The combination of indoor and outdoor living has never been more popular and is becoming a main feature when people are design and building process. The great Australian dream of owning a home is still very strong and families are after more of a luxurious lifestyle, where they can incorporate their living areas to their back deck/outdoor kitchen to the garden. This will create an easy flow of indoor/outdoor living.

The ideal way to incorporate the indoor and outdoor living space is to use bifold doors. They are very versatile and have large open windows allowing maximum sunlight exposure into the home, giving a sense of considerable size to the living areas. A strategic planting schedule can provide an outlook of green from every window angle, creating a peaceful feel connecting to nature even when indoors.

Another advance of designing indoor and outdoor living its both areas can be used most months of the year. You will be able to cook outside on the great Australian BBQ and enjoy of glass of wine around the fire pit. Heating for the backyard has become more on tend within in the last few years. As decor continues to evolve you are able to style your indoor and outdoor areas with some homely decor. Some outdoor furnishing can have a relaxed, stylish feel but can with handle the elements of the outdoors. To soften the hard materials used in landscaping consider adding plants in pots, hanging plants or a vertical gardens. Succulents or ferns are perfect for a vertical garden, creating lots of greenery and texture. Inside the home consider using indoor plants to add to the greenery in the home, our favourite is the Fiddle Leaf Fig but it can be tricky to look after if you’re the best green thumb.

When designing our outdoor garden and living area, consider where most of your time will be spend and focus your design around the functionally of this area. These questions may come up when in your designing process:

• Will this area need to be separated into different areas?
• Will it be best suited to the indoor outdoor living feeling you are trying to create?
• Will soft landscaping around this area help with the cohesiveness of the design?

If you are after some information on how to create the perfect outdoor area to be cohesiveness with your current indoor living area feel free to get in touch with our team for some further inspiration. We are a local Wollongong Landscaper servicing all of the Illawarra region area. Check out our latest projects here or email us.