All month long we’re celebrating outdoor entertaining and living with four giveaways from Frontgate. Last week, we looked to help you to heat up the night with a copper fire pit. Now we’re lighting up the night with this week’s giveaway — the Lucina Lantern — a sophisticated take on outdoor lighting. One large pillar candle will fit into this solid bronze lantern, but I think a bunch of mismatched candles would lend a stunning bohemian vibe to your next outdoor party.
You’ve got until 12/11c Monday, May 16th to leave us a comment. That’s all you have to do for a chance to win one of these gorgeous outdoor lanterns.
This week’s question: What’s special about the place you spend most of your time outdoors at your home? Is it your favorite fragrant potted plants that surround you on a sunny patio? The vintage glider you refinished that’s perfect for cool evenings spent chatting with neighbors on your front porch? Or the perfect napping hammock you and a loved one strategically placed between two shady trees?
Perfect your outdoor room with HGTV.com’s outdoor entertaining guide — filled with inspiration for preparing your patio, deck and porch for fun times spent with family and friends.
Love any kind of lighting!
We've been working so hard on the indoors, making them an oasis, that we've neglected the outdoor area! Love the ideas that HGTV has!!!
We moved into our home 10 years ago and i guess its just overwhelming. I see so many ideas that i love but i just don't know how to start and put it all together, i have a deck area that is small and comfortable with planters but that is where it has stopped. I have a front and side yard that need help as well as the back yard just a little intimadating. i know the side i would like to have butterfly garden and the backyard comfortable to entertain friends but still practicle for my 5 & 13 yr. olds to use.
I enjoy being able to sit under our outdoor tent and watching the kids play. This would go beautiful in our back yard.
We are in the process of redoing our deck and can't wait to have an outdoor retreat to escape to!! This lantern would be a perfect addition:)
I enjoy setting out in my back yard, because it is so peaceful after a long day at school. We are in need of some work in the yard ,but just being able to set outside and rest is a blessing.
That lantern is the most beautiful outdoor lantern Ive ever laid my eyes upon. It would most deffinetly complement my outdoor room. I like my outdoor room because its welcoming and warm. With my barbacue and patio adorned with weaping williows in the near distance truly complents the smell of lilacs all around. I love my outdoor retreat!
Perfect! This would make an absolutely perfect addition to our deck area. It is in it's infancy stages of becoming the most sought after sight in the neighborhood to be able to sit, relax, enjoy evenings with family and friends or just the 2 of us. What a gift this would be. Thanks so much, for helping us to attain our little piece of paradise!
My husband and I always enjoy sitting on our porch on nice evenings.We used to have a similar set of carriage candle lamps which gave it a nice atmosphere until someone stole them off our porch last summer- so sad!!!
I love my screened porch – no bugs, no sunburn, surrounded by beautiful pots with gorgeous flowers blooming in them. I can watch my dogs play outside and enjoy the fresh air in comfort.
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My family is putting our house on the market and as much as I have always loved this house, showing it to realtors makes me realize even more so how great it is. We're on a corner lot on a dead end street, we have a huge deck with solar lights, combine that with cucumber lime water and dad grilling, I love summer time at our house. I can imagine how lovely those lanterns would look perched on the steps.
Our back yard is surrounded by greenery. There's a marsh beyond that. We can't see any houses from back there. The front is just as nice, huge yard and a marsh view across the street.
I would have to say it's my Secret Garden. I love spending time in this special spot in my backyard. It helps me to regroup and find a wonderful sense of peace and calmness. I am going to put in a fountain this year to help keep the peace abundant.
Just sitting outdoors on the deck with my husband enjoying the New England weather.
HGTV is an excellent source for all your house needs. I love this site.
we just moved in January, so I have all summer to find my new special place
We are moving next month and I am looking forward to being out on the back deck and chatting with friends. There is a little pond next to the home that will be wonderful to sit and watch the ducks
very excited! definitely loving all the design ideas I am getting from the hgtv website and shows for the new home! we can not wait to use them!
I love sitting on my back porch looking at the water and surrounded by my plants.
