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outdoor liviNg trENds

LIGHTING
KITCHEN APPLIANCES

According to a report from the National While barbecues are nothing new to summer entertaining, the expanse of grilling

Hardware Show, lighting is becoming an spaces and appliances continues to increase with each passing year as outdoor
important feature of outdoor spaces. Whether kitchens gain in popularity. Barbecues are just the start; lately smokers and pizza

it’s illuminating key architectural or landscaping ovens have become sought-a er additions to outdoor kitchens, along with exterior-

accents, adding a level of security or safety,
grade appliances such as multiple cooking surfaces, refrigerators, sinks, ice machines,
or providing ambience for entertaining areas, beer taps, re pits, and outdoor heaters as well as integrated audio-visual equipment

outdoor lighting is now high on the list for many and Wi-Fi accessibility.
consumers.

According to a Houzz.com survey of 4,500

users, 7 in 10 homeowners are illuminating their
hardscaping. The survey also found that the ma- COLOR BLOCKING

jority are making eco-friendly choices for their Garden Design magazine noted that the fashion trend for color blocking is now nd-
yards, noting, “Of the two-thirds of homeowners ing its way outdoors. The magazine quoted Anne e Gutierrez, co-owner of Po ed

who are updating the lighting in their yard (65 in Los Angeles as observing many color blocked patio walls. “It’s about framing or

percent), a majority is going green with LED (58 highlighting a speci c plant or area,” she said, explaining that color on a wall could be
percent) and solar-powered lights (56 percent). used to frame a row of po ed plants or serve as a backdrop to an outdoor sofa.

Homeowners in rural neighborhoods are most In the absence of a wall, Gutierrez suggested using a solid color outdoor rug or porch
likely to choose solar-powered lighting.”
curtains to create the e ect.

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