What Is Indoor-Outdoor Living?

Indoor-outdoor living is a term used to describe the bridge between your home and the outdoors. This design technique centres around creating gorgeous, multifunctional spaces where homeowners and families can relax, work, or entertain. Naturally, we think of the home and the garden as completely separate areas and being their own, individual entities. But linking the two has become a more popular trend, helping to change the way we see our homes and fall back in love with the garden.
There is not a set of rules that determines the term indoor-outdoor living, and there are many ways in which design can achieve the desired result.
 
Introducing more windows – increasing the amount of glazing at the back of the house doesn’t stop at the backdoor. Adding rooflights into an existing space or designing them into an extension makes sky views part of the room and will compliment garden views provided by larger windows or glass screen doors. 

            

Use the same flooring inside and out – a floor that extends from the interior to the exterior draws the eye outside thanks to the continuous finish. Be sure that flooring used outside is suitable for all weathers (they need to be frostproof and extra slip-resistant so they’re not a hazard when wet). 

Add a canopy – as the UK weather is unpredictable, to say the least, indoor-outdoor designs that are inspired by hotter climates are not as suitable for when the rain hits. Extending the rood to cover the patio area so that you can leave the doors open when the weather takes a turn. 

Wave goodbye to the wall – losing the wall and installing bi-fold doors create a seamless indoor-outdoor link, with many sizes, styles and colours to choose from there is a design for your home. French doors are typically used more on period properties and let in twice as much light as a window. 



Surround yourself with plants – a clever way to merge home meeting garden is to add greenery, achieving a space-stretching impression. This can be achieved from the inside by positioning plants by the window. An array of sizeable plant specimens are essential, and there are so many different types out there with different foliage density and shapes. For example, monstera plants have large, curved leaves whereas a palm offers spiked leaves fanning out from the stem.