All About Water Fountains

How to Pick an Outdoor Water Fountain

An outdoor water fountain is a powerful addition to any space you put it in. Once you install one in your garden, solarium or other area you’re adding something that influences light and sound: the primary “channels” people use when they experience a space. Picking a garden fountain or other outdoor fountain can seem daunting at first, but if you consider the outdoor space’s characteristics, your choice gets much easier. In this article we’ll break the options down by theme, color, texture and facing.

Outdoor Fountain Theme

The fountain’s theme should go with your space. You wouldn’t want an ultramodern glass fountain in a Renaissance-inspired garden, for example! Instead, you’d probably favor a Corinthian wall fountain or Greek garden fountain. On the other hand, an outdoor glass fountain would be perfect for a sleekly designed brick or tile patio.

Outdoor Fountain Color

What’s the dominant color of your garden, patio or other space? Figure this out and you’ll greatly narrow your choices down to fountains that provide matching, complementary or neutral colors. Matching color is simple enough: If you’ve got red brick, you want a reddish fountain. A neutral color is primarily gray, black or white.

Complementary colors are a bit more involved, as they are colors which, when mixed, would produce a neutral color. Examples include red and green, or blue and orange.

Outdoor Fountain Texture

Even if you don’t anticipate people touching it, texture is apparent in the way light and shadow play across your outdoor fountain. Rough stone goes with fountains that have a handcrafted or rustic look, such as a terracotta solar garden fountain. If polished marble or smooth tiling predominates, a glass outdoor fountain could be the perfect choice.

Outdoor Fountain Facing

Facing indicates the directions you expect people to be viewing your outdoor fountain from. Will the fountain have a back facing a decorative wall, or is your garden fountain going to be the center of the space where your paths converge? If the answer is the former, an outdoor wall fountain may be the best choice. If it’s the latter, circular garden fountains like these tiered outdoor fountains create focal points for any such open space.

Once you have theme, color, texture and facing in mind you’ll have a definite idea of the kind of fountain you need. To take the next step and buy one, try Water Fountain Place for a selection that includes fountains for any outdoor space.

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