Outdoor dining spaces can create an atmospheric, functional area for al fresco dining, adding a new dimension to your garden. Outdoor dining areas provide the perfect opportunity to bring families together and spend time with your loved ones, whether it’s a family BBQ or a romantic evening meal, there is no better way to un-wind and enjoy your garden. It’s not all about the fancy garden furniture… there are many fundamental elements that work together to create the perfect outdoor dining space. Oakleigh Manor can design and build your ideal outdoor dining area, tailored to your exact requirements and to suit your style.
The materials used for an outdoor dining space can transform the area. By using materials that are sympathetic to the surroundings, you can unify the home and the garden and choose materials to suit your style, whether it be contemporary or traditional.
Positioning your outdoor dining space in an area with wide open views is a great choice, or perhaps a sunken dining area to create a more private surrounding, sheltered from the elements. Take into consideration the position of the sun throughout the day. Perfectly positioning the space can make the outdoor dining experience even more enjoyable.
Surrounding your dining area with scented planting can create a relaxing, fragrant environment to help switch off and completely wind down, adding a different sensory ingredient beyond visual and encourage wildlife into your garden. Planting flowering plants with detail that are only noticed when you take the time and have the opportunity to sit and observe your surroundings. Choices of planting could include:
Incorporating a timber structure around your dining area can add a whole other dimension to the space. A timber structure can help to separate different areas of the garden, frame borrowed views, add height, and help to provide a shaded or sheltered area for al fresco dining as well as giving your garden the ‘wow factor’.
Outdoor lighting within your dining space is the perfect way to create a relaxed evening atmosphere. Enjoy a warm summer night in the comfort of your own home. It can also create a beautiful picture as you view your garden from inside the house all year round. Why not light up a tree you have always loved and make it a feature throughout the year.
Incorporating a water feature in your outdoor dining area be an idyllic addition with the tranquil, relaxing sound of the running water adding another sensory ingredient to your new dining space. The sound of running water can also disguise those distant sounds of nearby traffic and transport you into another world, where your garden becomes your oasis. By simply introducing water to an outdoor space you can believe you are anywhere in the world of water.
Choosing the Right Materials
The materials used for an outdoor dining space can transform the area. By using materials that are sympathetic to the surroundings, you can unify the home and the garden and choose materials to suit your style, whether it be contemporary or traditional.
Aspect and positioning
Positioning your outdoor dining space in an area with wide open views is a great choice, or perhaps a sunken dining area to create a more private surrounding, sheltered from the elements. Take into consideration the position of the sun throughout the day. Perfectly positioning the space can make the outdoor dining experience even more enjoyable.
Planting
Surrounding your dining area with scented planting can create a relaxing, fragrant environment to help switch off and completely wind down, adding a different sensory ingredient beyond visual and encourage wildlife into your garden. Planting flowering plants with detail that are only noticed when you take the time and have the opportunity to sit and observe your surroundings. Choices of planting could include:
Garden structures
Incorporating a timber structure around your dining area can add a whole other dimension to the space. A timber structure can help to separate different areas of the garden, frame borrowed views, add height, and help to provide a shaded or sheltered area for al fresco dining as well as giving your garden the ‘wow factor’.
Lighting
Outdoor lighting within your dining space is the perfect way to create a relaxed evening atmosphere. Enjoy a warm summer night in the comfort of your own home. It can also create a beautiful picture as you view your garden from inside the house all year round. Why not light up a tree you have always loved and make it a feature throughout the year.
Water Features
Incorporating a water feature in your outdoor dining area be an idyllic addition with the tranquil, relaxing sound of the running water adding another sensory ingredient to your new dining space. The sound of running water can also disguise those distant sounds of nearby traffic and transport you into another world, where your garden becomes your oasis. By simply introducing water to an outdoor space you can believe you are anywhere in the world of water.
The Oakleigh Manor group provides a huge range of services geared for a beautiful Garden or Landscape, Driveways, Drainage and/or Irrigation systems, Swimming Pools, Artificial Grass Surfaces, Resin Gravel Surfaces and more in Kent and the South East of England.
Simply complete our online Enquiry Form or call the Oakleigh Manor team on 0800 023 1310 to discuss your requirements. Our team can guide you through the options available for all our services, provide initial budgets or arrange an Initial Site Visit from one of our friendly team.
