Outdoor living underwent a boom in popularity during the pandemic, with 90% of Americans reporting that outdoor living areas are more important than ever.
The move to create inviting outdoor living areas hasn’t slowed down since.
Is your patio in need of a makeover? If you’ve got a patio that needs some love, it can be hard to know where to start.
What ideas should you carry out and how can you make your budget go the extra mile?
Get inspired and keep reading for 3 patio upgrades that will help transform your space into an inviting outdoor living area.
1. Install Outdoor Lighting
If you don’t have the budget to tackle a long list of lux patio upgrades, the best place to start is with lighting. The right lighting can instantly elevate the look and feel of your patio after dark.
An ideal lighting plan for a patio should include task, ambient, and mood lighting. You might want to install lights around the perimeter of your patio, or along any steps.
Also, don’t forget about the rest of the yard. Lighting up attractive features will give your eye something to look at from the patio area and help make the space visually larger at night.
2. Finish Off Your Flooring
If you’re dealing with a bare concrete patio floor, this is another key element to tackle. Upgrading your floor is one of the best ways to elevate a concrete patio from builder-grade to design-worthy. It doesn’t matter how much you spend on patio furniture, if the floor is unfinished, your patio won’t look high-end.
Of course, installing patio flooring isn’t cheap, especially if you opt for tiles. Tiling a patio floor is a large-scale project that can span multiple days and disrupt your space.
If you’re after a quick, cost-effective, ultra-durable, and attractive option, we have a solution for you. Polyurea floor coating.
Unlike epoxy coatings (a common but short-term fix for concrete floors), polyurea coatings are resistant to sun damage. They are roughly 20x stronger than epoxy coatings, making them ideal for outdoor patio areas.
Polyurea coatings are also incredibly quick curing, which reduces the chance of bubble formation, another common problem with epoxy coatings.
3. Create an Outdoor Cooking Area
If you have a decent sized budget to devote to your patio renovations, you might want to look into creating an outdoor kitchen area. According to reports, 41% of surveyed homeowners named cooking spaces as their biggest outdoor living must-have.
Not sure where to start planning your outdoor kitchen? Here are some features you might want to include:
- A grill
- A side burner
- Enclosed pantry space
- A sink
- Trash cabinet
- Pizza oven
- Built-in bar fridge
- Ice maker
- Storage for glasses, tableware, and dishware
- Counter space
Are You Considering Any of these Patio Upgrades?
If you’re on a tight budget, adding layered lighting to your patio is a relatively cost-effective but impactful project. If your patio floor is unfinished, this is one of the first patio upgrades we would tackle.
And if you really want to pull out all the stops, installing a lux outdoor kitchen is the ultimate way to take a simple patio from basic to high-end.
Are you considering a polyurea floor coating for your patio? If so, we are the people to speak to.
Our floor coatings are resistant to stains, scrapes, chemical corrosion, sun, and extreme temperatures.
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