The same homeowners who drove the trend toward sophisticated outdoor living decor are now displaying an equally strong appetite for easy-care fabrics and materials,People want a great backyard but they also care about quality of life. They want to relax on the patio instead of spending six hours doing gardening and outdoor maintenance.
Fortunately, says Arthur, new technologies in exterior materials means that beautiful outdoor spaces don’t require massive amounts of time, money or attention. He points to advances in outdoor fabric as an example. “You used to have to bring cushions and fabrics in out of the weather. But now there are so many non-fade fabrics coated with fungicide that protects them from mildew, and they can live outside all summer long.”
Those advancements coincide with the emergence of bold florals in outdoor fabrics. Interestingly, Arthur, who consults on outdoor furniture design, says Canadians tend to gobble up outdoor items with hot, saturated colours early in the season, and then move to cooler blues and greens as summer progresses. “I think it’s because in the spring we are so starved for colour,” explains Arthur.
Among the prettiest examples of floral-themed prints are at Pottery Barn (www.potterybarn.ca) which is showing lovely, 24-square-inch vintage flower-patterned pillows. These sell for $45, while 20-inch squares go for $35. Both work really well with 18-square-inch washed basket-weave pillows in plain colours, which sell for $19.
Bouclair (www.bouclair.com) has very affordable outdoor cushions. I love the floral pattern in grey, green and blue that start at about $15.
The Martha Stewart line that’s available at Home Depot also includes easy-care pillows with colourful plant motifs. There’s a 15-square-inch ’60s-inspired jungle leaf design in hot reds and yellows designed to use with the design diva’s outdoor collection, or to refresh pieces a homeowner may already have. It sells for $15.
Outdoor fabric is also showing up in the form of curtains, which can be used as protection from the sun, for privacy, or to delineate outdoor “rooms.” inVu Drapery (www.invudraperyco.com), for example, is now selling ready-to-hang panels in Sunbrella fabric. These acrylic panels, which are 50 by 100 inches, sell for $190. (Check out too their new Hampton collection of Indonesian teak furniture with resin basket-weave panels).
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