Direct from the Designers’ Desk: Casting a Spell: Signature Outdoor Rooms

You might be looking for our magic wand.

But in MainVue Homes’ Signature Outdoor Rooms, it’s not an “abracadabra” moment that ignites the reality appearing before your very eyes. Or is it?

What makes this one-of-a-kind space so enchanting in each of our stunning homes is the behind-the-scenes science of modern design our team of professionals crafts into each outdoor room.

While real magicians disdain revealing their tricks of the trade, our MainVue designers love to share what makes these spaces feel so seductive.

Why does this matter?

Because you deserve to know why you will find countless ways to enjoy a MainVue Signature Outdoor Room all summer long – and why it’s equally wonderful when relaxing autumn breezes blow across your yard.

A place for morning coffee and meditation? Done. A spot to show off your grilling masterpieces for friends and family? Also done. That perfect place to cuddle under a blanket and read or listen to a compelling podcast? We’ve got you covered.

Our MainVue designers are committed to striking that perfect balance between aesthetics and lifestyle enhancement that’s functional, comfortable and beautiful.

What’s the trick? homebuyers often ask us.

It’s no trick. Making certain the Signature Outdoor Rooms feel as if they are an interior space requires our design team to think several steps ahead.

We begin by incorporating this outdoor space into the home’s “envelope.” By sharing two or more walls with the interior space, the Signature Outdoor Room feels like a natural extension of the home – not like a separate area. We like to think of it as unity between the indoors and outdoors. Without a doubt, our spellbound homeowners do, too.

But without any sleight of hand, it takes our designers even more than that.

We make certain that MainVue windows and doors play a vital role in creating this cohesive living space. This means any outdoor room must be connected via glazing on two or more sides of its interior connection. And at least one of those sides must be an oversized sliding glass door.

Not only does this create surfaces for abundant natural light, but it also ensures that the visual connection between your home’s interior and exterior is never broken.

Our insider strategy to this? We place windows and doors at the same height as those inside the home. Combine that with a dropped beam at the room’s outer edge, and MainVue further enhances this seamless integration.

Last, but not least, we emphasize a smooth transition between indoor and outdoor spaces for a cohesive look and feel. We accomplish this by ensuring that flooring in Signature Outdoor Room is the same level as that in the interior rooms. No step down. No barrier. No disruption to the flow.

And we don’t stop there. This continuity is accentuated by extending MainVue’s interior design theme into the decking. That ensures that our extensive interior color palette and materials flow through to the outdoor space.

No hocus-pocus. It’s all real. It transforms the beauty of your MainVue Signature Outdoor Room while you’re grilling outside – and warm-weather guests are moving seamlessly from your Gourmet Kitchen, Dining and Great rooms.

In cooler weather, entertaining is equally comfortable. Grab your favorite throw blanket and glide onto your chaise cushion with a steaming beverage while meditating or lounging with a bestseller or compelling podcast.

When our design team crafts a MainVue Signature Outdoor Room, there’s no hocus-pocus. No magic wand. It’s about what you see and don’t see.

It just feels like Abracadabra!