The concept of the outdoor room has become a popular one with clients keen to spend as much time as they can outside - not gardening but relaxing and entertaining in a space that is easy to keep to a high standard. It calls for simple, uncluttered design, high quality materials and a high level of finish. Plants tend to be subordinate to the "hard" surfaces with their clean, sharp lines which often repeat colours and styles from the interior of the house or flat. The result is a garden that could almost be indoors!