We bought a house that needs A LOT of work. There are many pretty features, plants-wise, but no place to sit and hang out. The backyard is basically just SAND. We're going to have to work at it little-by-little, to get it to a cozy place where we can hang out with family and barbecue on warm NM nights. It may take us years, but every little bit helps. The lantern sounds like a beautiful place to start. At least it would be something to plan our dreams around!
The absolutely gorgeous view I have off my back and side decks. It makes me so relaxed just to sit out there and stare off into the distance.
We're currently renting a furnished apartment before taking the "home buying plunge." Our building is on the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, so for now watching the sunrise and sunset is pretty captivating.
Those would look fabulous on my balcony in my new condo!
I would love to have this on our patio that we poured ourselves and enjoy the beautiful evenings having our own wine.
I love being in my back yard when the lilacs are in bloom. The smell is absolutely amazing. Their lovely perfume wafts around my house all the way to the front where my neighbors comment on it.
Thanks for the ideas!
i spend most of my outdoor time at my park in my apt building
I have learned to love our little rose garden lining the path to our front door. We inherited it when we bought the house but I found out I enjoy the upkeep as the roses smell devine and it's been great for meeting "birds" on our lot: one of our sprinklers seems to continuously leak a bit so the birds come down to drink from it without even knowing I'm trimming/cleaning right opposite them!
First year that we have tulips and if I dare say, they are the bright spot of out outdoors living space. The pop of color does wonders!
Finished an outdoor kitchen / patio last fall and can't wait to use it this Summer. We put in a fireplace that we have used this past winter. It is fun to sit by the fire and watch the winter activities out on the frozen lake.
What’s special about the place you spend most of your time outdoors at your home?
That I've created a little oasis in the middle of the city.
I enjoy the sunny patio facing the court yard with the array of colorful flowers, bird bath, water fountian, and all kinds of beaurtiful birds and creatures. The sound of nature is the best!
Moving to a part of the country where you can spend evenings outdoors year-round. So, lantern would be great on our new patio.
I could use something like this I live in the country and this would definatly be a nice addition to our property.
I watch HGTV all the time, It has given me hope that someday the unfinished projects around our home might some day get finished! The latern is a great adddition to an outdoors that does not supply electricity. It has been wonderful to sit out at night the last day or two since the rain finally stopped!
Its the view when I sit on my swing on my back porch!! Its the field with our horses. I edges against the swamp and there are cypress trees and the many seasonal flowers. It is to pretty to describe!!!
sitting on the deck we built listening to the birds and watching the hummingbirds. and enjoy the vibrant colors of the spring flowers in bloom.
I have overheads on my back porch. I hate them, but its better than stubbing a toe. These would be perfect for when my bunko club comes and those who smoke are not the only thing that lights up the space out on the bac k porch. I like these a lot.
This is so pretty and just what I need for my 60 foot walkway to my home!
These are so neat….i love them
I love the subdivision park right behind my house, good entertainment!
These are beautiful! A nice addition to our back deck make over!
We planted a Willow tree between us and our neighbors that blocks our view of each others sliding glass doors, even though there is an acre between us. We didn't want to put up fences, so we have planted attractive trees and shrubs as a fence substitute. Anyway, the Willow between our houses is a great place to go out in the evenings and just relax underneath, Sometimes, you might even find a neighbor there to!
we love relaxing by a campfire. its a nice little area in our yard
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i am totally loving lanterns right now! And, those are gorgeous!
This lantern is absolutely gorgeous. It would look so good hung out by the firepit in my backyard.
I love watching the birds that come to our feeders and bird bath. We have Yellow and Purple finch, Blue birds, Hummingbirds, and Mocking birds right now.
Hey, what gives??? I just received this e-mail today. I would have liked to try and win the lantern – but now it's too late!!!!!
Your comment made me smile. How funny. I just got turned onto Freebie Friday's and the gifts are awesome. I was hoping to win the fruit basket but someone else was the lucky one! I'll shall keep trying.
What a super addition to my lanscaping…I'd be honored to display this beautiful lantern.
Unfortunately, my backyard is a blank slate. I can only invision sitting at a rustic farmhouse table on top of crushed stone, looking at the reflection pool while drinking an iced tea, and listening to the audio book of Julia Child's time in France.
I have various lanterns I use inside for decoration in different rooms in addition to outside and am always looking for new unique styles. Great for multiple purposes and to highlight the seasons.