‘We've made a living room OUTSIDE'

Jane and Paul transformed the underused far end of their garden into a summertime chill-out zone

- ASTRID ROSSINGTON

After extending our kitchen and adding bifold doors leading outside to a new patio area, we wanted to make the entire garden feel like a part of the house,’ says Jane.

‘We had tweaked things here and there, but it never felt quite finished, so by midsummer we decided it was about time we did something about it. The main priority was to create an outdoor seating area.