Indoor-outdoor rooms are becoming ever more popular, and multi-purpose furniture and flooring that blurs the boundaries of the two spaces is a great choice for these areas.

This urbanite garden will feature a gorgeous wood-cladded fence with stylish vertical planters growing nourishing vegetables and herbs. Practical floorboards in a warm wood tone lead from the kitchen to the outside space, and the smooth timber lounge furniture is accessorised with zesty tableware and tropical-inspired details – plus there’s barbecue area and steel firepit for evening entertaining. Bold, citrus colours add a Mediterranean feel, and comfy weatherproof cushions and throws to create a year-round space.

Image: Andrew Boyd

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Decoration

Sandtex Ultra Smooth masonry paint, from £29 per 5ltr, Crown. Floor in Parlor wood effect spruce beech tiles, £26.95 per sqm,Walls and Floors. Bi-fold doors from £1,200 per sash, Origin and 1st Folding Sliding Doors

Furniture

Yanirtas steel firepit, £223, Arpe Studio. Rhyno four-burner BBQ, £399, Regatta Furniture. Lodge sofa, £1,499; Lodge lounge armchair, £669; Lodge coffee table, £449; selection of waterproof scatter cushions, £59 each, all Bridgman.

Lighting

Strings of festoon lights, £90 each, Graham and Green.

On walls: Prestige slatted panels, £89 for 1,800x600mm, The Garden Trellis Co. Galvanised steel planter, £34.95. Copper half moon wall planter, £24.95; copper hanging bowl planter, £29.95; copper hanging planter with chain, £39.95; copper globe hanging planter, £49.95; copper geometric hanging planter, £39.95; set of three galvanised steel planters, £44.95; brass and verdigris planter, £29.95; large copper and verdigris planter, £49.95, all London Garden Trading. Solar brass planters, from £42, Rowen & Wren. St Ives thermometer & tarometer, from £24, Garden Trading.

On sofa: Printed cushion cover in mustard yellow, £3.99, H&M. Palm-print fringed cushions, £38 each; tasselled cotton throw, £38, all Rose & Grey.

Accessories

Faux plants and foliage from a selection, from £15, Bloom. Rectangular vence planters, from £32, Garden Trading. Solid colour medium melamine cup in apple green, £2.70; melamine round dinner plate in yellow, £8.40; melamine dinner plate in apple green, £8.40; melamine side plate in yellow, £6.30; melamine side plate in apple green, £6.30; tropical-print melamine cup, £4.99; tropical-print melamine plate, £7.99; tropical-print melamine, £9.50; watermelon tea towel, £14.99; coral melamine pitcher, £22.99, all Rice. Beehive throw, £55, Design Vintage. Accessories from a selection at Ikea, Laura Ashley, Sainsbury’s

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