While there are endless different styles and aesthetics for decorating your outdoor living space, some come up more frequently than others. They are seemingly quite universal in piquing homeowners’ interest since many opt for some of these styles when picking and choosing designs for their outdoor living spaces.
Two of the most common options are modern and country. While nobody is guaranteed to love either or both of these styles, they are super common all across America.
Modern
For a modern aesthetic in an outdoor living space, there are a few key elements to the design that really make it what it is.
- Industrial Materials
Whatever additions you opt for in your own outdoor living space, regardless of what you choose, many modern spaces utilize materials that are super industrial and sleek. This means stainless steels and any other clean, smooth metals are often found in spaces like these. For outdoor kitchens, they will likely be completely furnished with stainless steel appliances. This is great because stainless steel won’t rust, so it won’t hurt your kitchen, or any other steel elements in your outdoor living space, to get wet from rain. Concrete is another common material used since it is so smooth and simple and can withstand the elements.
- Neutral Color Palettes
The modern aesthetic is often made up mostly of various shades of black, white, and gray. This keeps everything looking sleek and new, no matter how long it’s been around. This also allows the space to prevent from dating itself with bright colors that might only be popular in design for short periods of time. Though occasionally, people may opt to use splashes of color here and there, but overall, quite sparingly.
- Sharp Lines
Sharp lines and angular designs in furniture are very common in modern aesthetics. Precision is key here, and whether it’s an outdoor fireplace or a pergola or even a seating area, the designs will all usually include geometric shapes and harsh lines.
Country
Country designs contrast quite a lot with modern designs. The elements you find in this aesthetic don’t tend to have much overlap at all.
- “Aged” Style Materials
Bricks, wood, and metal are all common themes in the country aesthetic, but especially when they look older. While you might not actually use old materials, they might be painted to look distressed and weathered. This gives a more inviting and homier feel to everything. While your deck might not actually be made of old wood, it might be stained a brownish-gray to give the feeling that it’s been around for many years. Out in the country, things are often used until they absolutely cannot be used anymore, and that’s why the style seems to consist of aged-looking styles and items. The metal here will often differ from the modern aesthetic in that a little rust is welcomed! It fits better with the worn look of everything as opposed to the sleek steel.
- Muted Color Palettes
While you might occasionally find some grays and whites in country styles, more commonly you’ll find off-whites, browns, reds, and greens. These colors have a more aged feel to them, just like with the building materials. If you have white fabric that has been used for years and years, it will eventually yellow and turn to a more cream color. Creams and brown shades are very common. More color is introduced in the country style, though the colors don’t tend to be very bright. They are more muted, like if you took the base color and mixed a little brown in with it to look older. Muted reds are very popular for the country aesthetic,
- Mismatched Furniture and Vintage Decorations
One of the main themes of the country aesthetic is the idea of “hand-me-downs” or the idea of gathering various items over the years that don’t necessarily match. If you’re from the south, you likely have visited your grandparents and taken note that a lot of their decorations or furniture seem to be mismatched. They might have a full dining table set, but one of the chairs is a completely different style or color. Or most of their decorations seem to either have no real theme, or one main theme but tons of slightly altered styles. They also commonly have homemade decorations, or at least decorations that don’t seem to have been mass produced. Think more along the lines of things you’d find at a thrift store or antique store.
Whichever aesthetic is more your style, College Station Covered Porch and Outdoor Kitchens would be glad to help you design the perfect outdoor living space that will fit your needs. Give us a call or fill out the form on our contact page!
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