These spaces are the epitome of indoor-outdoor living. If you moved them inside, you wouldn't have to change a thing.
Roof Deck
An outdoor fireplace on the roof deck of a house in upstate New York is a big attraction. "We've hosted many great parties up there," architect and homeowner Gray Davis says. Outdoor furniture by Restoration Hardware.
Outdoor Dining
The outdoor dining area of designer Robert Passal's Miami Beach apartment is sheltered from the sun and furnished with comfortable chairs and a sofa, all from the Santa Barbara collection by Restoration Hardware. A Saarinen table by Knoll adds a modern touch. Hanging fixture from Vagabond Vintage.
Sophisticated Gray
Designer Tobi Tobin completely revamped the backyard of her Hollywood Hills farmhouse. She used brick from an old patio for the new fireplace and created a terrace from sand mixed with granite. A candlelit chandelier can be raised and lowered by a rope pulley rigged to a tree. It casts a soft glow over Restoration Hardware's Gun Barrel Salvaged Wood dining table and all-weather wicker from World Market.
Black and White
Martyn Lawrence Bullard covered roll-arm sofas and chairs in Perennials fabrics for a black-and-white outdoor living room in a Los Angeles house: "I wanted it to look like indoor furniture had been dragged outside."
Loggia
A fireplace and overhead heat lamps make it possible to entertain on the loggia year-round in a Southern California bachelor pad designed by Parrish Chilcoat and Joe Lucas. It's furnished with a Provence love seat in synthetic wicker and St. Barts teak lounge chairs — all from Restoration Hardware — an Ikea Brommö deck chair, a white-painted African table from Berbere World Imports, and Brantley lanterns from Circa Lighting.
Colorful
In the outdoor living room of a Malibu house designed by Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe, a vintage sofa and coffee table mix with Janus et Cie chairs.
Porch
In a Nashville house designed by Markham Roberts, a ceiling painted in Benjamin Moore Aura in Black Knight makes for a handsome porch that's used year-round thanks to a fireplace and fans. The teak sofa and armchairs by Restoration hardware are covered in kravet Navy canvas and Quadrille's Island ikat custom-printed on Sunbrella fabric. Palecek wingback chairs. Paul Ferrante pendant.
Global-Inspired
In the covered outdoor living room of a 1920s Santa Monica, California, home, designer David Dalton created a relaxing year-round space with insulated Sunbrella curtains and a fireplace decorated with custom Talavera tiles by Mission Tile West. Wicker chairs by Palecek. Indonesian coffee table, Moroccan urns, and lantern from Berbere World Imports.
Veranda
Rattan furniture creates a relaxed living room on the veranda of designer Amanda Lindroth's Bahamas house. Shutters and railings are painted Southfield Green by Benjamin Moore in Aura Exterior. Lamps, Circa Who.
Kitchen
In Dianne Bernhard's Westport, Connecticut, kitchen, Plain & Fancy cabinets with Nantucket-style doors and blue-toned Caesarstone on top pick up the colors of the water just beyond the deck. "We really do live out here during the summer," Bernhard says. Ceiling is painted Benjamin Moore's Blue Springs.
Courtyard Garden
Designer Peter Dunham often entertains in the courtyard garden of his Los Angeles apartment. Vintage wicker chairs, Danish rocker, and French table, Hollywood at Home.
Covered Porch
"There is literally always someone out here, from morning coffee to the middle of the night," designer Rob Southern says about the covered porch in a Long Island, New York, beach house. When the glass doors are open, it becomes an extension of the living room. A chair used in that room — Sutherland's Shadow lounge chair — reappears out here in a lighter finish. A sectional, love seat, and ottomans from Janus et Cie, covered in Perennials' Rough 'N Rowdy, are impervious to everything from salt air to red wine.
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