Due to COVID-19, where everyone has been advised to stay home, outdoor spaces like front and backyards have become shelters of sanity and solace. Gradually, people are investing their time more and more in renovating their homes, especially outdoor spaces like backyards. People who live in apartments are also looking for ideas to integrate nature into their living spaces.
According to a survey, many people preferred horticulture as a therapy in this pandemic. Therefore, green spaces in backyards are continuously increasing in value for mental wellbeing and health.
This year, the backyard living trends are all about making the most of the space and integrating them into your regular, daily life. Based on the previous year's momentum, people want to bring their indoors outdoors by using innovative technology and techniques to spend as much time outdoors as possible without interrupting their daily routine. Whether it is a space to grow natural herbs for cooking, a state-of-the-art patio with lots of shade, or a whole savvy outdoor kitchen, outdoor living in 2022 will be as similar to spending time inside your home.
Here are a few renovation designs trending in the new year, 2022. Read below if you are looking for some backyard design ideas for your outdoor space.
Products to Extend Your Stay Outdoors
Since we all want to spend a lot of time in our outdoor spaces and utilize them every day, products that extend the outdoor stay to the maximum are trending on the top. Furniture and accessories like misting systems, fire pits, fans, and heating lamps are some of the essentials to buy to extend the outdoor living season. To add a touch of coziness, rugs, throw blankets, and lights can add comfort in cooler temperatures or at night. Although these things are fundamental and not new, their utilization is trending in the new year because they turn occasionally used spaces into a daily routine.
For instance, installing a fire pit in your backyard would simultaneously speak volumes about comfort and style. Imagine calling family and friends to spend a night around some fire with barbeque and wine. Cozy, isn't it? Building a fire pit can cost somewhere around $50-$200, depending on your budget. If you are doing a DIY project, ensure that you buy slow-combustion wood logs or gel canisters to fuel smaller fire pits. Charcoal or natural wood logs can be used in more enormous fire pits.
Edible Home Gardens
The pandemic has motivated people to fulfill a new hobby and make the most of their time at home. Therefore, millions of people have shown interest in home gardening. However, the biggest reason behind creating edible garden space is to fill pantries with homegrown vegetables, herbs, and fruits. Nowadays, people are inclining more and more towards filling their plates with loads of color, flavor, and nutrition, which is why the grow-your-own-food movement is trending day by day. This has brought edible gardening as the hottest backyard renovation trend in 2022. The significant part is that most gardens are designed to blur the lines between indoor and outdoor spaces. Modern and useful!
Along with the homegrown edibles, your backyard garden can look super gorgeous with a bit of planning, thoughtful plant selection, and a few extra add-ons. All you need to do is:
Pre-plan
Before scattering seeds of your favorite veggies and fruits, think carefully and plan how you will do it. You do not want your edibles to be all over the place- unable to differentiate.
Choose Multi-purpose crops
Plan a careful selection of plants that serve delicious food and ornamental purposes.
Social Backyards
Backyard renovation is the new addition to home designing. Before in trend, outdoor spaces were just a curb appeal, but now people are more inclined towards making use of their backyard spaces to the maximum. It is just like getting an additional room to chill in. Creating an outdoor living space in the backyard is about utilizing it in your daily routine and social gatherings. Thanks to the pandemic and the social changes, we feel the need to be more socially connected than ever. A social backyard is not as formal as a front yard design; thus, adding a few chairs, tables, and hammocks can bring life to the area while staying simple.
Outdoor Kitchens
From the previous year, outdoor cooking has become one of the most popular activities, due to which many homeowners look forward to adding outdoor kitchens in their backyards. Since they are trending, many outdoor kitchen types have hit the market in the current year. One of the most popular outdoor kitchens is a satellite kitchen which consists of extra cooking features like ovens and grills to supplement the main kitchen inside. Therefore, satellite kitchens are built just outside the interior kitchen to make cooking more convenient. Another popular outdoor kitchen is a complete independent kitchen consisting of storage, refrigerator, sink, and other cooking elements. The choice of outdoor kitchens mostly depends on the renovation budget, the backyard's space area, and climate.
