From large gardens to small patios and balconies, just being in these spaces, eating, drinking - absorbing some much-needed Vitamin D - the great outdoors is sure to elevate our moods.
Explore below some beautifully designed outdoor spaces in Tuscany, London and Beverly Hills, USA from interior designer Champalimaud Design and Goddard Littlefair and also some top tips from Goddard Littlefair's co-founder and director, Jo Littlefair.
Jo Littlefair, co-founder and director of Goddard Littlefair said: “Now is a great opportunity to analyse your outdoor space and its relationship to the indoors and to start thinking of the garden as your additional room.
“You can track the path of the sunlight during the day, watch which areas are great for breakfast, lunch and sundowners and then plan your space accordingly.
“A small, walled garden has been planned to squeeze in as many dining opportunities as possible, including reclaiming the flat roof of an extension as a terrace.”
Jo Littlefair, said: "If at all possible, we would really recommend thinking about how you can implement a lighting scheme in your garden to give you year-round use and sense of the scale of your outdoor space.
“Consider running LED strip lights in stairs or shelves to backlight planters, spotlights to wash stepping stones or cast light over a pond surface and angled lights on spikes to run along perimeters of the space to put tall plants in shadows or highlight a feature tree."