Outdoor Dining Room – French Style Patio Design
Outdoor dining room design is something that we are constantly tweaking and today I’m excited to share something new! We have been working on our French style patio garden for a few years and it just needed more oomph. The outdoor spaces of a home are important and should have a natural flow. In addition to our inside rooms, outdoor spaces should be a sanctuary for relaxation, playing and entertaining.
Because last summer’s hurricane hit this spot hard, it needed work. The fencing was all destroyed, the shading canopy of the large trees was gone and many shrubs torn out by pummeling winds. We added in new fencing and shrubs for privacy as a first step. Next we had our landscaper bring in a large oak tree, deliver tons of fresh pea gravel and finish with flowering bushes. Since we LOVE this quiet spot down by the water, we hope that after summer rains our privacy will come back.
Since we love sitting out here and dining al fresco, and this vintage patio set (above) was just a wee bit small for larger events.
Outdoor dining room – French style
You’ll find details about these pieces at Birch Lane, where I know that I can always source traditional style, great value and high quality products. Can I tell you how this x-leg trestle farmhouse table looks like a fine wood table? Hone in and view the top, which is porcelain and will do well in this harsh Miami climate.
The frame and legs look amazingly like weathered wood yet they crafted of aluminum. We are ready for a dinner party in our new outdoor dining room with flowers and some traditional French fare.
The chairs are modeled after French Drucker chairs that have been around since the 19th century. You can count on seeing the rattan chairs in pretty much every cafe in Paris. They have gained much popularity here in the U.S in the last couple of years.
I selected these BISTRO CHAIRS because they are a natural fit with the French farmhouse style TRESTLE TABLE.
Wild and free flowing floral arrangements in French enamel pots add more of a French farmhouse flair.
Darby and Bartley approve and are looking for leftover nuggets of food! You’ll be seeing more of our garden updates soon and I’d love your thoughts, comments and questions!
Thank you to my friends at Birch Lane for partnering on this post…all opinions and the love of this furniture is my own.
“We are ready for a dinner party in our new outdoor dining room with flowers and some traditional French fare.”
Please provide your menu…..
That is such a great space! I love eating outdoors as much as I can and I would love to eat a meal in a space like this.
I absolutely love Birch Lane and I would never have guessed that this beautiful outdoor dining table was not made of wood. It’s gorgeous as is your tabletop decor. Stunning!
Looking lovely… I really thought that table was made of wood! Amazing.
Really liking the new table and chairs over the old set. That table is great looking and would go with so many different styles of chairs.
I love how this looks! I wish we had a larger outdoor patio. Ours is rather small. Yours looks so cozy!
Lovely and inspiring!
Wow Janet! Looks so inviting! I love it all! I would swear that is a wood table! We really do need furniture that can take the heat and water down here! I’m in love with those chairs! I have been seeing them everywhere! Happy for you and your beautiful, new dining space! Cheers!
How lovely. I didn’t know this type of material was even available, and I’ll be looking into it to purchase it for myself. The chairs are uniquely attractive and fit in so well with your pebble “ground”. The whole setting is wonderful, and your dogs are adorable!
Oh my goodness I love the way this looks! You did a wonderful job with it. Can you come and decorate my backyard LOL? Seriously though the table and those chairs look absolutely gorgeous.
Beautiful Janet. I love those chairs. They are stylish and I bet oh so comfy. Eating El Fresco is the best. Happy New Week.
xoox
Kris
Beautiful space and the table is amazing and looks like wood. They do so much using different materials today. I always love these chairs.
It must feel good getting your. French beauty back after such devastating damage. Can’t Imagine
Cindy
I have been following you for years. Your never cease to amaze and this is no exception.
Love,, love, love it!
There was such agreat improvement in the space, your table and chairs look great. It is just getting warm here so this will motivate me to get our outdoors in shape for the season.
This is such a great space and setting! So lovely!
What a cozy and welcoming space in your garden. I cannot believe that table is not real wood! Very nice. As always, your floral arrangements are just gorgeous!
OH, I LOVE that table and chairs. We have an old set that we have had for about 10 years now. It still looks okay because most of the time it is sitting in our gazebo but the mice got into my cushions over this past winter, so not I need new ones.
I’ve seen those chairs and loved them! They are very popular! Something to think about for my new home! Those doggies are very cute>
Maria
Now that table is just amazing. I love the wood with the white in the chairs. It really plays well off each other.
This is just gorgeous! There’s nothing better than dining outside under twinkly lights. Even a PBJ tastes fancy under the stars. 🙂
Such a pretty setting! Dining outside is so much relaxing especially when your surrounding is as beautiful as yours.
I love everything about this look and the greenery is so pretty on the table. Everything flows so well.
An outdoor dining room is really awesome and it’s the perfect place to entertain friends during Spring and Summer! I love how you styled your dining area! It’s really beautiful!
This is all stunning! I would love to relax in an outdoor space like this! We do a lot of dinners outside in the summer, I love having that outdoor living feeling happening with my home.
There’s nothing like French style to make your outdoor dining area much more glammed up! I just really like the after photos and I’m inspired to do this as well!
That is an amazing table and a jaw dropping setting. I am shocked the table isn’t wood. Gorgeous
Oh my word so much yes! This displays such a great taste, and who doesn’t love relaxing out in the evening weather!?
This is such a cute outdoor patio. I just love relaxing outside with my kids for dinner.
Woah that French Style Patio Design looks amazing. It really looks like something straight out of a magazine. I definitely need to update my backyard!
Janet, Did you have some sort of curbing to contain the pea gravel? I love this look??
Thanks so much Barb for being a forever follower! We don’t have edging, much to the chagrin of our lawn guy. It’s one of those things that I would do, but my husband doesn’t like…so compromise!
Hi!
How do you keep the pea gravel in place and not washing away with our deluges of rain.
I love this idea for our backyard area and curious.
Thank you.
It doesn’t seem to be a problem or wash away. We do have some black landscape paper under the pea gravel but that’s more to keep weeds from popping up.
Thanks for the reply Janet.
When we get to this stage I am going to do this near the lake and firepit area.
Do you remember the size of the gravel? I have pinned many of your pics too.
This is so well done! I’m glad you shared Drucker. I’ve been researching Maison Gatti chairs like this … so beautiful and interesting history!
Love the chairs! And your whole outdoor area is lovely!
As always, you never fail to impress. Love this scene and just looks so inviting and fresh. Love it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you kindly Sue!
Lovely space! And, I love your table and table setting.
Hey Janet! Love this set up. I’m thinking of purchasing these chairs for our outdoor table. How are these holding up for you? Thanks!
They are holding up nicely and while we do keep them outside year round it’s usually under cover.