Top Outdoor Living Trends for 2015

Top Outdoor Living Trends for 2015


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As summer starts rolling in, all of us long to spend time outdoors. And with the concept of outdoor living gaining huge popularity, more and more people are discovering innovative ways to create and utilize outdoor spaces such as to grow gardens, storing, decking patios and backyards for entertaining guests, and outdoor cooking and dining. These spaces are undoubtedly becoming an extension of our home interiors – happy zones to connect with family and friends and lounge in relaxing ambience.

The outdoor spaces are fast shedding the onus of merely looking ornamental. They are increasingly getting more functional and useful while giving an edge to your patios and backyards. Are you wondering where to start and how to transform your spaces that look warm, welcoming and beautiful? Let’s begin with exploring a variety of trends that have been luring home owners this year.

A list of top outdoor living trends for 2015:

1.  Beautiful, edible and sustainable landscapes

Growing fresh food has become a very popular trend among the millennials. That’s why you will see blended gardens that bring together edibles and ornamentals on the same platform. No need to separate your tomatoes and peppers from roses anymore and what you will get is a vibrant garden that is both beautiful and delicious at once. Homeowners are also looking to have gardens that are low-maintenance, require less water yet look sumptuous and lush. So watch out for low maintenance gardens with drought-tolerant plants with an inclination towards a more naturalistic landscape designs to thrive in 2015.

2.  Outdoor cooking and splendid appliances and fire features

Bringing the entire kitchen experience outside – whether it is cooking or dining – seems to be the overarching trend this year. If there are outdoor homes, how cannot there be an outdoor kitchen? Traditional backyard is transforming into a hub to entertain family and friends and long gone are the days when people would be satisfied with just a rolling cart. Today, people want to equip their outdoor living spaces with fully-functional, convenient kitchens. A good reason why the popularity of outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, stone ovens, smokers and grills continues to rise by leaps and bounds. With high demand of outdoor kitchen spaces and so much innovation going around, manufacturers too are charming food enthusiasts with weatherproof cabinets, patio furniture and refrigerators for a spectacular experience when it comes to cooking, wining and dining in the outdoor living space. Are you ready to migrate to the wild of your backyards for that gorgeous barbequing session with all the trimmings? It’s time!

3.  Landscape lighting for stunning effects

You can light up your pools and water features for that shimmering lighting effect all around your backyard. Get customized lighting for walkways, patios and flower beds to achieve a beautiful play of shadows and lights in your outdoor space as the darkness falls.

4.  Water features and that soothing sound of water

What can be more alluring and soothing than the sound of water trickling from a fountain? Water features definitely add a naturally serene touch to almost any outdoor space. Decorate your backyard with interesting water features that can be adjusted according to the amount of space you have. You think your outdoor living area needs an interesting water feature? There are tiered, table-top and urn designs and even wall mounted fountain for vertical surfaces such as walls. You can choose from a variety of fountains, waterfalls and cascading ponds to make the ambience absolutely spot-on.

5.  Unique patio designs and lavish decks

As people are blurring the lines between the indoor and outdoor spaces, they see no reason why their backyard shouldn’t look as organized and as sensational as their interior décor. According to Trex, world’s largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking, porches, railing and lighting, the company has been receiving lots of interests from its customers for innovative, out of the box patio designs and ornate decks with many levels, curves and pergolas. Homeowners are looking to create personalized outdoor living spaces with natural, comfortable fabrics and weather-proof furniture that are specially designed keeping the space and budget in mind.

Alfresco movement? It certainly looks like that.

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