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    Home » Home Decor » Garden & Exterior Decor

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer (& Our Back Patio Tour)

    Published: May 31, 2018 · Modified: Dec 26, 2022 by Christina Dennis · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 13 Comments

    Summer will be upon us before you know it, and now's a great time to get your patio clean and decorated for the season. Let me share with you 5 tips to get your patio gorgeous and ready for entertaining, plus I'm sharing a tour of our colourful summer patio!

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    Disclosure: This post is sponsored by STIHL. As always, all of the opinions here are my own.

    Over the Fall & Winter, our back patio took a beating from all the leaves and snow. I gave it a clean and colourful refresh with a great tool and some quick and easy DIYs!

    Here's how it looked at the beginning of Spring:

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    And here's how it looks now, after a refresh:

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    The right tool & some simple, colourful additions made our patio ready for the summer season. I can't wait to entertain here!

    Want to give your outdoor space a deep clean & a refresh too? Here are my 5 tips to getting your patio clean and beautiful for summer.

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    1: Clean it with the right tool

    The older I get, the more I realize how important it is to have the right tools for the job. The proper tool not only make the job easier, but quicker too! I used this Lithium-Ion Blower from STIHL to quickly and effectively clean off all of the old leaves and debris from our back patio. This tool is super lightweight but powerful, and it makes it so easy for me to blow away any leaves or debris on our patio from last season. Since it’s cordless, it’s easy to move around our entire patio and get every nook and cranny clean.

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    2: Paint it up

    It never ceases to amaze me how much impact a quick coat of paint can make. I gave our patio doors a really easy and inexpensive refresh by painting them a cheerful shade of robin's egg blue. You could paint doors, plant pots, furniture and even patio floors for a beautiful update on a budget.

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    3: Introduce colour through textiles

    Another trick that I always love to do is making my spaces feel completely new just by swapping out textiles like pillows and throws. You could buy some new patio pillows, or DIY some like I did for our patio this season. You can get my easy DIY pillow tutorial right here, and use pillow inserts and fabrics meant for outdoors. I used shades of coral, robin's egg blue, black and white for a colourful yet modern pop of colour.

    4: Add in life with plants (real or faux!)

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    Flowers and plants are an obvious way to add life and texture to a patio space. You can use potted plants that work well in your zone and your sunlight situation, or use faux plants and cut flowers like I did on our patio for an easy and low maintenance alternative.

    5: Top it off with lights & lanterns for some sparkle

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    I love how string lights and lanterns glow on summer evenings and add a special ambiance to any dinner party or solo relaxation time. You could do like I did on our patio this year and string lights on your patio umbrella, or attach them to your siding with clips or hooks. Outdoor lanterns are also a great way to add mood lighting. I like to use lanterns and faux candles with timers so that they light up at a certain time each evening.

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    These 5 simple tips will help get your patio ready for summer in no time with little effort. I'm looking forward to spending many afternoons and evenings here as we enjoy our summer outside!

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    Make sure to check out STIHL's Lithium-Ion Blower right here (it's SO easy to use!), and then click here to see all of the other lithium-ion yard tools that will help you get your outdoor spaces ready for summer. I can't wait to use my STIHL Trimmer to get our front yard looking summer-ready next!

    Watch my video below to see how I cleaned & decorated our patio for summer:

    5 Tips to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer

    Now tell me: What do you think of our summer patio refresh and how are you decorating your patio this year?

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    Comments

    1. Helen Jenkins

      June 02, 2018 at 12:09 am

      Great Tips! Loved it.
      Thanks!

      Reply
      • Lindsay - The DIY Mommy

        June 03, 2018 at 12:13 pm

        Thank you!

        Reply
    2. Debbie

      June 02, 2018 at 11:15 pm

      Love your patio, and repainting the back door really made a huge difference to the look of your patio. Loving all the newly done pillows especially the coral which works so well with the blues of the door the rugs and so forth. My patio is mostly all royal blue and white, I add touches of yellow and orange in the garden and all my patio planters, this brings the royal blue and white to life. Let the summer begin, we are ready😀💐👍

      Reply
      • Lindsay - The DIY Mommy

        June 03, 2018 at 12:12 pm

        That sounds so lovely, Debbie! We couldn’t agree more, let the Summer begin!!

        Reply
    3. Ekta Kapoor

      June 09, 2018 at 12:08 pm

      Thanks a bunch Christina for this wonderful tips. I'm so grateful. Most especially for sharing with us the idea of the machine called LITHIUM-ION BLOWER which can make work easier for me. With the these five tips, I could always get my patio refreshed and ready for entertainment.

      Thanks once again.

      Reply
    4. Ekta Kapoor

      June 09, 2018 at 12:22 pm

      Awesome... The idea of the machine called LITHIUM-ION BLOWER is really nice. It will make work easier for me now. With the these five tips, I could always get my patio refreshed and ready for entertainment.

      Thanks a bunch Christina for this wonderful tips.

      Reply
      • Lindsay - The DIY Mommy

        June 11, 2018 at 9:43 am

        Yes, it is amazing and makes things really easy

        Reply
    5. addy

      May 10, 2019 at 5:51 am

      Great tips to revamp your patio that are easy to implement. An outdoor garden is never complete without outdoor lighting and I like what you have suggested.

      Thanks for sharing with us!!

      Reply
    6. Christina

      August 12, 2019 at 6:18 pm

      Yes! Lighting is my favorite outdoor project. It just makes such a difference.

      Reply
    7. gardener services

      September 23, 2019 at 9:03 am

      Lush green grass tickles our toes … flowers treat our eyes to bold, vibrant colors … and fragrant shrubs delight us with their sweet perfumes.

      Reply
    8. Gizma

      October 22, 2019 at 4:36 pm

      Impressive tips. Thanks. It really helped me a lot

      Reply
    9. patios Brisbane

      April 10, 2020 at 3:17 am

      A large, polished patio will give you a great area of extra space for your home. It can especially come in handy in the summer if you have a small kitchen – you can move your cooking outdoors. You can also use it as your own personal relaxation area, or turn it into an outdoor gym.

      Reply
    10. Md Nur Hossen

      September 02, 2020 at 12:42 pm

      Thank you very much. The images on your website are very nice. These are really very captivating.

      Reply

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