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Outdoor living patio is a concept wherein the space outside your house is created in such a way that you feels like spending time there. This place is made up of materials which are ideal for the outdoors. This patio is generally a covered area, which means there is a ceiling, walls and a floor, windows and some doors. In case the house has 'an open floor plan' wherein there maybe one to two big consistent rooms, instead of many small rooms, there would be portions in these rooms which are partly open, that means which walls, but these would either be covered with some other elements like, bookshelves, ornamental screens or plants. This enclosure gives a protected feeling, which obviously makes you feel rather comfortable. Well there many other elements which ought to make you feel comfortable, but then seem to be secondary as this one is primary in terms of being enclosed.

Now the next thing is what you think about this 'Outdoor Living Patio'. Well now one thing which you should get straight in the mind is that you need to treat this as a part of your property, which means a part of your house not as a secluded place as such. Now what you have to consider here before you start doing up your outdoor living patio is some natural element which can be the focal point of the whole space. It could be a nice view to something natural or a tree or a good incline or a hedgerow. In cases of cities the area where you are planning to make your outdoor living patio may not have many natural elements which you can make the focal point in this case you may create a good bricked wall or may be look around which side may give you a good view to the city or even the east or west which is the sunrise or sunset views.

Now once you have decided where and what the focal point of your outdoor living patio are going to be, you have to look into the other aspects like out of what material will your flooring and ceiling be, what are the walls supposed to look like and of course what furniture would you want to place and how, do you want it to look natural and eco - friendly or do you want it to look more formalized. Now that last but most important factor, how is your house going to be connected to the outdoor living patio as this is very important, because if it is not going to be interconnected then you would not feel it as a part of your house and consider it as your out house.