Outdoor Flooring: 5 Trends to Refresh Your Space
Outdoor flooring plays a key role in exterior design, and when it comes to combining functionality and style, porcelain stoneware emerges as one of the most effective solutions — thanks to its durability, aesthetic appeal, and resistance to all weather conditions.
The latest trends embrace a seamless design approach, defined by perfect visual continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces: surfaces become fluid, cohesive, and safe—transforming gardens, terraces, and porches into a harmonious and sophisticated extension of the home.
Large Porcelain Slabs and Tiles: Design Continuity
Large-format porcelain slabs and tiles create a seamless flow from the living room to the terrace, visually enlarging the space. To achieve this effect, Velaris offers the 60 × 120 cm format, suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications.
The result is a single, expansive surface with minimal joints, ideal for enhancing a minimalist and contemporary aesthetic.
Wood and Stone Effect: Safety and Style
Wood-look and stone-look porcelain tiles bring the inviting character of wood and the natural beauty of stone to your terrace. These textured finishes offer a high degree of stylistic customization while ensuring maximum safety: the R11 rough surface enhances foot grip.
Non-slip tiles successfully combine aesthetics with comfort—they are water-resistant and prevent slipping, making your outdoor space safe without compromising on style. While both finishes offer the same technical performance, wood-look porcelain is ideal for creating cozy, welcoming spaces, whereas stone-look porcelain is perfect for outdoor or rustic settings.
Material Effects:
From Concrete to Fossil Stone
Industrial-look flooring is another key trend to watch. Concrete-effect porcelain stoneware, for instance, takes center stage outdoors with its urban-chic surfaces that complement modern architecture. This type of porcelain features muted grey tones and tactile textures, making it ideal for contemporary garden settings. Thanks to its thicker formats and anti-slip finish, it provides a stable and safe flooring solution—even for garden paths or poolside areas.
In this way, porcelain flooring becomes a bold design feature that recalls natural materials such as stone, minerals, and concrete, while delivering the durability essential for outdoor use.
Total Look and Urban-Resort Inspirations
Natural Colors in Harmony with the Outdoors
The most popular color palettes are inspired by nature—sand, taupe, warm greys, and earthy tones take center stage. Neutral shades allow outdoor flooring to blend seamlessly with the garden landscape.
Velaris expresses these subtle, nature-inspired tones at their finest, creating surfaces that feel like a natural continuation of the ground—seamlessly integrated into the environment and enhancing both greenery and furnishings with an authentic and elegant touch.
Velaris: Natural Stone Reimagined in Porcelain Stoneware
Velaris is a porcelain stoneware collection that celebrates the perfect harmony between nature and contemporary design. Inspired by the authentic essence of stone, it offers textured and elegant surfaces in four soft shades – Grey, White, Beige, and Brown – ideal for creating refined and harmonious spaces.
The variety of formats is designed to ensure maximum design flexibility: from striking large slabs measuring 120 × 280 cm with a slim 6 mm thickness, perfect for seamless walls and impactful cladding, to more compact sizes such as 120 × 120, 60 × 120, 60 × 60, and 30 × 60 cm with an 8.8 mm thickness.
The collection is completed by a 30 × 30 cm mosaic for decorative detailing, the Colonna 60 × 120 cm decor with its soft, undulating texture, and a 20 mm outdoor version that ensures aesthetic continuity across exterior spaces.
