By Lindsey DeSimone for Architectural Digest.
These inspired spaces from our archives are brimming with creative ideas for maximizing outdoor seating for your summer entertaining.
Warm-weather entertaining requires the perfect outdoor space. At her Hamptons home, interior designer Muriel Brandolini fashioned a colorful sitting area using a long custom-made teak sofa topped with vibrant accent pillows.
Painter Olivier Mourao devised a dreamy seating area at his Ibiza oasis using a white sofa and flowing curtains to add a touch of privacy.
Bright white cushions line the built-in benches of a Morocco home's sun-splashed terrace.
Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan achieve contemporary cool at their Shelter Island pool pavilion with a mod sectional sofa and array of colorful pillows.
An inviting dining area is set against the back wall of a New York City home's lush garden.
For her Madrid home, decorator Isabel López-Quesada fashioned a romantic courtyard with an antique-inspired daybed and matching chairs.
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