6 Solutions That Can Transform Your Outdoor Space

How to transform your outdoor space

A prop­erty is the reflec­tion of its inhab­it­ants. No mat­ter how many people live in the house, there’s a little part of their per­son­al­ity and pref­er­ence stamped onto the build­ing or home décor.

Right from the choice of design, archi­tec­ture, interi­ors to fla­vour – each tells a story. You know what else talks about the people liv­ing in the home? The out­door space. That plain back­yard or empty front at the side of the drive­way can reveal a per­son­al­ity trait to every onlooker.

For those of you read­ing this art­icle and nod­ding proudly at the min­imal efforts, you’ve taken to cre­ate a land­scape this might be a good way to revamp the exist­ing look. And to those bat­tling cer­tain chal­lenges within your out­door space, we’ve cre­ated a quick manual of solu­tions by expert Dar­ren Wal­lis of Mod­ern Solu­tions.

As founder and head, Dar­ren has been in the busi­ness of revamp­ing out­door spaces for years. Dur­ing his ten­ure, he’s come across diverse aes­thetic needs, phys­ical chal­lenges and tastes. Along with a skilled team he’s con­trib­uted to the trans­form­ing of sev­eral prop­erty land­scapes with stratco ver­andahs, steel per­gola, and ver­andah designs.

Here are some of the major dif­fi­culties encountered while trans­form­ing out­door areas and the solu­tions that helped revamp those spaces through design and architecture.

Lack Of Functionality

One of the main con­cerns of prop­erty own­ers is their con­fu­sion over how to use the back­yard or out­door space they have at hand. When you get to the root of that con­cern, you notice that due to lack of amen­it­ies homeowners aren’t able to identify the activ­it­ies they can carry out in the outdoors.

How­ever, it’s sur­pris­ing how that space sud­denly becomes so invit­ing by just adding some light­ing, and prep­ping the sur­round­ings with reclaimed wood to add struc­ture. When coupled with a thor­ough paint job, you can eas­ily give the area a well-thought-out look. Even bet­ter yet you could add a pro­jector and an out­door sound sys­tem, and ‘Sur­prise! Sur­prise! You’re now the proud owner of a great hangout spot.’

Miss­ing The Right Ambiance

Set­ting the right mood can change everything, includ­ing the exper­i­ence. Have you been think­ing of hav­ing your read­ing time amid nature but haven’t had enough motiv­a­tion to do so?

Try cul­tiv­at­ing a garden! With a few pot­ted plants or rocks as a focal point, that par­tic­u­lar part of your prop­erty could eas­ily become your favour­ite place for time to stand still. Among other addi­tions that can help set the right ambi­ence and be con­ver­sa­tion starters are art pieces, maybe an old bicycle with a flower bas­ket that can be refur­bished, etc.

Addi­tion­ally, you could also fuse your love for cook­ing and the out­doors by adding an out­door kit­chen that works excel­lently when you host a barbe­que party.

Change The Layout

Won­der­ing whether the cur­rent design and style of your out­door space is now all too famil­iar? Well, maybe its time you con­sidered adding a per­gola, or a them­atic seat­ing arrange­ment. Don’t rule out the pos­sib­il­ity of a barbe­que pit. Where you pre­vi­ously ran out of reas­ons to enjoy your out­door area, a per­gola could renew your love for the outdoors.

Being extremely effi­cient in func­tion­al­ity and usage, per­golas add to the land­scape of a prop­erty and give you extra space to use. The same goes for seat­ing styles. The sky really is the limit with how you can work your per­son­al­ity into the property.

Less Floor Space

Dur­ing his years of work­ing with dif­fer­ent prop­erty land­scapes, Dar­ren Wal­lis has had cli­ents relate their interest to add a mod­ern flair to their property.

At the same time, they have verb­al­ised their prob­lem of hav­ing too little floor space to exper­i­ment. If that’s the spot you are in con­sider adding ver­tical addi­tions like trees, a steel per­gola etc that take your eye away from the space constraint.

Wor­ried About Pri­vacy But Don’t Want To Com­prom­ise On Aesthetics

Nobody wants to feel con­strained at least not when sur­roun­ded by nature. But at the same time, no-one can res­ist the charm of a cosy nook.

With a com­pli­ment­ing fence that blends in with the décor and style of your prop­erty, you can give the area a private setup without cre­at­ing a claus­tro­phobic feel. You can also con­sider adding a sun porch or con­ser­vat­ory. Their beauty is in the way they blend the out­door adven­ture with the indoor comfort.

Want To Make The Place Chil­dren And Pet-Friendly

If you’ve sud­denly real­ised the poten­tial of turn­ing that back­yard or front space into a place for chil­dren and pets to play in, a well-cultivated healthy lawn is a good place to start with. Once that is in place, you can also con­sider adding a sandbox, tree house, swing, or pool, depend­ing on what suits your budget.

And as a final word of advice, Dar­ren Wal­lis suggests:

• Have a budget in place before you carry out the neces­sary changes
• Pen down the ways in which you will be using the place to zero down on what change(s) to make.
• Ensure your pro­ced­ures and plans are in sync with local rules and regulations.
• Con­sider the main­ten­ance and sus­tain­ab­il­ity factor so you don’t have unne­ces­sary expendit­ures in the future.