8 Trends in Outdoor Furnishings for 2025
Wicker and jaunty stripes were among the hot outdoor furniture and lighting looks at the spring High Point Market
The showrooms at the trade-only High Point Market in North Carolina are a great place to discover what’s “in” in outdoor furnishings. At the recent spring market, we spotted these eight trends poised to bring fresh style to a poolside, deck or patio near you.
2. Wonderful Wicker
Among the latest-generation synthetic materials that had us totally fooled at the market was faux wicker. Nothing like the flat, plasticky outdoor “wickers” of yesteryear, these new all-weather wickers are virtually indistinguishable from the real deal. Designers used them to create chic, intricately woven furniture and outdoor lighting in honeyed-wheat tones, such as these new fish-trap-like wet-rated wicker pendants from Currey & Co.
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Among the latest-generation synthetic materials that had us totally fooled at the market was faux wicker. Nothing like the flat, plasticky outdoor “wickers” of yesteryear, these new all-weather wickers are virtually indistinguishable from the real deal. Designers used them to create chic, intricately woven furniture and outdoor lighting in honeyed-wheat tones, such as these new fish-trap-like wet-rated wicker pendants from Currey & Co.
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3. Shapes That Embrace
Like many of the indoor chairs we saw this season, outdoor chairs were often rounded and cocooning, with shelter arms or winged sides that seemed to be offering a big hug.
One notable introduction was Dedon’s new Seashell Grand chair, which is woven from Dedon’s EcoCycle Fiber, a material that’s 90 percent derived from renewable plant-based resources. When we sat in it, we were struck not only by its comfort but also by how effectively its shape blocked out ambient noise.
Like many of the indoor chairs we saw this season, outdoor chairs were often rounded and cocooning, with shelter arms or winged sides that seemed to be offering a big hug.
One notable introduction was Dedon’s new Seashell Grand chair, which is woven from Dedon’s EcoCycle Fiber, a material that’s 90 percent derived from renewable plant-based resources. When we sat in it, we were struck not only by its comfort but also by how effectively its shape blocked out ambient noise.
4. Resort Vibes
If furniture designers weren’t duplicating indoor furniture and lighting for the outdoors, they were reimagining resort poolsides for residential patios.
The most playful pieces, including this Made Goods Liliana daybed and those from Southern California company Business & Pleasure, had a retro feel, as if borrowed from 1960s Palm Beach or Saint-Tropez. In wrought iron or faux wicker, they were often paired with fringed umbrellas, round bolster cushions and sweet scalloped details.
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If furniture designers weren’t duplicating indoor furniture and lighting for the outdoors, they were reimagining resort poolsides for residential patios.
The most playful pieces, including this Made Goods Liliana daybed and those from Southern California company Business & Pleasure, had a retro feel, as if borrowed from 1960s Palm Beach or Saint-Tropez. In wrought iron or faux wicker, they were often paired with fringed umbrellas, round bolster cushions and sweet scalloped details.
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Another favorite was Kingsley Bate’s new 1960s-inspired Palm Springs collection, made out of powder-coated aluminum that’s a doppelgänger for retro rattan.
5. Seaside Stripes
Speaking of the French Riviera, the new Antibes collection from Surya pictured here shows off another outdoor trend: stripes. Both thinner iterations, like the one seen here, and wider cabana stripes, à la those available on Eichholtz’s new Cap-Antibes collection and Moe’s new Adelaide sofa, looked preppy and playful.
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Speaking of the French Riviera, the new Antibes collection from Surya pictured here shows off another outdoor trend: stripes. Both thinner iterations, like the one seen here, and wider cabana stripes, à la those available on Eichholtz’s new Cap-Antibes collection and Moe’s new Adelaide sofa, looked preppy and playful.
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6. Cool Concrete Tables
Concrete-composite tables in sculptural, free-form shapes added interesting textural and material variety to numerous outdoor furniture debuts at the show this spring.
In showrooms, outdoor coffee tables were frequently styled clustered and nested, as were their indoor counterparts. The matte black and gray concrete Indio tables from Arteriors, pictured here, come in two sizes and can stand alone or be mixed and matched.
Concrete-composite tables in sculptural, free-form shapes added interesting textural and material variety to numerous outdoor furniture debuts at the show this spring.
In showrooms, outdoor coffee tables were frequently styled clustered and nested, as were their indoor counterparts. The matte black and gray concrete Indio tables from Arteriors, pictured here, come in two sizes and can stand alone or be mixed and matched.
This Ethnicraft Canyon dining table is a particularly refined example of a sculptural table made primarily of concrete.
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7. Modular Seating
Modular sectional sofas offer versatility that consumers crave, so it’s no surprise that manufacturers seem to be offering more — and more stylish — outdoor options every year. Many of those we saw at High Point had side table sections that could be mixed in with the other components.
This new, curved Brown Jordan Huntley sofa, for example, has teak-topped low and high coffee tables that complement the rest of the seating pieces, which are made of powder-coated aluminum with wide woven straps on the back.
Modular sectional sofas offer versatility that consumers crave, so it’s no surprise that manufacturers seem to be offering more — and more stylish — outdoor options every year. Many of those we saw at High Point had side table sections that could be mixed in with the other components.
This new, curved Brown Jordan Huntley sofa, for example, has teak-topped low and high coffee tables that complement the rest of the seating pieces, which are made of powder-coated aluminum with wide woven straps on the back.
8. Nature-Inspired Design
Drawing design inspiration from nature — a long-lived trend in indoor furniture — feels especially fitting when it comes to outdoor furniture. At the spring market, that inspiration resulted in myriad literal and abstract homages to natural forms.
In addition to creating a new outdoor lighting collection that resembles natural wicker, Currey & Co. debuted several new faux bois pieces (pictured here) that could have been pulled straight from a forest floor. Other outstanding examples include Gloster’s Fern chair, inspired by an unfurling frond, and Dedon’s Scoora lanterns, which look like shells or banana leaves opening to the sky.
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Drawing design inspiration from nature — a long-lived trend in indoor furniture — feels especially fitting when it comes to outdoor furniture. At the spring market, that inspiration resulted in myriad literal and abstract homages to natural forms.
In addition to creating a new outdoor lighting collection that resembles natural wicker, Currey & Co. debuted several new faux bois pieces (pictured here) that could have been pulled straight from a forest floor. Other outstanding examples include Gloster’s Fern chair, inspired by an unfurling frond, and Dedon’s Scoora lanterns, which look like shells or banana leaves opening to the sky.
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As homeowners increasingly see outdoor spaces as extensions of their homes, indoor and outdoor furniture trends have begun to mirror each other. Advances in outdoor materials — including remarkably natural-looking and tactile performance textiles — have further blurred the line between indoors and out.
Consider this new Roma outdoor chair from Four Hands. A modern take on midcentury Italian design, the chair has the same soft curves, deep channels, swivel functionality and warm brown color that we saw in the latest indoor furniture collections at this spring’s High Point Market.
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