10 Outdoor Living Trends Expected to Be Big in 2023

10 Outdoor Living Trends Outdoor Living Trends Expected to be Big Expected to be Big in 2023

1. Indoor-Outdoor Merge 1. Indoor-Outdoor Merge This includes opening up the home to the garden or patio through folding glass doors and adding enclosed verandas and partially covered gardens. This includes opening up the home to the garden or patio through folding glass doors and adding enclosed verandas and partially covered gardens.

2. Greek-Inspired Touches 2. Greek-Inspired Touches To make Greek dreams come true, opt for Grecian statues, columns, formal hedges, archways, gravel gardens, and stone pathways. To make Greek dreams come true, opt for Grecian statues, columns, formal hedges, archways, gravel gardens, and stone pathways.

3. Natural Stone Pathways 3. Natural Stone Pathways Choose brushed or textured stones made of granite, porcelain, sandstone, or limestone. Choose brushed or textured stones made of granite, porcelain, sandstone, or limestone.

4. Plants for Privacy 4. Plants for Privacy Vertical planting can achieve privacy screening in small spaces by using rolling shelves, pergolas, trellises, hanging baskets, planter boxes, fence shelving, mounted containers, and pouches. Vertical planting can achieve privacy screening in small spaces by using rolling shelves, pergolas, trellises, hanging baskets, planter boxes, fence shelving, mounted containers, and pouches.

5. Climate-Resilient Gardens 5. Climate-Resilient Gardens Be sure to work with a local arborist to identify the best plant species for your region to ensure they suffer less stress from heat and drought conditions. Be sure to work with a local arborist to identify the best plant species for your region to ensure they suffer less stress from heat and drought conditions.

6. Terra Cotta 6. Terra Cotta Both the terra-cotta material and color are expected to play a big role in backyard design come the new year, adding a bit of a Moroccan or Mediterranean flare. Both the terra-cotta material and color are expected to play a big role in backyard design come the new year, adding a bit of a Moroccan or Mediterranean flare.

7. Lit Garden Sculptures 7. Lit Garden Sculptures Wow guests with lit-up sculptures such as these cracked glass spheres available on Amazon, which appear as artwork in the backyard. Wow guests with lit-up sculptures such as these cracked glass spheres available on Amazon, which appear as artwork in the backyard.

8. Upscale Relaxation 8. Upscale Relaxation This trend involves high-quality furniture, outdoor rugs, pizza ovens, water features, elaborate fire pits, covered outdoor kitchens, and more. This trend involves high-quality furniture, outdoor rugs, pizza ovens, water features, elaborate fire pits, covered outdoor kitchens, and more.

9. Accessibility 9. Accessibility Create firm pathways that are wide and roomy, so that people in wheelchairs or those who need support walking can easily pass by. Create firm pathways that are wide and roomy, so that people in wheelchairs or those who need support walking can easily pass by.

10. Sustainable Furniture 10. Sustainable Furniture The sustainable outdoor furniture industry is booming, with so many more choices like pieces made from bamboo, recycled plastic, rattan, and other eco-friendly materials. The sustainable outdoor furniture industry is booming, with so many more choices like pieces made from bamboo, recycled plastic, rattan, and other eco-friendly materials.

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