To decorate a balcony or a small garden, you often have to be clever and know how to be cunning so that the decoration does not take up too much space, which could make you feel suffocated. Luckily, with a few good tips and advice, it’s easy to style your small space in the blink of an eye.
1: play with strong accessories…
To easily decorate your balcony, your terrace or your small garden, the first tip is to opt for decorative pieces and strong accessories. Indeed, if you rely on a few strong pieces to decorate your exterior, you will immediately give style and personality to your small garden or balcony… without having to accumulate or multiply decorative objects!
2: …and colorful!
The best way to set up a small garden is to choose colorful outdoor decoration accessories, which will give a strong focus to the garden as soon as you set foot there. Once the wow effect has been created thanks to one or two eye-catching objects, everyone will forget the size of your exterior and will only focus on your offbeat and 100% stylish decoration! Clever, right?
3: focus on the mini version decoration
To decorate a small garden or terrace, the good solution is to opt for small but colorful objects rather than imposing; such as a red outdoor pouf, an orange flower pot, a lemon yellow deckchair, a small fuchsia pink server. These accessories, in addition to giving character to your decoration, will not fail to add pep to your outdoor space.
4: do not clutter the floor
One of the mistakes to avoid if you have a small outdoor space is to overload the decoration on the ground: in fact, if you have plants, furniture and accessories on the ground in your small garden, not only you, will have difficulty moving around there, but you will also have the impression that the space is saturated.
5: use height
So since you don’t have a lot of floor space, you might as well make use of the height: this will allow you to decorate, but without taking up too much space! To do this, do not hesitate to use the walls of your garden to place a trellis which will accommodate lively and colorful climbing plants (such as clematis, Banks rose bush, passion flower or sweet peas) or even carefully fixed flower pots.
6: use vegetation wisely
To decorate your small garden, you can also hang garlands, lanterns (guinguette style) or small decorations high up or in the branches of trees. Why not also think about dressing up the railing of your balcony by installing planters?
7: don’t neglect light
To offer a real decorative atmosphere to your little garden without overdoing it, there is one last little tip that is 100% effective: focus on lighting! What could be better than a garden beautifully lit at nightfall to create a cozy atmosphere both inside and outside.
8: choose the lighting that suits you
Depending on the space you have in your small garden, you will have the choice between various lighting solutions, such as:
Place a few metal lanterns on your garden table;
Hang a few Chinese lanterns high up;
Stick a few tealight holders in your plants and flower pots.
Also consider equipping your walls with garden lights to benefit from good lighting to prolong the evenings in a beautiful light atmosphere.
9: dare to use luminous poufs
To arrange a small garden in an intelligent way, why not invest in luminous beanbags or flower pots, lit by LEDs? In addition to lighting you up when the sun is no longer shining, they give a little designer touch to your exterior – in addition to being practical for your plants or your guests!
10: attract the eye to the bottom of the garden
Little tip to decorate a small garden and make it appear larger: place red, yellow, blue or green flower pots and planters at the bottom of the garden. They will immediately draw the eye to the back of the garden, creating the impression of a larger space.
