At Solomia Home, we see this shift in almost every project we take on. Just a few years ago, a terrace or garden was treated as an afterthought, furnished with whatever piece from the living room wasn’t precious enough to risk in the rain. Today the line between indoors and outdoors has all but disappeared, and we witness it firsthand in every villa and residence we design, from Dubai to the wider region.
Why Outdoor Stopped Being a Compromise
Working closely with brands such as Versace Home, Baxter, Flexform, and B&B Italia, we’ve seen how Italian manufacturers have moved away from treating outdoor furniture as an afterthought. Today’s outdoor collections are conceived as statements in their own right, with their own architecture, proportions, and character, drawing on the Mediterranean coastline, the villas of Liguria and Puglia, and the resort aesthetic of Sardinia.
Baxter’s open-air collection, showcased in its Outdoor Gallery in Milan, captures this philosophy particularly well. Many of its pieces are the work of designer Paola Navone, who pairs Baxter’s signature soft leather with materials drawn from the world outside: cane, African wood, lava stone. In her own words, the new collection is an invitation to the pleasure of an open-air siesta. That is precisely the mood we aim to bring to our clients when we design outdoor living areas on terraces and in gardens.
Materials That Don’t Fear the Climate
In our projects, we choose materials tested by both Mediterranean and Gulf conditions: sun, salt, and shifting humidity alike.
Outdoor as a Way of Life, Not a Seasonal Feature
Across our projects, we’re increasingly designing outdoor areas as complete living systems: open-air kitchens, modular cooking islands, compact canopied beds, spaces built for evening gatherings. For villas and residences, this is no longer a seasonal add-on but part of the home’s architecture, on equal footing with the living room or dining room.