Putting Useful Furniture
In 2021, entertainment elements became a secondary choice, while outdoor furniture in the backyards came to light accommodating both social gatherings and everyday living. This year, it is all about practicality! The multi-purpose furniture made from weather-resistant materials is essential in our outdoor hangout! Innovative and space-saving furniture helps in spending our time optimally in our backyards. Here are some furniture pieces that can make a backyard space genuinely appealing.
Extensible Tables
Extendable tables are a great choice to add to compact backyard spaces. When hosting a party, they can be easily extended. You can also collapse it when not in need, making more space in your backyard.
Convertible furniture
Putting up furniture that can also convert into other types of furniture is an excellent source of freeing up plenty of space in your outdoor space. There are many options of convertible furniture in the market to choose from, for example, convertible benches into tables, foldable patio sofa sets, lamp cum bottle holder, and stool.
Modest Lightings
When everything is in chaos, soothing lightings are an excellent way to decompress. Since bright and fancy is old stuff, people in 2022 are inclining towards subtle exteriors like the inside of their homes. The best way to use lights in the backyards is to highlight parts you want to draw attention to and keep the rest of the area dimmed. If the backyard has trees, it is best to downlight or moonlight them because it never goes out of the trend. It gives a soft tracery look and blends into the night sky ordinances.
Modern Structure with Complete Protection & Privacy
As outdoor space activities have increased in the last few years, the need for privacy, shade, and shelter for the equipment have also noticeably risen. Whether it is a compact space for practicing yoga in peace or a place to conduct office meetings without disturbance, modern landscaping can provide protection. There are many ways to integrate an element of privacy in your backyard renovation. For example, if your backyard is covered from the top, add a few drapery panels. If it is not overhead, use an outdoor screen. Benches or chairs can also have a little privacy if a huge tilted umbrella is placed beside them.
Technology, Of Course
It is the twentieth century, the year two thousand and twenty-two, and technology always trends in almost every aspect of architectural life. With increasing numbers of outdoor renovations, people are bringing their daily use of technology from the interior to the exterior. Streaming movies and working from home has become a new normal in this pandemic; therefore, many people have added WiFi routers in their backyard spaces. Adding technology in the outdoor areas is beneficial and cost-effective since it does not require any changes in the look of the outdoor space and can be integrated seamlessly.
Not only is work from the home side is trending, but the technology for entertainment purposes is also on the rise. Incorporating television screens and home theaters with the sound system are the top few requests that have been in demand. Neon lights around the lining of the fences or fairy lights around the plants have also made their space in the top backyard renovation trends of the year.
Minimalistic Yet Innovative Decoration
People want their exteriors to look simultaneously beautiful to draw everyone's eye to them like home interiors. Subtle patio designs with a touch of modernism have been the hotcakes this year. Here is what you can do to decorate your backyard setting for a chic look.
Add Pillows
If your backyard has a seating arrangement, add a few fluffy colorful cushions to them. They would make the area look bright and speak about solace and coziness.
Add Mirrors
If you want to make your backyard space look more prominent, add a few mirrors. They can be hung on the walls that face the gardens to give an illusion of a bigger area than it actually is.
Add a Mini Bar
It is as simple as it sounds. To build a mini drop-down bar, you just need wooden planks of different sizes, a drilling machine, and some screws with a screwdriver. Build a mini shelf and install it on the wall facing the seating arrangement. Place your favorite drinks and some wine glasses on it, and it is done! You now have your mini bar to enjoy a drink alone or with the family any time of the day.
Add Scented Candles
Nothing can stop you from enjoying an incredible date night outdoors, but technically inside the comfort of your own home. Candles serve as a classic decor for inside as well as outside the house because they smell great and provide perfect lighting and ambiance on a romantic night with your partners.
Above are a few trending ways to renovate your backyard for the year 2022. Still, there is a long way to go before the year ends. Let us see how these trends change to even better ideas in the next and upcoming years!