The Perfect Outdoor Space: Personal Getaway at home

Aarti Tripathi Aarti Tripathi
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Many homes have a porch, patio or a designed rooftop. But why are they there? Some will say for enjoying the seasons to the fullest. Yes may be – A terrace to watch sunset, a rooftop for a winter bonfire or a garden for a weekend grill.  The Outdoor Space Ideas of Sportingly inclined will be a swimming pool or a tennis court. Then, there are technically inclined with a little workshop or a tree house which brings some technical creativity along.   Therefore, the Outdoor Space Design varies person to person (mental bent) and also on the local weather and natural surroundings. In other words, it is the person living in the house whose personality is reflected in the Outdoor Space Ideas.  As part of the modern Outdoor Space Design, a pool, a garden or a BBQ is a must for a modern house depending upon the size of the pocket and the house owner’s likes. Some common things constructed or used in the houses as part of Outdoor Space Design are listed below.

Sitting Area is tastefully designed

The garden chair is the most common of the sitting arrangements in an Outdoor Space.  Some are made of simple plastic others are specially designed so that they look natural and blend with the garden.  Some prefer natural material like cane while others can have a proper sofa set installed in the garden.  Some literally like to sit in the ‘Thick of Things’ so to say by making a sitting space in the middle of the garden making a little gazebo others can have glass walls installed so they stay inside but enjoy the outside.  Some would like a thick wooden table straight out of the middle ages others would like a rug.  There are no parameters simply whatever you like and whatever suits the weather around.

Swimming Pool

The pool is a very important part of ‘outing’ inside a house.  Not only is it one of the most important forms of relaxation after hard day at work but also important exercise.  Some people have plain Olympic Style swimming pool where they do their customary two or three lengths daily but others have different idea. They turn it into a resort with poolside chairs and fake palm trees to make it look like a beach.  They have dinning spaces and TV sets to entertain their guests.  Some have glass panels around the pool to see reflections of the water on it. It is not a matter of choice whether the swimming pool will need water heating though Weather decides that for you.

BBQ

Barbeque is a tradition possibly older than the civilizations.  The earlier groups of the nomads cooked their kill together and some cultures still try imitating them. Apparently, this brings people together. In United States alone there are thousands of types of Barbeque recipes ever slightly different from each other.  The BBQ appliances are commonly available everywhere.  Again as a matter of choice, people choose traditional Charcoal & Wood Grills to Gas Grills to Electric Grills.  Some persist with the traditional charcoal grill while others are not averse to comfort of an electric grill.  Again, there is nothing right or nothing wrong whatever suits one is good enough.

Garden

A garden is not only a place which provides fresh air to breathe but also a place where you get stress relief as per modern scientific research.   Again, a garden is designed based on the budget, climatic conditions, plants preferred and with or without landscaping.  The Perfect outdoor Space can only be a reality when there is earth, grass, plants & birds/insects around.  Therefore, unlike the Grill or a pool which are more like manmade “Outdoor Activity” the garden is the outdoor itself. Extensive landscaping is costly job done by professionals but small front and backyard landscaping can be done at home. Guides are available online on how to design a home garden.  Again, depending upon choice and budget people design and plan their Outdoor Space.  Some families like to grow their vegetables at home in their kitchen garden to avoid fertilizer and pesticide related issues with the market vegetables.  It is rather cool to have a little farm at home.

Lighting

Summer Evenings bring about a different kind of internal feeling especially for the inhabitants of the colder places.  That feeling finds expression in Outer Spaces by means of special lighting from under the plants and pots and on the hedges.  The kind of lighting and items used for same varies depending upon the availability of items and preference of the cultures. Some do it using candles, some tastefully arranged electric series lighting others go for more exotic Chinese style lighting.  It’s just an expression of happiness and therefore colours find copious use.  There is this pocket friendly home designed lighting and there is this professionally done expensive lighting.  Lighting is exciting for children and most others, people wait around the year for those “Well Lit” times.

Kids

ハウスbetweenデッキの庭, domus domus Eclectic style garden Swings & play sets

Alright what do children get to do when they are not allowed to touch the Electric Grill and get to enter the pool strictly under adult guidance?  No worries there are stuff which can be done without ‘Parental Interference.’  Children love to design their own play arenas. Actually, it is quite simple if children get to dig, climb and move natural stuff like mud and trees they are very happy.  They feel a sense of achievement if they actually fill a pit or move a log.  Ropes and buckets will fire their creativity and children can make stuff which they are proud of even when they grow up. Right, 90% of our childhood memories are that of outdoor activities like that. 

Outdoor Space Ideas are manifestations of one’s own personality and there is nothing right or wrong or good or bad.  Whatever makes one happy -works. Outdoor Space Ideas & Designs are pure creativity it is very difficult to declare something good and something not so good.

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