in terms of aesthetics.

One of the most pleasant and, at the same time, easy to achieve is the contrast between the essential design of outdoor furniture and the sinuous and unpredictable shapes of natural elements.

Imagine a modern outdoor planter with clean, crisp lines, inundated with the soft, intertwined foliage of a trailing plant. Opposites harmonize and emphasize each other.

The result is extremely pleasant and never predictable.
Hiro design outdoor planter

BRINGING GARDEN FURNITURE INTO YOUR HOME

Bringing a little bit of garden inside is key to creating harmony between an outdoor and indoor home space. Create a strong connection with the balcony or terrace by incorporating outdoor accessories and touches of greenery within the home. It'll be like using the terrace space twice as much.

Decorate your table by transforming a garden planter into a floral centerpiece or placing fresh flowers on a coffee table.

Speaking of textiles, you can use the same patterns as garden cushions indoors, too, and bring natural fiber rugs or outdoor containers indoors. Versatile and dynamic, the perfect piece of furniture for balancing outdoor and indoor living.

Our new entry Altea Tonda is a freestanding planter , which can be transformed into an outdoor container table or a spacious flowerpot when needed .

Discover all the variations of Altea Tonda!

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