Pretty Personalised Patios

It's the season for entertaining on our sunny patios. If you're looking for some pizzazz for your patio, here are 5 budget-friendly, quick and easy, DIY ways to personalise your space:

Touch and Texture 

Get colourful and creative - in lively brights or soft pastels, it's your pick -  by:

• tie-dying or dip dyeing your own home-made or store bought, inexpensive table runner, table mats and napkins;
• arranging colour-coordinating outdoor cushions, funky floor rugs and cosy throws for extra seating, warmth and style.

Gorgeous Greenery

Create impact with lots of greenery:

• hang wall mounted planters with trailing plants;
• arrange an abundance of attractive flowering plants in permanent planter boxes on wheels;
• decorate old or boring plant pots, old industrial-sized food cans, by wrapping them with hessian or strands of rope, secure with hot glue and then decorate artistically with latex paint;
• hang a vertical garden made from pocket mesh shoe organizers filled with herbs or small, delicate, appealing plants.  Here are some ideas to explore: 

https://www.countryliving.com/gardening/garden-ideas/how-to/g1274/how-to-plant-a-vertical-garden/?slide=13

 

Illuminating Lighting

Create an air of mystery with

• tea-light candles slipped into mason jars, filled with coloured stones or moss-like greenery, for hanging around the patio;
• self-standing lanterns or hang paper chinese lanterns;
• colourful string lights draped here and there - subtle and twinkling.

Showy Table Centrepiece

Get creative and make a stunning centre table showpiece by filling a long container (not too tall to hamper conversation) with a series of: 

• similar or mixed candles;
• vases filled with a mass, or clusters, of pretty multi- or single-coloured flowers;
• mini pots filled with adorable plants or simple succulents.

Paint or cover the container, as necessary, and hide its interior by packing greenery, straw, sand or fabric around the individual items.

Wonderful Wind chimes

For some light tinkling melodies when the wind blows, add wind chimes to your patio. Make your own to add pops of colour and sparkle to your space. Here are some DIY wind chime ideas to entice you: 

https://www.diyncrafts.com/26281/decor/40-relaxing-wind-chime-ideas-fill-outdoors-beautiful-sounds#:~:text=Easy%20DIY%20Clay%20Wind%20Chimes,-Pin%20it&text=You%20can%20make%20your%20own,sound%20when%20in%20the%20wind.

It's your space. Whether it's to be playful or dramatic - with colour choices, plant ideas or fun statement pieces - make it pretty, make it your own and have fun doing it!

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