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INDOOR-OUTDOOR LINK

It’s natural to think of home and garden as two separate entities with a strict boundary in between. But linking one to the other – even if it’s only a tiny garden or terrace – can help an interior feel larger. With the exterior connected to the house your eye sees further and a garden-facing room appears larger.

Pulling off this clever trick doesn’t have to mean a huge spend, either. For a modest cost, decorative choices can successfully blur the boundary. Dedicate a bigger budget to improvements, however, and you could put up a home-stretching garden structure, or swap to glazing that improves the feeling of space and makes garden access far better, allowing you

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