2021 Home Trends in the age of covid

for example, features three sets of pocketed sliding glass doors that open fully to a large central interior courtyard with a luxurious pool and spa, extensive conversation and dining areas, and an outdoor kitchen. Minto offers many additional outdoor living area options, including fireplaces, decorative water features, and more.

Additionally, all public space amenities are very spacious, providing plenty of room for social distancing as needed. Restaurants have large outdoor dining areas and plenty of interior room to space out seating at bars and dining tables. Fitness facilities also have ample room for spacing residents out for social distancing as they work out, and there are numerous outdoor sports courts for tennis and pickleball.

Minto’s communities are also designed for maximum outdoor activity with miles of walking and biking paths, nature trails, large resort-style pools with spacious, spread out poolside lounging areas and private cabanas, plus kayaking and paddleboarding areas, and other open-air recreational opportunities.

With winter temperatures having set in around the country, keeping your outdoor spaces warm and toasty is the job of patio heaters, which according to retailers, are becoming as scarce as toilet paper from last spring, as more and more people look to the outdoors to expand the living space of their home.

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There are three fuel sources for outdoor heaters: electricity, liquid propane, and natural gas. Electric models don’t generate nearly the heat as the other two (about 1/8th) but might work for small spaces and, of course, indoors.

With extended outdoor living becoming more prevalent, homeowners are looking to enhance their home’s landscaping profile, perhaps adding shade trees, tidying-up overgrown shrubberies, addressing bare spots in the lawn, or even adding a pergola for architectural interest.

Interestingly, landscaping companies are seeing a boom in business since the pandemic and are hiring more. One company saw a 200% increase in job applications in 2020.

The Reuters news service report also describes how home gardening is blooming around the world during coronavirus lockdowns.

According to the report, “People around the world are turning to gardening as a soothing, family-friendly hobby that also eases concerns over food security as lockdowns slow the harvesting and distribution of some crops. Fruit and vegetable seed sales are jumping worldwide.”

There is light at the end of the tunnel as vaccines and therapeutics come online. But in the interim, it is a critical time to take care of your home so that it can take care of you.