- Make sure your outdoor seating is as cushy as your indoor furniture. Today's outdoor cushions aren't the plastic-y, sweat-inducing pillows of the past. Plus, they can handle a downpour and spring back once they dry.
- Give yourself some privacy. Create natural screens with shrubs, bushes, or even bamboo reeds. Or install prefab screens from your local home improvement store.
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Create a Broadband Paradise
Our devices and electronics have conspired to keep us on lock down. Since we're not about to chuck our digital toys, boot up your outdoor space so you can keep texting, posting to Instagram, and watching cat videos.
- Wireless outdoor Wi-Fi antennas provide an extra boost so you can stay connected.
- A solar USB charging station keeps your gizmos powered.
- Wireless speakers make it easy to bring your music outdoors, and mask a noisy neighborhood.
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Light the Way
When the sun goes down, don't be left groping for your wine glass. Outdoor lighting dresses up your home's marketability and appeal (exterior lighting is buyers' most wanted outdoor feature, according to the NAHB study), makes it safer, and lets you spend more time outside.
- Use uplighting to highlight trees, architectural details, or other focal points.
- Add sconces or pendant lights to make evening entertaining, grilling, and reading easier.
- Illuminate walkways, rails, and steps with landscape solar lights.