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Design Ideas for Outside Living on Your Patio, Porch or Deck

By Debra Worthington, Newburyport.Com Correspondent
"Southern comfort meets New England proper" Debra Worthington, a well-seasoned professional Interior Designer, merges her southern upbringing and values with her New England traditions to assess your lifestyle. For your home or commercial space we design spaces with timeless beauty. Worthington Interior Design is located in Newburyport. Whether you're a traditionalist or modernist; we work in all genres- " antiques can always be infused with a bit of of playful urban-mix."
Worthington Interior Design
Patio, Porch or Deck, Newburyport MA

Explore easy ways to design outside living on your patio, porch or deck in Newburyport with amazing options for furniture, lighting and serve-ware! If you have enough space for a great sectional sporting an indoor/outdoor easy-to-clean material look to Restoration Hardware’s Classic Kingston collection. 14 different fabrics, 2 seat depths to fit  compact residential footprints are great. Want to get rid of your old picnic table? Wait a minute, you can paint it and apply a cool French stripe runner to dress up your 1950’s style picnic table. If you can’t bring your precious pillows outside on your patio, porch or deck have Newburyport’s 2017 Best Interior Designer, Worthington Interior Design work with you to select hip Perennials fabrics to create what looks like it belongs on the inside; but can live on the outside!

Newburyport has such a beautiful coastal setting to decorate your table with an obvious ‘sea-worthy’ theme, and there are so many great melamine dishes in marine, coral and nautical patterns it’s hard to choose. Think about introducing a different design approach of geometrics. Mixing stripes, chevrons, windowpane, hounds tooth or dot patterns to create unique outside space. All related without committing to a particular design so you can add more accessories year after year.  Anchor your outside space with a chevron rug in polypropylene, easy AND breezy!

Consider arranging your outside patio, porch or deck space whether small or large, so you have a view of your plantings and landscaping. Decorate the side of your house with all-weather artwork to resemble a room without doors and walls. Move your games and puzzles outside with comfy unique oversize to the trade cushions or poufs that Worthington Interior Design would be happy to acquire for you. Lighting with huge glass hurricanes and add a hanging a flea market chandelier from a tree with nautical rope you can find in Newburyport area marine supply stores creating a glow on your patio or deck. Just be sure candle- safety is in place. See our selection of French style Spring-Summer candles from Point a La Ligne/Bougies a la Francaise.

Also consider lighting with battery operated candles in all sizes to offer a worry-free outside! And the new LED colored sculpted sphere or globe lights with remotes will instantly set your mood to chill! Summer is all about outside, entertaining and fun. Fun can either be at the local Newbury Plum Island beaches or just a set-up game of croquet, badminton, or French boules in your own backyard!

Define your own outside albeit poolside, patio, deck or porch style with bright colors or classic neutrals! Try mixing the unexpected- turquoise with navy, red with pinks, oranges with purples and highlight with flowers in a single color for an understated elegance. With all the many ways to design living outside in New England’s beautiful coastal city of Newburyport, let us help you make the most of your patio, porch or deck decor.

 

Plum Island Real Estate – the Beach Lifestyle is Calling!

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News ReleaseNewburyport.com has just acquired PlumIsland.com. Robert Bentley, the owner of Newburyport.com and co-owner of BENTLEY’S real estate revealed this week in his monthly broadcast with Boston.Com (attached video)  the exciting news. Focusing on the  ability to connect Buyers and Seller with information about Plum Island Real Estate as well as hyper local information is key. Robert  confidently advises his Sellers and Buyers about Plum Island Real Estate. When a company is involved in a high volume of the most recent sales on the “Island” it’s understandable that Buyers and Sellers seek BENTLEY’S advise and guidance about selling or buying. Robert was recently ask what makes Plum Island Real Estate so special, his response was, “A Buyer searching Newburyport real estate many times will add Plum Island as an area of interest. They see how dynamic living by the Ocean and having a city nearby is like being on vacation where you live.”

Plum Island Real Estate is experiencing a renewed interest over the past few years. Plum Island is unique in that it offers a wide variety of housing choices. The home style offerings include: elegant homes, year round residences and quaint modest seasonal cottages that appear almost preserved in time. Numerous Plum Island homes have remained in the same family for many years, becoming local landmarks. You may find that these homes are charming yet rustic, often these treasures are referred  to as “beach  houses.” Today approximately 60% of the homes are classified as year round  homes, and a few of these homes even have a garage. When  searching for Plum Island Real Estate Buyerwill find a home for almost every budget and style, satisfying  personal wishes and desires. More recently a number of magnificent homes have sold for over a million dollars, a true indication of Buyer’s confidence in Plum Island Real Estate.

Plum Island is often referred to as the Hidden Gem of the North Shore with it’s beautiful Plum Island Beach and the protected reservation of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Plum Island belongs to two communities Newbury and Newburyport but lives more often as it own entity. Connected to the mainland by a bridge there is no need for a ferry or any other type of transportation to arrive at your home. Plum Island also has an airport, should you choose to arrive in your personal airplane. Buyers typically searching for Plum Island Real Estate may have a particular type of property in mind, a fixer upper, a home with a water view or the ultimate Plum Island residence on the waterfront. Whether you are looking for easy access to the beaches or a home with many bedrooms for friends and family to come to visit, you should investigate Plum Island Real Estate.  The “Island” offers many options. If you are looking for an island escape with character and charm, Plum Island Real Estate may be what you are looking for. After the Sunset treat yourself to a short walk to the Plum Island Grille or a ride over the bridge to the vibrant City of Newburyport with it’s many fine shops and amazing restaurants. 

 

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