Tips and Tricks to Transform Your Outdoor Entertaining Area in Time for Summer
Spring has sprung, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and now is the perfect time to start thinking about your outdoor living area. To help inspire you, Italia Ceramics brings you a range of tips and tricks to help transform your outdoor area into an entertainers dream.
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Bringing the Outdoors in
Outdoor living areas are perfect to unwind and entertain. If you are in the early stages of building, and are finalising your floor plan, having a well-designed outdoor area adjacent to your entertainment room is a fantastic way to create more space and open up your home. Indoor-outdoor entertaining creates a light-filled open plan living area, overlooking a modern alfresco.
Continuing a tiled floor from a living area into an outdoor area is a great way to extend your home and make two spaces feel connected. We have an extensive range of floor tiles that are perfect to create this seamless connection, and many collections available in multiple finishes, giving you the freedom to choose to continue a matt finish from indoors to outdoors, or perhaps you would prefer to have a semi-polished tile indoors, leading to the same tile in a matt/external finish outdoors.
If you are working with a smaller living and/or alfresco area, by continuing the same colour tile into the outdoors creates an illusion of space, and helps extend your home.
Outdoor Flooring
Having quality floors is always important, especially in outdoor areas. Outdoor tiles are a popular choice due to their health and safety benefits, as well as being durable and low-maintenance, compared to other flooring options which can require quite high maintenance.
External and slip resistant tile surfaces are recommended in moisture prone and heavy traffic areas (this is particularly important for outdoor areas with pools).
Along with many practical benefits, there is also a large variety in size, format and colour when using tiles outdoors. If you prefer the look of timber in your outdoor living space, but are tossing up between the appearance of timber, and the benefits of choosing tiles, why not opt for a timber-look tile? (Want to know more? Check out our Timber Look Tiles vs Timber Flooring blog post.)
Swimming Pools
Swimming pools have become more than a place to cool off; for many they are the feature centerpiece of the backyard. Pools allow you a space where you can escape to relax, but also provide hours of endless entertainment.
When designing your pool (or perhaps you are at the stage of renovating and refreshing your pool) give your backyard a premium and upscale appearance by opting for a tiled finish. Pool tiles allow you to customise the overall look based on your choice of tile, colour and design.
Mosaic tiles are available in a range of colours, patterns and textures in ceramic and glass formats. Ceramic mosaic tiles are a popular choice, as they offer an incredible range of endless colours and shapes to customise your pool, whilst our Bisazza glass mosaic tiles add immense beauty and allure to swimming pools for their luxurious appearance.
Whether you prefer something simplistic or more complex, visit the Italia Ceramics showroom to explore our pool tile range, and be sure your pool is ready to entertain this summer.
Wood Fire Pizza Oven
Looking to add an exciting element to your backyard this summer? Wood Fire Pizza Ovens are a great addition in outdoor entertaining areas, and a delicious one at that! Sit back with a glass of wine and a delicious wood fire oven pizza in the heart of your outdoor living area.
Personalize your wood fire pizza oven and transform it into a work of art by opting for a mosaic finish, with our extensive range of mosaic tiles. If you are looking to take it to the next level, consider adding a word (a popular choice is your family name) or phrase in a contrasting tile colour.
Checkout the two Wood Fire Pizza Ovens below by the talented team at Forno Alfresco, both featuring a tiled mosaic finish!
