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You don't need much to decorate a small back patio. Use these 5 items in your backyard patio design and you're sure to create a beautiful space.
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hi it's Lindsay Diane from dianetcor.com
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today let's talk about how to decorate a
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small back patio you don't have to spend
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a lot of money and you don't have to
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have a lot of Decor in order to create a
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beautiful backyard space just follow
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these five simple steps and you'll
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transform your back patio into a place
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that you'll never want to leave
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there are really just five simple things
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that you need if you have a small patio
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the very first thing is to get an area
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rug this will not only Define the space
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but also add some comfort and make it
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cozy and make it soft underfoot most
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covered back patio areas are around 10
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by 10 or so an 8 by 10 rug is just fine
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for that area making sure that you have
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a shaded area is important for actual
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usage of your patio if it's too hot it
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doesn't matter how beautiful it is
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you're not going to want to use it if
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the Sun is beating down on you in the
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middle of the summer so make sure that
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you either have the umbrellas or you're
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going to set up your patio under a small
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covered area the next thing you want to
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do is create a small conversational
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seating area so you want to arrange your
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pieces of furniture so that they are
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facing one another ideally you don't
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necessarily want them lined around on
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the wall or all against one wall
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if you have a small four piece
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Conversation Set like I do which is two
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chairs a love seat and a coffee table
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that's perfect just put the two chairs
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opposite the love seat and put your
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dining your coffee table rather in
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between or if you don't have the coffee
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table this is a great place to put some
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footstools or an ottoman that can act as
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both a coffee table and a place to rest
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your feet if you wanted to you want to
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make sure that the aisle that leads from
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your back door out to your backyard is
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clear so try not to overlap that zone
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with Furniture now I did have a little
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extra space and what I did was I got a
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planter from sunny days Decor it's a
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planter bench and it fit perfectly along
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that side not only did it create some
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extra seating area but it gave me this
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instant Decor piece that allowed me to
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put two artificial plants on either side
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and it really helped brighten up the
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space it added some Greenery to it it
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matched really well with the furniture I
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think it's fantastic so if you're
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looking for some additional seating or
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just a small little piece to add on to
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your conversation set I highly recommend
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this planter bench or any planter bench
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you're going to be hard-pressed to find
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anything else that's going to fit a
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small space that's no more than like two
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feet wide so a bench for sure is the way
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to go if you want to just add on to that
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space a little bit more try to avoid any
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types of furniture that are going to
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need to have extra space to recline like
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those zero gravity chairs or a hammock
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or the Egg swings those those aren't
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great for a small space unless you're
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thinking you're only going to entertain
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two people but if you want to have four
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or even six people out there at any
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given time you're going to want to stick
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to some of the more Standard Furniture
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and Things that are kind of streamlined
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and won't take up a lot of space
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lighting is the next big thing that
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you'll want to address add some type of
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supplemental lighting to your patio plan
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it will make all the difference in the
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evening now if you are going the
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umbrella route you can get a lighted
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umbrella that's solar powered or you can
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get the clip-on lights that go onto the
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umbrella poles that will help light up
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that space as well otherwise look into
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string lights that you can hang either
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from the edge of the roof or you can
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hang them from like planter box to
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planter box if you want to set up
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something like that with those big
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whiskey barrels you put some plants in
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there put a pole and string them and
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create a perimeter around your
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conversation area or if you have the
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enclosed area like I do go for the
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curtain lights these are fantastic they
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run all the way down the wall they
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lighten up the space I can put them on a
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timer I can make them twinkle I can make
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them fade I can adjust the brightness
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for them they're excellent you don't
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have to hang a chandelier although I've
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seen people do that as well it's
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beautiful but at the very least add some
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type of supplemental lighting whether
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it's regular string lights curtain
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lights or solar lanterns that's another
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good option the last thing you want to
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do is just add a little bit of Decor
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like I said before I got the planter
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bench which allowed me to add some faux
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Greenery there of course you can use
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real plants I am not good with plants at
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all especially ones that are going to do
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well in a shaded area with the kids
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picking at them and all that sort of
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stuff I didn't want to I didn't want to
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bother with it so I opted for faux
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plants but some sort of floral
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arrangement whether it's hanging plants
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or something in a planter box something
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that's just potted just put on your
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coffee table is a great option then you
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want to go ahead and try to reinforce
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your color scheme so the colors that you
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have inside of that area rug bring them
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up and put them onto your furniture via
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decorative pillows so blue is a color
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scheme that runs not only throughout my
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patio but throughout my home and I have
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this blue rug I added some blue pillow
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covers I bought the pillow covers Scotch
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guarded them and then just added some
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inserts that I bought from Amazon in
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addition to the plants and the pillows I
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just have a small decorative tray on my
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coffee table it has a little potted
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plant it also hides my blue Bluetooth
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speaker and then I also have this
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cordless rechargeable essential oil
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diffuser and while this may not look
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like a lot it does an incredible job on
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this patio for keeping the mosquitoes
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away I fill it with the citronella
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essential oil and it just it fills the
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entire area and it keeps the mosquitoes
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and the bugs at Bay it's better than
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having to mess with the candles and
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having to always restock those or having
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to deal with the little tiki torches or
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bug zappers or anything like that it
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just creates this really nice Ambiance I
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love that it's rechargeable and cordless
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and it also acts as a lantern so it has
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a light on it and the entire base will
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light up at night if you want it to
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those are the only things that I have
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decorating the patio
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the lights the area rug the plants and
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just the little vignette that's on the
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coffee table is perfect it's I couldn't
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want anything more on there it would
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just crowd the space it makes it
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functional it makes it beautiful and it
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makes it a place that I look forward to
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going to every single night
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here's a look at the final patio setup
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I'm really pleased with how it turns out
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I will have all of my blog posts that
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are related to this patio install listed
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in the description below so if you're
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looking for a step-by-step tutorial on
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how I hung the curtain lights or my DIY
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no-sew patio cushion upgrade or more
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details on the planter Branch I'll have
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all of that listed below along with all
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of the items that I use to decorate the
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patio that's it for this video I hope
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you found it helpful you don't have to
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spend a lot of money decorating your
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small back patio and you definitely do
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not need a lot of unnecessary Decor to
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make it a magical space I thank you so
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much for watching don't forget to visit
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me at Diane decor.com I post all about
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decorating your home on a budget I'll
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see you in the next one bye
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