Creating A Georgia Style To Your Patio
There’s nothing like a relaxing Sunday afternoon on the patio. The gentle breeze blowing through the leaves, the lawn neatly cut flawlessly, and the sunshine kissing your face. The Georgian style makes a patio warm and inviting and can be a great place for peace and relaxation.
A Georgian patio like this is a modern day twist on the classic old wrap-around southern porch, such as you could see gracing historic American homes. The screens which would have surrounded the patio then have now given way to tempered glass, so you can have air conditioning, and your view isn’t marred by fly screens. If you have an older home, still with some or all of its original patio roof, it can be retro-fitted, or you can choose to remove the roofing and have a green house effect instead. You can choose to remodel just one side of the house, or even remodel the whole circumference.
If the roof still has some of the original look in tact then you cann remodel it to look old fashioned. Take down the glass on the porch and put up some screen. Add some big fluffy pillows to the furniture and don’t worry about the rain coming in on them.
Most of the old fashioned porches and patios had wood flooring down. If yours still has the wood flooring you may want to try to bring it back to life. Restain it, sand it and make it look great. You can also put down a good area rug as well. These area rugs come in indoor and outdoor styles and both look great. Use light colors for the patio and get creative with the patterns.
To bring the garden inside, you could have macrame hangers inside the patio as well as outside, with flowering begonias, which provide a lovely counterpoint to the walls and furniture with their intense colors. Lots of little pots of African violets clustered in a window which faces east is another idea for adding interest. Tall indoor palms or philodendrons are also well suited to a patio with a glass ceiling. Being tall they draw people’s eyes upwards and add an extra sense of intimacy.
Evening light is a good idea because you want to be able to relax while you are on the patio. Try using recessed lighting. It will not interfere with the natural sunlight and it will give you more lighting. If the sun is too much on your porch you may want to consider wood shutter blinds. Add some valences above the windows for even more color.
Pictures are necessary in order to complete your look. You need to find pictures that contain two to three different shades. Use these colors to decorate the room. Creating the Georgian style is not only fun but easy to do.
Patio Design experts all agree that it is essential to use area rugs. And as discussed here one of the most popular ranges is the round indoor outdoor area rugs.
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