Future Outdoor Home Improvement Trends

Synthetic grass may still be trending for patio area flooring, but it's no longer as popular for landscaping as natural cover plants. While it's low-maintenance, as it needs no mowing or watering, it does not have the eco-friendly benefits of native plants, which are more eco-friendly and support soil health and biodiversity. Speaking of natural cover plants, standard lawn types are ending up being less popular as more house owners turn to options, like native plants and clover lawns.

Huge outside kitchen areas were once the epitome of outdoor luxury, but homeowners now prefer modular kitchens that they can adapt to changing needs. As Charles Hendricks, principal at Gaines Group Architects, puts it, "Large defined spaces are on the escape; customers want versatility of scale and function." Sprawling water features are elegant, however they come with similarly glamorous price, too.

"Over-stylized, formal gardens are [being] replaced with more naturalistic styles," notes Sabine H. Schoenberg, founder and CEO at Smart Healthy Green Living, a multimedia business focused on green living and design. In fire-prone areas where wildfires are a danger, homeowners are turning away from fire pits and fire features that could add to the problem.

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Additionally, more homeowners are reassessing wood furnishings for outside areas that could spread wildfires more easily. Laura Madrigal is the Home Design Specialist at, committed to recognizing and examining substantial changes within residential style.

Midcentury contemporary continues to be among the buzziest eras in interior decoration. As with most of the country, Texans can not appear to get enough. That includes members of Gen Z, whose growing love of all things analog and contemporarily anachronistic is, quite honestly, revitalizing in an increasingly digital and non reusable world.

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Now, however, the Zoomers are getting in on the action. Houston-based Brianna Byrd is one member of this new crop of Gen Z vintage enthusiasts.

Like a lot of vintage furniture folks, Byrd came into her business the old-fashioned way: by pure accident. Browsing the thrift shop with her mom one afternoon, Byrd fell in love with an overlooked furniture piece that turned out to be worth a pretty cent."I encountered this dresser and thought, 'This is such a cool dresser,'" explains Byrd.

Rather, Byrd acquired practice pieces and set out on perfecting her repair abilities herself. Little-by-little, these lovingly brought back practice pieces changed previously purchased products from IKEA. Ultimately, she wound up with a surplus. What's a gal to do? Sell them, of course."I still have that cabinet that I thrifted, however I enjoyed turning furniture," says Byrd.

I have actually gotten pieces from friends and family, neighbors, even other resellers, and sometimes even pieces off the curb., whom she refers to as "the Bob Ross of furniture refinishing" for his relaxing tone and motivating attitude.

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Her family immigrated from Sweden, and she found that her great-grandfather worked for none besides John Wayne. That's right, all the floors, cabinetry, and some furnishings in "The Duke's" California homestead were crafted by her household. Not wanting to be too on-the-nose with her company, Byrd pulled the name Taaffe from that very same lineage.

She likes to call this practice "rescue to rescue." That doesn't imply that a real organization in furnishings style isn't someplace in the future."I understand how it works, I understand how it's assembled functionally. I understand them mechanically as well as aesthetically, so I have actually thought about a number of styles in my head and I have actually thought about going into furnishings design," explains Byrd.

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Aged in between 12 and 26, Nova, Dante, Whinny, Colator, Pezz, and Brody will live out the rest of their days peacefully grazing the land with no risk of more harm or overlook."I noticed that once they get old and hurt they don't belong to go," states Byrd. "So that's what I'm attempting to do, provide a place to go.