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By Emily Marek
July 11, 2024
Summer is underway, and many homeowners are looking for ways to upgrade their outdoor spaces so they can enjoy the heat in style.
The home renovation site Houzz surveyed homeowners who undertook outdoor home renovation projects between May 25 and June 5, 2024, to determine the hottest projects this summer. Here are the results.
Extended living spaces
About one-third of homeowners who upgraded their outdoor spaces this spring did so to extend their living spaces outside for the purpose of outdoor entertaining. In fact, nearly half — 44% — of millennials and 42% of Gen Xers surveyed said their outdoor renovations were intended to create a better space for entertaining guests.
Outdoor kitchens
Approximately one in eight renovating homeowners installed or upgraded an outdoor kitchen — quite a large undertaking when you consider the plumbing, electrical and heating considerations, let alone the cost of appliances, countertops and storage. Nearly 90% of these outdoor kitchens included a grill, followed by beverage refrigerators at 67%, cooktops at 46%, pizza ovens at 33% and smokers or deep fryers at 22%. Read More
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