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Monday, June 4, 2012

Living Outdoors: Pier 1

The season for living outdoors is finally upon us and what better way to enjoy your outdoor space than by sprucing it up with fun and exciting decor items.  From furniture to dinnerware there has never been a more vibrant selection of items available.  Instead of opting for the basics why not kick it up a notch with bright colours, you can get away with a lot when decorating outdoors and this way you can experiment with colours that you may even want to bring indoors.


Pulling together an outdoor "collection" or "theme" can be tough especially if you don't want to have to run around from one shop to the next looking for that one piece to help pull all your items together; so instead, I've compiled some items for a one-stop-shop experience where you can see that everything you need may very well be all under one roof.  For this I've selected Pier 1 as your one-stop-shop and you can see from the items below that I've grouped them in colour-based themes to show you that you really can pull it all together very easily in one location.  


One tip is to think of a theme (be it a colour or texture) before you start shopping.  This will help you narrow down your selections.  Here are some ideas to inspire your next shopping trip to Pier 1:


Blue and Green

Neutral and Yellow

Red, Yellow and Orange

Blue and White





How fun are those!  You can see that colour-based themes work very well in pulling your outdoor decor together (just like your indoor space).  You can easily mix and match textures and patterns and still pull together a fun and well-conceived outdoor space just by limiting your colour selections.  Too many colours can be too overwhelming and will not achieve the cohesion you're looking for, so stick to two or three to help tie everything together and as you can see from those above selections above that they really do the trick!

Now get out there and visit your local Pier 1 shop for more inspiring ideas to make your outdoor space one that you'll want to spend all your time in!

Happy Shopping!

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