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Top 2025 outdoor design trends Americans are spending more time in their outdoor spaces - and want to maximize those spaces. Studies show that nearly 90% of homeowners consider their outdoor areas to be important to their health and well-being. Design trends reflect that people are showing more interest in connecting with nature in their own backyard and enjoying the comforts of indoor living while gathering outdoors. This means creating environments that are comfortable, multifunctional and cost-effective. The outdoor design experts at Belgard®, the trusted leader in hardscape solutions from pavers to retaining walls, share exclusive insights into 2025 outdoor design trends to help homeowners plan their dream outdoor spaces. Privacy and spaces of solitude As property footprints continue to shrink year over year, homeowners are looking for aesthetically pleasing ways to incorporate more privacy from neighbors or their surroundings. Decorative screen panels, pergolas, built-in planters and other structures can add elements of both beauty and functionality that provide a sense of solitude, even in
Value-added features In every metro area, property sizes are smaller than ever. With this shift plus budget considerations, homeowners want Health and wellness to maximize small spaces Using outdoor spaces to through modular compoimprove your well-being is nents that serve multiple a top focus for many peopurposes, like built-in seat walls, fire features, water ple today. Americans are features and planters that looking to be more balanced and in harmony with seamlessly blend into a livtheir environment, favoring ing space - offering both the use of native plants and functionality and visual apsustainable materials like peal. permeable pavers, which Homeowners can get promote better water creative with outdoor drainage and reduce envispaces with the right hardronmental impact. scape materials. For examGardening is also a popu- ple, a small space can be transformed into a lush oalar hobby that helps improve people’s feeling of sis by adding a vertical well-being, so enthusiasts garden, or underutilized can opt for raised garden spaces like side or front beds or planters to pursue yards can become cozy sittheir growing goals in their ting areas. Even a small paoutdoor spaces. For exam- tio can serve as an al ple, Belgard offers options fresco dining space, and it doesn’t take a lot to add an to create built-in planters outdoor workstation with as part of your overall the right tools and tech. hardscape design with its Belgard Artforms modular Patio pavers and wall units outdoor panel system. You help define spaces, making them serve more than one can use the panels, which purpose for any houseare sized in modular shapes, to quickly and effi- hold. These strategic investciently construct planters, seating, outdoor kitchens, ments not only increase fire features and more. the functionality and enBy designing outdoor en- joyment of outdoor areas but also significantly boost vironments that support curb appeal and the their health and wellness, home’s property value, individuals can cultivate making them a smart spaces that provide a retreat in their own backyard choice for homeowners to improve their quality of looking to maximize their limited spaces. life. ment while offering the same modern conveniences of lighting, eating, Wi-Fi, quality furnishing and accessories.
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urban environments. Sound gardens and water features can further enhance a feeling of solitude by adding audible privacy from neighbors or street traffic. For example, even a simple fountain or water bowl can enhance the ambiance and help muffle sound. Shifting back to classic style While minimalism remains a popular trend, there’s also been a shift
back to a more classic style in indoor and outdoor home design. Mixed materials and warm colors such as beige and sepia are re-emerging, which lend themselves to a more traditional aesthetic. With modular options from Belgard, a mix of different materials with multiple textures and sizes can create limitless possibilities while keeping with a classic design aesthetic. Because they’re available in many styles, shapes, and
sizes designed to work together, a variety of paver patterns can be combined seamlessly to achieve any desired overall look. Convenience in design As outdoor spaces are now a must-have for homeowners, they must be convenient to access and offer the same amenities as the home’s indoor spaces. Homeowners are looking for their outdoor space to transition easily from the house to the built environ-
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awaiiana currently serves over 60 residential and commercial associations on the Island of Kauai. Kauai native Sunshine Ruiz Hatto serves as Hawaiiana’s Vice President of Kauai Operations from its office at the Kukui Grove Executive Center in Lihue.
30-year fixed-rate mortgage nears 7% REUTERS WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. mortgage rates jumped to a sixmonth high this week, suggesting that a recent improvement in home sales could be temporary. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 6.91%, the highest level since early July, from 6.85% last week, mortgage finance agency Freddie Mac said on Thursday. It averaged 6.62% during the same period a year ago. Mortgage rates have trended higher despite the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates three times since starting its monetary policy easing cycle in September. They have risen in tandem with U.S. Treasury yields amid a resilient economy and investor fears that President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies, including tax cuts, higher tariffs on imported goods and mass deportations, could reignite inflation. Mortgage rates track the 10year Treasury note. Sales of previously owned homes surged to an eight-month high in November, mostly reflecting contracts signed in October and possibly September when mortgage rates were mostly lower. Sales could still rise in December after contracts increased to a 21-month high in November. Increased supply is pulling more buyers into the market, but rising mortgage rates could discourage some homeowners from putting their houses on the market, especially if they would need to buy another home. Many homeowners have mortgages below 5%. The so-called rate-lock effect could mean fewer homes being listed, reducing inventory and pushing up prices.
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Hawaiiana’s Kauai Properties: Alihi Lani Alii Kai at Hanalei Alii Kai II Aliomanu Estates Apopo Hale Emmalani Court Halaulani Condominium Hale Honu Halelani Village at Puhi Halemalu at Puhi Hanalei Bay Villas Hooluana Condo at Kohea Loa Hookena at Puhi Islander on the Beach Kahala at Poipu Kai Ka‘iulani of Princeville Kakela Makai Oceanview Kalaheo Pali Kai Kalapaki Beach Club AOAO Kalihiwai Ridge Kamahana Kapaa Shore
Kauai Beach Resort Kauai Beach Resort Association Kauai Kailani Kawaihau Sports Villa K.G. Enterprises Condominium Kiahuna Plantation AOBO Kohea Loa Master Association Koloa Garden Apartments Kuhio Shores at Poipu Kukui‘ula Kulana Lae Nani Lihue Townhouse Makanui Manualoha Paradise Court Pali Ke Kua Paliuli Pikake Pili Mai at Poipu Plantation at Princeville Poipu Crater
Poipu Kai Association Poipu Kai Racquet Club Poipu Kai Water Reclamation Poipu Kapili Poipu Sands Prince Kuhio Princeville II Community Association Princeville II Community Association - Queen Emma Bluff Princeville Makai Ranch at Halele‘a Princeville Paniolo Princeville Sealodge I Puamana Puhi Industrial Park
Pu‘u Po‘a Regency at Poipu Kai Regency Hule‘ia Regency Villas at Poipu Kai Sandpiper Village I Sealodge II The Villas at Poipu Kai Villas at Puali Villas of Kamali’i Villas on the Prince Waikomo Stream Villas Wailua Bay View Waipouli Beach Resort
For more information about Hawaiiana’s services, contact Sunshine Ruiz Hatto at 808-792-0515 or email sunshine@hmcmgt.com.