Why decking is great for the summer
Everyone watches the weather in spring time, desperate for the first opportunity to open the doors, enjoy the fresh air and shake off the shackles that the winter months restrict us with. A great way to utilise the space in your garden and exploit the warmer weather as much as possible is to install decking, and provide a safe, low-maintenance and relatively inexpensive retreat to help you unwind.
If designed well and researched thoroughly, decking can provide the perfect getaway and even make use of previously dead space, to fully utilise the space you have available. Decking can be designed in all shapes and sizes and there are no limitations to how you can use steps, different levels and different shapes to maximise your garden area.
When the sun is out, opening the back doors and stepping out onto a flat, uncluttered decking is a wonderful, invigorating feeling. Decking provides an open canvass in which you can implement modern, minimalist design or you can decorate the space and add colour and life with large floral pots. This provides a garden area with vitality and richness without having to spend hours of back-breaking maintenance when all you need and desire is a well-deserved sit down in your idyllic escape.
Most people love to entertain, and having people round for dinner and drinks in the summer means we need space. Decking provides the chic expanse in which we can impress our guests and enjoy the fresh air, hopefully, long in to the night. Everyone loves to socialise outside and not even notice that it has gradually gone dark, and decking is the perfect platform for the summer party that never seems to end.
The benefits of decking in the summer months are not merely restricted to providing a peaceful area to enjoy the soothing sunshine, there are functional advantages to decking which provide a flat area on which to store barbecues and tables and chairs, which you only get out of storage in the summer. Decking also provides a safe and secure environment for the kids to play out on, when you are busy in the house yourself and need some space indoors.
Essentially, decking is the extension you haven’t got room or the finances for, and the conservatory that gives you the true outdoor experience. Decking provides homeliness and warmth, rather than a cold and perhaps unwelcoming concrete patio or paving area. Decking is the great outdoors, some thoughts from abroad and a practical solution for getting the best out of the summer and the best out of your garden.