Homeowners want outdoor living spaces that are just as functional and beautiful as their interior living spaces. A deck or porch can add up to $20,000 to a home’s value, and a patio can increase the selling cost of a home by around 10%.
At Mirage Screen Systems, we’re passionate about helping our customers create homes they love both inside and out. Whether you’re looking to spruce up an existing outdoor living space or add a new one to your home, learn how our retractable screen doors can help you upgrade your space with the latest home trends for 2025.
Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Integration
Fresh air, sunlight, and connecting with nature can do wonders for our mental and physical health. However, the great outdoors has disadvantages, including bugs, dirt, rain, and other extreme weather conditions. Integrated indoor-outdoor living spaces give you all the benefits with none of the drawbacks.
There are several ways to create more fluid boundaries between indoor and outdoor living spaces. One way to do this is to extend your roof or build an overhang over your porch, patio, or deck to make it feel more like a room. You can also use retractable screen doors to create a more seamless transition between the interior and exterior of your home. Unlike a solid glass or wood door, screen doors allow fresh air while protecting you from insects or other elements.
Outdoor Entertainment Spaces
Over the years, many people have come to appreciate the benefits of outdoor entertaining, making it one of the most popular home trends in 2025. When designing an outdoor space, it’s important to consider functionality, aesthetics, and comfort. For example, you’ll probably want couches and lounge chairs for relaxing and more formal seating around a table so people can unwind. Consider the lighting: during the day, you might want to add some shading to keep direct sunlight out of everyone’s eyes. But at night, you’ll want to add plentiful lighting.
It should also be easy to access the interior of your home from your outdoor living space. This way, guests can easily use the restroom or anything else they need in the house, and you can easily transport food and beverages. If your outdoor living space is right off the kitchen, a retractable screen door can allow you to engage with your guests, even when preparing food.
Privacy and Comfort
Unless you have large trees and bushes or a very tall fence along the entire perimeter of your property, your neighbors or people passing onto the street can likely see into your yard. For some people, this can be a big deterrent to using their exterior spaces, even when the weather is nice. Retractable screens are the perfect way to enjoy the fresh air and the beauty of nature without sacrificing your privacy. Screens also provide excellent ventilation without letting in bugs, dirt, or harmful UV rays, ensuring maximum comfort.
At Mirage, our screens come in different colors, sizes, and mesh options, ensuring that you find the perfect fit for your needs. From motorized retractable screens to large-opening retractable screens, we have it all.
Sustainable Outdoor Design
One of the most popular home exterior trends this 2025 is the growing demand for sustainable products. About two-thirds of all respondents surveyed by McKinsey & Co. said they consider sustainability when making a purchase. Worldwide, search inquiries regarding sustainable goods have risen by more than 70% since 2018. It’s important to consider the environmental impact of your products because they come into direct contact with the environment. Opt for natural materials like wood, stone, linen, and cotton whenever possible. Try to minimize plastics, or at least opt for products made with recycled plastics. Make sure that the paints used on any décor are free from lead and cadmium.
Adding a retractable screen to your outdoor living space can also make your indoor living more environmentally friendly. They allow light and air circulation into your home so you can turn down the AC and shut off the lights, lowering your energy bill. Here at Mirage, we only use durable and energy-efficient materials in all our screens so you can enjoy high-quality products and contribute to a more sustainable environment.
Smart Outdoor Living
Home automation is becoming an increasingly popular way to improve the safety and convenience of our living spaces. Smart home devices can raise or lower the lights, change the music, or set a timer with a voice command. It is also possible to connect your security monitoring system to your smart device and receive real-time notifications about any suspicious activity on your property.
You don’t want to worry about getting your door opened and closed with your hands full, or fiddling with your screen in the middle of the party. All Mirage motorized retractable screens use Somfy smart home technology. You can open or close the screen with the included remote or from the companion app on your phone. Our screens also feature auto-stop detection for added safety.
Multi-Functional & Weather Friendly Outdoor Space
Turning your outdoor patio space into a multi-function and weather-friendly outdoor living space is becoming a trend among homeowners. During COVID many homeowners spent money on upgrading their homes as they weren’t allowed to go out as much. This led to people being creative in how they set up their homes for more enjoyment. Properly covering and configuring your outdoor patio space to create an extension of your living space will allow you to enjoy more out of your home. Retractable screens are a great addition to this space as they will protect you and your house guests from wind, rain, and UV rays while still keeping the area climate-controlled with fresh airflow.
Outdoor Kitchen
Installing an outdoor kitchen in your outdoor living space will create an extension of your home for you and your family to enjoy and make memories. Having an outdoor kitchen with a seating area will allow you to host outdoor dinners that will create a unique experience regardless of the weather. Installing retractable roll-down screens on the sides of your covered outdoor patio will create a climate-controlled room that is bug-free while you’re enjoying it. To create an outdoor kitchen you would need to consult with a contractor as they would understand the best approach for your specific home. Once the outdoor kitchen is constructed you can fill in the space with seating and tables to bring the room together.
Outdoor Wellness Spaces
Creating an outdoor wellness space in your outdoor living area such as adding a sauna, hot tub, or yoga platform can bring many benefits to you. You can use this space as a multi-functional area where you can host dinners, do yoga in the morning, and relax with a sauna or hot tub at the end of your day. Adding wellness features to your home will allow you to prioritize the health of you and your family without having to leave the comfort of your home. Determining the size of your outdoor patio area will be key in understanding what is feasible and what is unrealistic for upgrading the space with wellness features.
Modernize Your Outdoor Spaces with Mirage
These top home exterior trends in 2025 focus on allowing you to enjoy the outdoors with greater ease, comfort, privacy, and safety. Extend your living spaces by creating a seamless indoor-outdoor integration where you can entertain your family and friends. With a sustainable design, you can also save on energy and bills while staying environmentally friendly. And with the integration of smart technology, you can now experience the convenience and comfort of outdoor living.
Mirage can help you stay on top of these home trends in 2025 with our wide range of energy-efficient, user-friendly retractable screen doors. Browse our full selection of products or contact your local screen specialist today!
FAQs
The cost to upgrade your outdoor space depends on many different factors that some you have control over and some not so much. We recommend contacting a contractor in your area to get a quote for the exact home improvement project you want completed to upgrade your outdoor space, and then get a few comparable quotes from other contractors. Some parts of upgrading your outdoor space could be completed by yourself for cost reasons, but you should leave big things to be completed by professionals.
Yes, you can integrate smart technology into your outdoor space for home automation. Our motorized screens for outdoor patios can be controlled through a smart home hub that links to smart home systems and allows you to control the screens through an app on your phone or setup automation rules.
Yes, upgrading the outdoor space of your home is a great investment that will not only bring more enjoyment for you and your family, but it will also increase the value of your home. Increasing the value of your home through home improvement upgrades will make your home more appealing to prospective buyers and in most cases will increase the value of your home more than the cost of the upgrades.
There is nothing stopping you from upgrading your outdoor space by yourself, but we don’t recommend it. Certain parts of the home improvement job can be done by yourself but we suggest that you leave big things to a professional that is certified and licensed with years of experience. This will ensure that your project is completed properly the first time, saving you money and the headache of redoing the job.