Create An Impromptu Garden Party With Items You Already Have

Want to throw a glamorous garden party that will impress your guests? With the warmer weather just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about how your outdoor space can be easily transformed into the perfect backdrop to host a special occasion. Whether it’s a graduation, work promotion, engagement announcement, or pregnancy reveal, your backyard is the perfect place for it. Elevate your patio into a party playground for everyone to enjoy and not just the little ones. Outdoor entertaining doesn’t have to be a major task, it can be as big a job, or involve as few touches as you want.

We know that dragging out that rusted barbeque from many summers ago can seem like one hell of a task by itself. The thought alone can almost put even the most enthusiastic off the idea of wanting a party outside at all, but who can resist dining outdoors on a glorious summer’s day especially when nice weather is not something that we are particularly used to. What is that saying again? Make hay while the sun shines? There is lots to bear in mind, but with a few simple home accessories that you most likely already have in your home, you can welcome guests into your beautifully styled space and all it should take is a couple of minutes. Remember, EZ Living Furniture is here to help you on your way to party planning success.

Dinnerware

This might be stating the obvious, but dinnerware used indoors can most certainly be used outdoors as well. Plates, bowls, mugs, placemats, and colourful glasses can help to make outdoor dining a little more interesting and a little more special than if a paper or plastic cutlery is on offer. Patterned and bright-coloured options are especially befitting with a summer theme but plain white works too. Dinner sets can be styled in advance of your guest's arrival and help to create a garden party that will make all your neighbours extremely jealous.

Lanterns

Most lanterns are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. If you have one or multiple of these scattered around your home, you should consider bringing them outdoors for your special occasion. Illuminating a garden couldn’t be easier with these home accessories. Once you have lit the candles inside the lantern it instantly creates a warming and relaxing atmosphere. These lanterns can then be placed on a patio floor or on a garden table as a table centrepiece. When you are finished, simply extinguish and bring them back inside.

Candle Holders & Tea Lights

Lanterns aren’t the only way to temporarily light up your garden. Candle holders for taper candles can be positioned and included on multiple garden tables. Tea lights can be used on their own as part of a centrepiece. Alternatively, you can place them within household plant pots, vases or even mason jars. An environmentally friendly alternative shouldn’t be ignored either. Tealights in pierced, old baked-bean cans look great when used en masse. You could even paint the outside of jam jars with special glass paints for a stained-glass effect. Alternatively, you could just simply bring your indoor jar candles outside. This is an easy and affordable way to make a bohemian candlelit look in your outdoor space.

Fairy Lights

Stringed fairy lights are usually featured around a headboard on a bed frame when indoors. Outdoors, however, they can be suspended above the garden table, draped around an egg chair or wrapped around arches, arbours, trees, or even pots and baskets. A warning though, some twinkly lights can be left outside at all times, but not all. If it starts to rain, these will most likely need to be brought back in again.

Vases & Plant Pots

There is an abundance of vases in every home around the world. We just love them! They can be used to decorate a console table, add texture to a coffee table, and most importantly bring some beautiful flowers indoors on a dining room table. Start gathering vases and plant pots from around the house to include in your garden party theme. Don’t worry if you end up with a miss-match of different sized vases, this will add to the eclectic and relaxing vibe. Use fresh flowers from around the garden to showcase your green fingers or use faux flowers if you have these at your disposal inside.

Blankets

There’s no better feeling than spending all day outdoors basking in the summer sunshine. Just being outdoors listening to mother nature is enough to make most people rush outside and immediately plonk themselves down on sun loungers or egg chairs. If hosting a garden party, you need to be aware that some parties don’t hit their peak until well into the evening. This means that some guests, although enjoying themselves, can be left shivering. Blankets and throws, usually found on the sofa in a living room or on a bed in the bedroom, can have a practical and stylish use inside and outside. Placed on a garden chair, sun lounger, or egg chair, it can add a finishing touch to your garden furniture and keep your guests toasty all night long.

Cushions

When entertaining in the garden, one of the most important things to consider is the comfort of your guests. We have already mentioned throws and blankets which can go a long way in ensuring that your visitors are kept cosy and warm. But another soft furnishing that shouldn’t be forgotten is a cushion or multiple cushions. Some garden furniture will come with padded seat cushions but even so, lying or sitting on these for hours on end can become uncomfortable. After all, we have grown used to the plush indoor sofas that can support us and comfort us for the whole day if needed. Bring a pile of cushions from inside to add stylish comfort to your garden furniture or use it on its own to make any area a comfy seating solution. Don’t forget to be alert to take them all indoors should it start to rain.

There you have it, ways to make the most out of your outdoor space and make your neighbours wish they were friendlier so they could have been invited to your spectacular garden party. Best of all, you won’t even have to break the bank with any of these decor ideas, you probably already have them at home.

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