A Cozy Outdoor Family Movie Night with Joss & Main
Hosting parties is something I love to do – but until recently most of our parties have been indoors. If you have been following along, you know that last year we stained and repainted our tired old deck, and earlier this year we covered our deck with a DIY pergola. The final touch for our outdoor space was to add a cozy fire pit and some accessories to create the ultimate cozy outdoor space for entertaining! With the help of my friends at Joss & Main, I picked the perfect fire pit and rug to cozy up our space. My family and I then enjoyed our first outdoor family movie night in our cozy new outdoor space! And, what better way to celebrate this Memorial Day weekend than with friends and family gathered around the fire pit for a cozy movie night? With the right outdoor pieces you can host your own cozy outdoor family movie night that your friends and family are sure to enjoy!
Disclaimer: Thank you Joss & Main for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions remain 100% my own.
Creating a Cozy Outdoor Space
To cozy up our outdoor space, I knew I wanted a pretty neutral rug and a large gas fire pit. Our outdoor space is a raised deck, so I felt a gas fire pit would work best for this space. I put together a styleboard before deciding which rug and fire pit to use to update the space, it was a very hard decision with so many beautiful choices from Joss & Main to choose from!
Ultimately I decided on this beautiful concrete gas fire pit, and I am so glad because I love the style and size! My home is a farmhouse cottage style with modern touches, and this fire pit works perfectly for my outdoor space while staying within my preferred style!
This neutral ivory and black striped rug is the perfect companion for it, too! Mine is 5×8′ for reference.
The overall look of our outdoor space feels so inviting and cozy now! I love how mixing the concrete fire pit with a striped rug, metal and neutral colored sectional, and various concrete and metal accents all works so beautifully together.
Other details to cozy up our outdoor space include potted topiaries and plants, neutral color pillows with stripes and mixed textures, tables with mixed metals and wood, and concrete planters.
Hosting an Outdoor Movie Night
Once you have your outdoor area situated, hosting an outdoor movie night is easy! Simply prepare some snacks and a s’mores station, popcorn, and drinks!
I like to put my s’more supplies in a tray, ready to go. I have this tray lined with parchment paper for easy clean up later.
Now turn that fire pit on and get ready for some fun! I threw my kids our first outdoor movie night, and they had a blast!
I gave each kid a bowl of popcorn and their own soda pop to start our outdoor movie night fun. With the fire pit on, the kids got toasty warm and enjoyed their snacks.
Next, we made s’mores. It is so fun when you have s’mores at your outdoor movie night – at least my kids think so! I am pretty sure my kids would roast s’mores all night if they could. This fire pit works so perfect for toasting s’mores!
With the kids happily munching on snacks galore, the movie night can begin. The fire pit keeps us all warm and cozy while we sit back and relax and enjoy the movie on our cozy outdoor patio.
We set up an outdoor screen and movie projector and put on one of our favorite family movies!
With the fire pit keeping us warm and cozy we sat and enjoyed our first outdoor family movie night in our home! We are looking forward to many more this summer with friends and family now that our outdoor space is so cozy!
Now all we need are some good movie recommendations for this summer – feel free to leave some good movie ideas for us in the comments!
34 Comments
Stacy Kl
You did a beautiful job. Love all of it but am working on throw pillows for my outdoor living space and LOVE the floral & criss-crossed tie pillows. Do you mind sharing where you got those?
Thanks!
Bree
Hi Stacy! The floral pillow is from http://www.etsy.com/shop/LeLisHome and the criss cross pillows are from http://www.thevintagesongbird.com/ – Thank you so much for reading!
Brooke Brunson
You have a beautiful outdoor space! I think the firepit and rug did make it so much more cozy. I plan to shop for my firepit soon – and love this one 🙂
Cassandra
Outdoor movie night with s’mores sounds awesome. That’s my kind of movie night… Well anything really involving s’mores. Wish I had a space to do something like this
Owen G.
The gas fire pits looks really cool. You did a great job here, the girls looked so happy.. 😊
Terry
Such a great outdoor movie time idea! I love the gas fire pit and the light bulbs – it makes being outside so much more fun!
