Cabins and cottages are about connecting – to ourselves, each other and, importantly, the great outdoors. No “room” in the house fosters that as well as the one outside the house — the patio. Perhaps long ago it might have been a stretch to call it a room, but with the high-function, high-style furnishings, finishes and accessories on the market, these outdoor spaces are no longer an afterthought.
Feeling overwhelmed by today’s array of options? Neighbor, an outdoor furniture company, polled 100 design professionals about how to perfect the patio. It turns out, it’s not too complicated.
“The perfect patio consists of comfortable furniture, somewhere to put out food, greenery and different options to help control the temperature,” says Ericka Violett, principal designer at Sill
