Small Decking Ideas for Gardens and Outdoor Spaces

When looking into transforming your garden, size doesn’t matter. You may be thinking your garden may be too small to remodel but it’s not all about how big your garden looks. It’s much more about how big it feels and how useful the space is!

Doing your research before embarking on your project ensures your costs are minimal, no money is wasted and you are maximising the space of your garden. Having a consistent theme to your garden will help the flow of your garden.

While a minimalist aesthetic may seem tempting, having too much clutter can make your garden seem smaller, but a carefully designed busy garden can appear just as big – if not bigger!

To help you maximise your space and create a garden that suits your needs, we have identified a few key small garden design ideas below.

Colour

You can add some personality to your garden through your colour pallet!

Opting for a more minimalist theme with lighter colours can create a sense of space and relaxation to your garden.

Whereas bright colours grab your attention and help liven up your garden.

Planting at the end of your garden draws the eye there and can help create the illusion of a bigger garden.

When wanting your garden to appear bigger, don’t only consider the length but the height too!

If there is limited space on the ground, designing upwards takes the attention away from this.

Having trees similar to the “lolli-pop” (olive tree for example) style tree can help this.

Use Different Shades of Grey

When beginning to design your small garden, your choice of colour may be more important than you think.

Carefully picking the correct shade of grey can make a huge difference to the size and feel to your garden, as introducing too many colours, finishings and materials can make your garden feel overcrowded and a lot smaller than it actually is.

Many homeowners are opting to style their garden with a grey decking board. Due to its natural tones this colour board is easily styled with accessories. Either opt for an all grey outdoor space or add a splash of colour with your accessories. This board is also dual sized, both sides are grooved. One side has lots of grooves whereas the other side only has a few.

Seamless Transition to Bringing the Indoor Outdoors

Furniture is a great way to style your decking. Be careful when deciding which pieces to go for as you don’t want to over crowd your decking.

Having too many pieces of furniture can make your decking look cramped and clumsy but not having enough can make the space look sparse!

Here are a few tips when deciding:

Choosing garden furniture you can see under showing visible decking can help the flow and also helps the space to appear bigger.

Choosing multipurpose furniture such as seating which is also storage. These are a great way of saving space and still keeping your garden on trend.

Decking

Adding composite decking to your garden can create a desired look even if your garden is on the smaller side. Composite decking lasts a long time. Ultra Decking Signature collection is guaranteed for 25 years!

Since this will be down for a long period of time, it is important to select the right colour, texture, and finish.

Here are a few options to consider when designing your garden:

Experimenting with laying patterns such as a herringbone style, traditional laying pattern, diagonal runs, picture frame decking, chevron laying pattern and patchwork are many ways of incorporating unique designs when laying your decking. Creating these eye-catching designs will ensure your decking is the main focus point in your garden.
In smaller narrower gardens, laying your decking boards width-ways can make your garden seem bigger. Similar to having vertical stripes on your clothing can make you seem taller.
Lighter colours can make your garden seem bigger, This is due to light coloured surfaces reflecting the light, whereas dark absorbs the light.
Ensure you use every inch of space available!

Make Your Decking Multi-functional / Multi-purpose

Not only can your decking boards be used for the flooring of your area, these can be used to create a bbq space or a bench which can help to continue to elongate your outdoor living space. This creative way is perfect if you have boards left over!

When renovating your outdoor space you may wish to add an entertaining area to this. If you enjoy having friends and family over for a bbq then adding your own outdoor kitchen area may be a perfect option for you!

Create a Pathway

Adding a pathway with lighting to your outdoor living space is a great way to make your garden appear and feel bigger than what it may be.

By tricking the eye into paying attention to the length of the garden and not the width.

Adding lighting is also a vital aspect to enhancing your garden. Lighting will brighten up the space which will also help to create that large sense of space.

Add Multi Levels to Your Outdoor Space

Create the illusion of having a larger garden by adding multi levels to your outdoor space. Adding a raised decking area to your garden is a great way to enhance the space you have and especially to help with any inconsistencies of your garden if these are uneven.

Whether you want to add a space to relax or an entertainment area, adding raised sections to your garden is a great way of extending your living space, bringing the indoor living space outdoors.

Many use these to provide a platform to walk out on to from your bifolds or patio doors which creates a seamless transition from your home to your garden. This is because you have to ensure that our outdoor space look as pleasant as our indoor space.

Would you like our guide on how to build the perfect decking for a small garden? Click the link below

https://ultradecking.co.uk/composite-decking-buyers-guide/

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