Summer Outdoor Dining Ideas
I know I don’t even need to tell you how much I love outdoor dining. Today I created a new table that coordinates with a very fun summer color palette.
There is something so special about sitting around a table outside. Fresh air. Fresh food. The way the conversation and laughter hover around the table and then float away like a balloon.
I love the color aqua, and I thought it might be fun to create a summer outdoor dining idea on our back patio. I ran to Trader Joe’s for flowers and put this table together in less than an hour.
Outdoor Dining Colors
Since we won’t be celebrating the holiday at the beach this year (due to the construction), I decided to bring the beach house feeling to our home and set a wonderful aqua-themed table.
I cannot believe it took me this long to realize how stunning an aqua-themed table would look in our backyard. The colors are my favorite. Wow.
Just so you know, I teamed up with some very talented bloggers today. They all shared their Outdoor Entertaining ideas so scroll down to the bottom of this post to see all of their ideas.
I love this view of my table overlooking the backyard. It’s a very simple table. Of course, simple is my favorite way to decorate.
Arranging Flowers for My Outdoor Dining Table
I absolutely love how the flowers turned out for our outdoor dining table.
As usual, I bought them at Trader Joe’s. I knew going into it that I wouldn’t be able to use the main color in my flower arrangement. I mean, who wants aqua flowers in their arrangement, right? So when I arrived at the store, I knew I wanted predominantly green with a little bit of white.
How about that vase? It is actually a vintage battery jar and I bought it at a vintage sale. I own a few clear ones and I just love the color of this battery jar!
The flowers were very easy to arrange and did not take long at all. Maybe 15 minutes total to arrange?
- one – Here are the flowers I bought at Trader Joe’s. I bought about 75% green and 25% white flowers. I didn’t have any big plans and certainly knew I wouldnt be looking for aqua flowers. White and green seemed like a good idea.
- two – I filled the battery jar with water and started adding the greenery.
- three – I just kept adding greenery and loved the variety of choices I was able to find at the grocery store.
- four – Don’t laugh but this was the last photo I took of my flower arranging lesson. Sometimes I zone out and forget to stop and take photos. Oh well, all I did was keep adding green stems and then I added the white flowers at the end. Pretty straight forward, I promise.
You can see the finished floral arrangement in the next photo.
Setting the Outdoor Dining Table
I used some of my favorite vintage aqua pieces that I borrowed from our beach house. The aqua spritzers are amazing and I love them. If you look closely, you can see the vintage jards filled with all of the sea glass I have collected on the Ventura beaches.
My favorite colors of sea glass to collect are white, green, and aqua. It is quite abundant on the beaches and I love to hunt for sea glass. It’s so relaxing.
The placemats and napkins are eight years old, but I made a few recommendations below. The dishes are Sophie Conran and I love the color so much! The polka dot glasses are so much fun to add to any table.
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I teamed up with some amazing bloggers and here are their Outdoor Entertaining posts!
Make Simple Pizzas On The Grill // Most Lovely Things
24 Outdoor Dining and Entertaining Tips For Your Backyard // Twelve On Main
Creating An Outdoor Dining Experience // My Sweet Savannah
Summer Outdoor Dining Ideas // My 100 Year Old Home
Outdoor Entertaining Ideas For Your Backyard // Modern Glam
Easy Tips For Outdoor Entertaining // Inspiration For Moms
Fruity Sangria Recipe // Happy Happy Nester
Poolside Happy Hour Entertaining Ideas // Life Is Better At Home
Refreshing Summer Drink Recipes & Summer Entertaining Ideas // The Happy Housie
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I love the aqua! And I love the vintage seltzer bottles. I have four.
Thanks, Jan! I love them too!
Where did you buy the seltzer bottles. Love them!
I got them at a vintage sale!
You inspire me! always beautiful ,, hosting my first garden party in august! I always follow your post! xox My mom is also Amazing on this kinda stuff!
That will be so much fun, Christine! Thanks for your kindness!
Love the pretty aqua touches Leslie! Your table is beautiful!!
Thank you, Judy!
Beautiful Leslie! Finding sea glass is a rare commodity here in the Northeast so every time I find some, I grab it up. I love your vintage Spritzer bottles – now an addition to my “must find” list 😉.
Hi Leslie, Would you mind sharing where you bought your outdoor table and chairs. I love the look!
I love your blog. I love that you’re always creating new tablescapes. I live in Texas so the window for outdoor eating is very narrow. Early Spring and early Fall. At least that’s without a patio cover and fans/heaters. I’ve never been to California so I don’t know if this is a problem where you live, but here in the summer the flies are such a nuisance when trying to dine outdoors. Is that a problem for you and how do you deal with them? Thank you!
Such a pretty color combination – I love to aqua, and you did a beautiful job with it. Of course I always love your flower arrangements too! 🙂 Thanks for the beautiful inspiration, and, hope you’re having a lovely 4th of July weekend!