Top 6 Outdoor Remodel Trends in San Diego in 2020

Thinking about remodeling your outdoor spaces, but you're stuck on what you want to do? Here are the top five outdoor remodeling ideas of 2020 here in beautiful San Diego! 

1. Outdoor Kitchen & Barbecue

This year, the outdoor kitchen trend is by far the most popular of all of the outdoor remodel space concepts. It is so convenient and full of family-oriented fun as it leads to an excellent place for your family and friends to congregate outside! Generally, an outdoor kitchen would include plenty of convenience items such as two fridges for plenty of space for drink and food keeping purposes, a dishwasher, a sink, an ice maker, a wine fridge, kegerators, side burners, and possibly a conventional cooktop. Another creative addition would be a warming drawer as some people use it for timing their food to stay warm, such as BBQ and bread, while others use it to warm their towels in the winter. Another great addition is to add a drink making station or bar caddy for fresh cocktails outside. 

2. Outdoor Fireplaces or Fire Pits 

Another widely popular outdoor renovation in 2020 are fireplaces. Mainly because their design features allow for San Diegans to use their outdoor space all year round. It also brings back the childhood nostalgia of s’mores and hotdogs over the fire. Pizza ovens are an additional creative way to explore your inner foodie outside although they are rarer, due to cost. Most choose the notable BBQ enhancements for pizza making instead, which also work great. 

3. Patio Structures

Patio structures are very popular because they are seen as an extension of your actual house. We do this through matching your roof structures and design, giving you more livable space! Patios are fantastic because regardless of the weather, you can still enjoy the outdoors. If you live in a more extreme climate, we recommend for one whole wall to be completely enclosed, keeping three of your walls open and allowing for more weather protection. So it can be raining or even snowing outside, and you and your family will be snug as a bug enjoying your outdoor lounge area. It's also quite common to install bathrooms on your patio for easy access, especially for party and pool guests.

4. Pavers 

Pavers are an excellent choice for outdoor flooring. They are versatile in color, texture and they are semi-permanent, so you can take them out and put them back if you need to. In comparison to the conventional concrete style, this option provides less cracking, and they will stay looking immaculate longer than your average patio system of concrete. This style also provides a system with fewer drainage issues, and it is more eco friendly because this system enables more exposure to the natural ground to water. 

5. Lighting

Designing your lighting for your outdoor spaces can be one of the most fun parts of your whole process as it immediately elevates and transforms your space. When deciding on which type of bulb you want, consider LED's as they are smaller and a more versatile fixture. LED's are quite tiny, so they enable you to place lights in places you never thought imaginable! Now you can stick lights right under a table or around the edges of your cupboards to provide some light to the darker spaces at night! These types of string lights are also widely popular, making them incredibly easy to find and bargain hunt. These lights are also extremely customizable so you can now light up just one side of the yard, around the kitchen area, or whatever you want! 

6. Outdoor heaters 

Another customization that you may want to consider for those chilly summer nights or winter days is a system of outdoor heaters. There are many types of heaters possible for this use such as wall heaters or simple stand-alone heaters. Outdoor heaters are an excellent pivot for families worried about the fire dangers that fire pits present for outside heat! There are even new directional heaters that fit up on walls perfect for providing extra warmth without possibly endangering any small children.