We also know that it can be all too easy to focus on changing, transforming and upscaling our interior spaces, without paying attention to the ways our outdoor spaces could be elevated too. Exploring some of the trends of contemporary outdoor furniture in Switzerland allows you to gain new insights and ideas for your own gardens, to refresh yourself on how your outdoor spaces work in the warmer weather and to provide you with some inspiration for those essential pieces that are in need of an update in 2025. 

Check out our analysis of the Swiss Outdoor Furniture Trends 2025 below and see how our collections can help you to transform your garden this summer.  

From sofa designs and coffee tables to lighting and accessories, the curved edges and soft rounded forms of outdoor furniture are set to be incredibly popular this year. Much like the COOPER sofa, these asymmetrical and abstract shapes are bringing a casual, relaxed and informal feel to our gardens, making them feel welcoming, playful and fun.

The curved sofa, in particular, can also introduce a more intimate feel for your social gatherings outside, bringing everyone closer together in fun and accessible seating patterns. Paired with a soft rug, a rounded coffee table for your drinks and even a ball-shaped lamp, you can create a seamless and comforting outdoor design that brings cosiness and warmth into your garden space.

We recommend using products like the NEST Coffee Table, EasySun Parasol, PEACOCK Lounge Chair and the HERCULES Corner Sofa to help create that perfectly soft and rounded design.  

One of the biggest trends to emerge this year is the concept of a combined or extended indoors and outdoors aesthetic. Inspired by ideas of fluidity, continuity and elongated space, designers are recreating living and dining rooms outside with stylish furniture and weatherproof accessories, building miniature rooms with lamps, rugs, coffee tables and comfortable seating. 

No longer should your house and garden be split into two separate areas with two individual design concepts, this trend focuses on smoothly blending and blurring the lines and continuing your interior design choices outwards. For many who work from home, for example, an outdoor dining table serves as a sunlit desk area if combined with plugs for laptop chargers, pergolas for shade, a soft rug underfoot and a table lamp for when the sun starts to set. 

Or for those who love to lounge and socialise outside, matching up your interior and exterior colour schemes can help to build that continuous, seamless feel, forming one shared aesthetic over two coherent spaces. The same idea can be applied through textures, i.e. wood, wicker, metal, rope and glass, or through patterns shown both inside and out. 

In line with the soft Mocha Mousse of the Pantone Colour of the Year, earth tones and neutral shades are also on the rise in the exterior design fields, building greys, browns, beiges and taupes into our serene gardens and terraces. Whether through the fabrics of your sofas and lounge chairs, the stains and finishes of your woods, the colours of your accessories or even the shades of your garden features, the softer shades are a great choice to build a natural, neutral feel into your space.

Many of our Outdoor Sofas at Milola can be customised to suit your style, with neutral shades such as sand, beige, muted green, brown or cream available for your favourite designs. The PARDIS in particular offers three different colour ways to choose from, with additional metal frames designed to complement the neutral tones of the fabric.  

Softness is leading the garden designs this year, and creating elegance informally through colour is a great place to start with your outdoor furniture.

With brands like Bizzotto and Cane-Line championing this emerging material, aluminium is another key trending feature for outdoor living. From dining tables and chairs to sofa frames and accessories, embracing aluminium can be a game-changer for your garden.

With natural resilience against rust, scratches, water and sun damage, the durability of aluminum makes it not only a popular choice practically, but it also offers plenty of aesthetic versatility too. Easily customisable with different colour-ways and styles, aluminium frames on sofas, coffee tables, dining tables and chairs are proving to be a key material in many high-profile garden designs. 

Finally – introducing the beauty and complexity of rope. Rope as a fabric is also becoming a growing trend for furniture and outdoor products too. From the EULARIA and MOMENTS Outdoor Sofas to the newly adopted JACINTA, embedding rope furniture into your garden can create a natural, earthy feel that pairs perfectly with the warmer weather.

Tying into this year’s prolific ‘fisherman’ trend, as shared by Pinterest in January 2025, the emphasis on rope as a core material for outdoor furniture ties into those shared stylistic aesthetics of nautical themes, seaside ports, early morning sunrises and hours spent outdoors in nature. The fresh and unprocessed feel of rope can help to make your garden feel wilder and eclectic, bespoke to your specific home design. 

With accessories such as a low pile woven rug, earthy colour tones, bamboo lampshades and wicker or rattan furniture, you can create a boho haven in your garden, that’s perfectly on trend for summer 2025. 

With so many new products just added to our Outdoor collection here at Milola, we’ve got some beautiful new pieces for your garden this year. Take a look at our collection online, speak to one of our team, or visit our Outdoor Showroom in Blonay to explore our pieces in person.