The Biggest Patio Design Trends For 2025

Long gone are the days of cookie cutter patios — nowadays, fun and creative patio spaces are a way for homeowners to craft an area that is uniquely their own and reflects their home’s personalities. 2025 is the year of maximalist design, and the patio space is no exception, with eye-catching statements as the biggest overall trend we’re seeing from designers and homeowners. From bold colors to even bolder art pieces, these patio design trends are set to dominate 2025 outdoor living spaces.

Of course, you still want the space to be functional, so these outdoor space design ideas are ones that are both visually wowing but also useful for the average homeowner, like vertical garden walls. Despite their rather unique and showy impacts, these trends won’t compromise the functionality of the patio. So, create a beautiful outdoor oasis and have fun with your space!

One of the splashiest features you can have on your patio in 2025 is a stunning mural. Murals, whether it be a beautiful landscape or a unique abstract piece, take your patio’s atmosphere and ambiance to the next level, creating an even more immersive, almost themed experience, than any furniture or textures could do. And while it may seem like a big commitment for such a statement piece, in reality, you can paint over a mural wall whenever you want to switch up the design. In the meantime, though, you’ll have a space that feels prime for al fresco dining, much like a hip restaurant courtyard or fun outdoor bar space in an artsy place in town.

While it may seem like a big undertaking, there are plenty of gorgeous DIY ways to approach this patio trend, including using mural or fresco stencils on your walls. But for those who are less artistically inclined, this is a fantastic chance to commission your own, unique piece of art from your favorite local artist. And how much of a hosting flex is it to say that you have a one-of-a-kind mural in your own backyard? Not to mention how adorable any photos in your yard will look with this artistic background.

It’s completely fair if you aren’t ready to make as big of a statement as a mural wall can provide, however, you can still use color to lean into another one of 2025’s hottest patio trends. Extremely colorful patios, from painted walls to art-pop colored cushions and big patterns, are all features of this popular design palette. For those ready to jump into the maximalist deep end, don’t be afraid to furnish your patio with both vibrant colors as well as bold prints; while it may sound like it’s a bit much, if done well, you’ll be very on trend with a power clashing approach — that is purposefully placing loud materials, colors, and patterns together to create a complementary palette.

For a more streamlined approach to bold color and pattern, you can work in similar color families to draw the theme together without it feeling terribly overwhelming. Pick a base color that will be your main focal piece, whether it be the paint on the walls, the couch color, or an outdoor rug. Then, fill out the look with patterns which contain that same color and look for other accents that are complementary to your base color. This way, you have a color guide to work with. The most on-trend exterior colors for 2025 include vintage convivial yellow, soft blues, earthy greens, and rich plums and reds.

Lately, patio design trends are all about bringing the outdoors in, and vice versa, with features like large, floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors and seamless transitions between floor choices from your interior spaces to your patio becoming the norm in outdoor patio design. Why wouldn’t you want to bring the comfort of interior spaces outside? However, indoor-outdoor living gets a big update with some really unique additions that brings big ticket items to the yard.

Features like full outdoor kitchens (including sinks, fridges, the whole works!), yoga platforms, and meditations/spa upgrades (like saunas) are cropping up more and more in yards around the country. There’s something extremely useful about these elements, as well as ultra luxe, being outside when they’re traditionally meant for the indoors. For outdoor kitchens and dining areas, in particular, it adds another layer of hosting convenience (and another flex), since you don’t have to go back inside to your kitchen whenever the need arises when you have guests on the patio. Other features, like the sauna or work out spaces, are incredibly indulgent but wonderful for self care. Who wouldn’t love to have a comfortable work out or steam/sauna out in nature?

There’s just something keenly futuristic about a living wall, and a sustainable vertical garden is a patio trend that fully leans into its “Tomorrowland” potential. Not only is this choice practical for folks that love gardening (and thus love the yield of an actual garden), but it’s also aesthetically pleasing, particularly if you live in an area that let’s your garden stay somewhat green for the majority of the year. You can plant a number of different things in a vertical garden, but plants that have shallow root structures or can climb on trellises do particularly well in this format. Herbs, salad greens, and vining veggies, like pole beans and vining tomatoes, all fall into this category. This trend is also a great

small patio idea that will spruce up your backyard without a lot of space

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Fully lean into the futuristic aspect of this patio idea by using mixed metals to complement a modern or contemporary look. However, if you want to air on the side of rustic, try wooden pots or a trellis as a more earthy feature. Of course, keen DIYers can try to create vertical gardens with empty water bottles, too. With some scissors, soil, string or wire, and some larger clean plastic bottles, you can craft a homey vertical garden on your patio — you can even participate in this trend with your kiddos during craft time!