David Elliott
That looks like it’s pretty amazing. I know it would have been a great movie night with my daughter. I love the sectional and the lighting looks pretty great. The fire pit is the best tho!
Jules
Your outdoor space is gorgeous! That fire pit is too perfect for this space. I’m so jealous!
Amy
Your outdoor space looks super nice. I love the color combination you have. You got good eyes for good designs
Mudpie Fridays
Such an incredible outdoor design, they all look mesmerizing. Great combination of color, texture and modern stuff in one.
Melanie
That fire pit is awesome!! Shopping for mine now!
Alexandra Cook
Wow, this space is absolutely amazing! I love how you used a mix of concrete and natural fibers to create the look!
Kathy Kenny Ngo
That outdoor place is so cozy. If it wasn’t crazy hot half the time and crazy rainy half the time, I’d like to have one of those at home. You decorated it so gorgeously.
Courtney
Omg how fun!!! I would love to set my yard up for movie nights. My parents have their yard set up for movies!
Erik the Hungry Traveller
One word to describe the outdoor space: COZY. i love what you did to your outdoor space. It just screams relaxation comfy cozzy. Im sure movie nights with kids are awesome. But id probbaly wouldnt be able to finish any movie if im there as ill fall asleep 🤣
Lyosha
Super cozy spot! I wouldn’t mind spending my time with family there as well!
Lydia Smith
Wow this is so beautiful and am sure everyone had a good time! Going to steal this idea too – I love it.
Amy-Lynn Denham
OMFG I love your outdoor setup. So cozy!! Outdoor movies are super fun family events.
brie
That is absolutely beautiful. I really dig the fire pit, it looks so sleek and modern. And smores were also a great idea!!
Amanda
I love your outdoor space SO much! It’s absolutely perfect. We have been wanting to create an outdoor movie area for our deck — and this is such a beautiful inspiration!
Penny
I like the idea of the gas fire pit in the night while sitting around chatting outside, it indeed makes it cozy and not such a chilly night. By the way, it looks amazing with the colors and trees!
Maartje van Sandwijk
What an amazing idea to have a movie night outside! I want to do that this summer! <3
adriana
i have been such an outdoor decor junkie! i love how beautiful this looks.
Neyl
Such a great idea you’ve shared. Your children look so happy and enjoying the moment! I love to have these in my house too. Amazing!
Britney
That definitely looks so cozy! My boys would love an outdoor area like this.
Jen
This is fun, Never tried having an outdoor movie with popcorn but now I need to! Your kids look so happy. 🙂
Tiffany
The furniture is absolutely beautiful. I also love the idea of an outdoor movie night. Very creative.
Karen Monica
Your outdoor space looks so inviting. I would spend hours sitting there and enjoying a good book. Me and my family usually have movie nights but never tried having it outdoors. I must suggest it to them.
Flossie McCowald
What a fab outdoor space you’ve created! I’ve never seen a concrete fire pit like that one, but wish we had one!!!
Stephanie
Your outdoor space looks so inviting! That rug fits perfect and I love the firepit. I don’t have a lot of pillows and decor on our outdoor furniture because the wind gets a bit crazy here sometimes and blows just the cushions around, and those are heavy!
Shane Prather
Too much fun! I love staying at home on early summer nights and cuddling up around a movie with s’mores! Kiddos look to love it!
Kate
Wow, an outdoor movie night sounds like so much fun! We like to spend time outside when the weather is good – but you can never tell when that will be in the UK lol!
Daisha
Your deck looks so inviting! Hopefully we will be moving soon and I would love to have a deck I could create a getaway space like this on. My children love movie night in our living room, I never thought to take it outdoors. How fun!
GiGi
OHH YES! This is awesome. My husband and I will SO do this when we buy our forever home. We bought and moved into our current home last year but after living here almost a year, we realize that this is NOT the home we are going to spend a long period of time in, which means these sorts of updates won’t happen here. But we are gathering LOTS of ideas for our next spot, and I am adding THIS idea to the list 🙂