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Patio Dining Ideas
The dining patio is the one people use most. These designs get the essentials right: a table sized for the household plus guests, shade over it, the grill or kitchen a few steps away and lighting that lets dinner run late.
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Patio Dining Ideas, explained.
The dining patio is the one people use most. These designs get the essentials right: a table sized for the household plus guests, shade over it, the grill or kitchen a few steps away and lighting that lets dinner run late.
Allow room to push chairs back — three feet on every side is the minimum — and choose a surface that a dropped fork won't hide in. Save the terraces whose proportions and shade match how you like to eat.
What to look for as you browse
- The paving material and how its joints are handled
- Whether the furniture footprint fits with room to move
- Shade at 4 pm, not just at noon