Getting Close to Nature
Biophilic design principles remain top design considerations in 2025, with a focus on blending indoor and outdoor living with natural elements. Abundant greenery, flowing water, and vertical gardens are some biophilic elements that bring the beauty of nature to spaces while simultaneously improving well-being. Designs that connect indoor and outdoor areas to create an easy flow between interiors and nature enhance biophilic design. Choosing hues that mirror natural surroundings promotes a soothing atmosphere in outdoor spaces. In 2025, outdoor spaces will embrace earth-inspired colors such as soft greens, warm browns, charcoal grays, rusty metallics, and muted blues.
Healing Places
Intentionally designed to promote relaxation and mental and physical well-being, wellness-oriented outdoor spaces are in high demand for both residential and commercial environments. Homeowners want to create peaceful backyard wellness retreats with calming elements such as water features, yoga spaces, and meditation nooks.
As business owners recognize the importance of creating areas that promote well-being, productivity, and engagement, they are creating wellness-oriented outdoor spaces to offer employees, visitors, and tenants access to natural light, fresh air, and calming environments. The spaces run the gamut from therapeutic gardens and wellness trails to pocket parks and rooftop gardens with seating.
Flexible Outdoor Areas for Every Activity
With space often at a premium, designs that serve multiple purposes are gaining traction. For commercial environments, designers are creating flexible spaces that can cater to events, meetings, or dining needs. Flexible design elements include modular and foldable furnishings, hybrid work and social areas, dynamic landscaping, and adjustable shade and weather protection are just a few examples.
Residential environments short on outdoor space are integrating design elements such as convertible dining areas, multi-purpose decks and patios, moveable planters and green walls, and foldable or hidden features.
Protect the Planet
Sustainability has surpassed trend status. Protecting the planet is necessary in 2025, with homeowners and businesses prioritizing luxurious eco-friendly materials and designs. Whether for a patio, porch, pool, or deck, eco-friendly materials make outdoor areas stylish and sustainable. Commercial and residential outdoor spaces in 2025 are being designed with the planet in mind.
Built to Last
Durability goes hand-in-hand with sustainability, making long-lasting, high-end materials a priority for eco-conscious buyers. Materials specifiers are looking for products that combine style with functionality and durability. Consumers are ready to invest in high-quality materials that last.
Crossville® Tile Ticks All the Boxes When it Comes to Outdoor Living & Working
From pools to patios, Crossville’s sustainable, high-end porcelain tile designs offer long-term durability to allow you to create the outdoor space of your dreams. Since we introduced our first exterior finish tiles a few years ago, we’ve continued to expand our offering with a range of fabulous looks to complement any design scheme.
These porcelain tile collection offer enduring strength and durability to take you beyond interior spaces to the great outdoors. Use the exterior finish to create a serene backyard sanctuary, striking exterior entryway, or luxurious poolside retreat. Because all of these collections have matching indoor and exterior finish tiles, you can create beautiful spaces that flow seamlessly from inside to out.
Sociale™
Our Sociale porcelain tile collection features six luxurious natural stone looks that exude quiet elegance. Featuring Crossville’s new FeatherSoft™ finish for extraordinarily touchable surfaces and an exterior finish for inside-out flexibility, Sociale is visually appealing yet practical.
Rural Retreat™
Inspired by the timeless allure of live-sawn white oak, our Rural Retreat porcelain tile collection brings a warm, earthy sophistication and a calming sense of harmony to any home, inside and out.
Beljn™
Inspired by Belgian Limestone our carbon-neutral Beljn collection is highly versatile, with an unpolished finish featuring Crossville’s unique FeatherSoft™ finish and a bush-hammered style exterior finish.
Stone Fiction™
Owen Stone™
Inspired by the Italy’s Pietra di Cardosa and North America’s Vermont Slate, Owen Stone porcelain tile offers a sophisticated stone aesthetic in Crossville’s first-ever leathered finish and rugged yet beautiful exterior finish.
Portugal™
Inspired by Portuguese Atlantic Dark limestone, our Portugal porcelain tile collection captures the look of limestone, featuring a subtle, organic surface that delivers a sophisticated, tactile elegance. Offered in an interior unpolished finish and a textured exterior finish, allowing you to design seamless transitions from the inside to the great outdoors.
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