Design 101 - Think Outside the Box for Outdoor Entertaining

Style Me Pretty - Gia Canali Photography

Like other designers, event designers are great outside the box thinkers.  I get such a kick out of their creative use of furnishings, objects, landscapes and lighting to create events.  When planning your next outdoor event take a cue from event designers.  Look at your outdoor and indoor furnishings and landscaping through a new lens - the one where anything goes.  Don't just see planters - see gigantic candle holders!  Here is a selection of some of my favorite event designer creative solutions for outdoor entertaining.

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Get The Look - Modern Design

We can't help you with the modern design home but we can help you with the furniture and accessories necessary to give your space the look.  Tomorrow we will be dealing more specifically with modern design furniture so today I zeroed in on the accessories necessary to complete the look.  Earlier this week we posted about the architects and designers and the artists of the modern design schools of thought.  I looked to prominent examples of furniture design and art of the era to source products for you so you can Get The Look.

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Get The Look - Victorian Beach Pods

Photo Inspiration - Happy Hotelier

The outdoor pod trend has reemerged as a very contemporary furnishing - taking a cue from the mid-century designs of Jacobsen and Henrick-Larsen.  If your outdoor decorating tastes trend toward the romantic and Victorian, there is room for you too in the outdoor pod trend.  I was delighted to come across this postcard of high-back cane chairs from the Victorian era.  Contemporary wicker pods are bigger to allow for more comfortable lounging but you can still Get The Look with the help of some accessories with Victorian details.

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Designer Profile - David Milliken

Selection of Rugs by David Milliken

Elusive watercolorist, artist and designer David Milliken has translated his signature designs into a contemporary series of area rugs for both interior and outdoor living.

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Design 101 - Kate Smith on Infusing Color in Your Outdoor Space with Area Rugs

More and more patio and pool areas are furnished to be as inviting as a home's interior spaces. Well designed furnishings, versatile fabrics and a variety of accessories make it easy to put together a comfortable outdoor space. What can be tricky is capturing the look and feel of an intimate indoor environment outdoors.

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Inspiration Board - Underfoot

When designing your outdoor space don't forget to look down.  What's underfoot?  Nothing,  an unsightly deck, a boring concrete patio?  This week we are going to be talking about the wonderful opportunity to add color or pattern to the ground.  From outdoor rugs to impermanent  snap together wood and stone tiles there are lots of options for spicing up your space or covering an unsightly mess.  To start off the week here are some inspiring examples of color and pattern underfoot.

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Discover - New Home Infatuation Products for 2011

Outdoor Pottery - Tables, Ottomans, Planters, Decor by Seasonal LivingIt always takes us a while to solidify our product buys after the Casual Living Show but we always walk away with a few sure things.  This is just but a taste of the new things we'll have on HomeInfatuation.com.  We will of course keep you posted as we add new product.

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Before & After - Coco from COCOCOZY

We ran across this outdoor room makeover from Coco at COCOCOZY and we thought it was a perfect example of Before & After for our week long discussion on color.  It was fortuitous that we ran across this great post because our blog is so new we have not received any reader submitted photos to share.  Send us your before and after photos - we can't wait to start posting them!

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Exceptional Spaces - Transition

Exceptional Spaces is the feature where we bring to you the unusually excellent and superior examples of luxury outdoor living that we discover in our business.

This month our topic of discussion is transition.  As the season shifts from summer to fall our interaction with our outdoor spaces transitions too.  From color, lighting and warmth to entertaining and decor our focus shifts to respond to different needs and desires.

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