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Designing the Perfect Summer Patio
Outdoor Entertaining
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Transform your backyard into the ultimate summer entertaining hub with a perfectly designed patio. Incorporate native NZ plants like Pohutukawa and flax, and choose comfortable, weather-resistant furniture for a stylish and inviting atmosphere.
Create a dedicated al fresco dining area and ensure functionality with essential shade from a pergola or umbrella. For cooler evenings, a fire pit adds warmth and ambience, making your patio a seamless and practical extension of your home for year-round enjoyment.
1. Embrace the natural beauty of Aotearoa
2. Incorporate comfortable and stylish furniture
3. Al fresco dining: outdoor entertaining NZ style
A Louvretec Retract Roof allows for the deck area to be completely open to the sky or sheltered from the elements. When closed, the fins on the roofs can be angled to filter the light. Photo: Home Magazine
4. Patio design inspiration: themed decor
5. Shade and shelter
This once dated outdoor area received an elegant makeover. Now with a striking shelter, sculptural fence and outdoor speakers it’s the ultimate entertaining space. Photo: Simon Devitt
6. Add fire for ambience and warmth
7. Practical considerations
8. Outdoor living spaces: bringing the indoors out
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