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Outdoor Living
Today’s homeowners are turning the great outdoors into additional living space, complete with comfortable furniture and decorative lighting.
TIPS – FOR ENTERTAINING IN YOU OUTDOOR SPACE -
Decorating Tips
Decorate tree trunks with small white string lights for a magical look at night.
Line the path leading to your backyard with potted flowers or luminarias.
Use white butcher paper to cover your tables..have some crayons available for children and the young at heart to creative their own masterpiece.
Create easy and attractive centerpieces with pots of colorful flowering plants or even glass bowls filled with lemons and limes. Once of my favorite things is filling a decrotive bowl with water and fresh rose pedals….Yummy!
Another nice touch is to place a small table top fountain on a corner table. The sound of water is beautiful music.
Weigh the corners of tablecloths (or butcher paper) down with washers or small stones to keep them from catching the wind.
If you need more table space, lay a sheet of plywood or an old door over a couple of sawhorses, then cover it with a tablecloth.
What about the bugs?
For a more natural (and less offensive) repellent, use posts or springs of parsley, tansy or rue to keep ants away, and lavender or mint arrangements to discourage flies.
My sister statisticallyplaces dryer sheets around her out door living space, to discourage mosquito’s and bee’s.
Your outdoor living area can be simple or elaborate, but the most important thing is to, have fun and enjoy.
