Tips, Ideas & Insights for Outdoor Living
Practical advice from the New Horizons team — helping Central Florida homeowners get more from their patios, lanais, and outdoor spaces.
From choosing the right screen mesh to understanding what makes a quality awning, our articles are written by the people who actually install these products every day.

This Year’s Top 4 Trends in Outdoor Living
Outdoor living trends change from year to year, and this year is no different. If you’re interested in revamping your outdoor space, here are 4 outdoor living trends to watch out for and to think about including in your space: 1. The New Old Style—This year, many people revamping their outdoor

Make the Most of Your Outdoor Space
Add a wow factor to your outdoor living areas with these ideas. Enjoying outdoor living spaces in Central Florida can sometimes be challenging. Irritating insects and the sun’s rays keep many individuals from spending time on their lanai and in their backyard. But now there are options with outdoor retractable

Blurring the Lines
Blurring the Lines Choose inside and outside with motorized, retractable screens in your outdoor spaces. Although Florida winters are typically milder and don’t last as long as the ones up north, Central Floridians still get excited about spending more time outside once spring arrives. In anticipation of the beautiful spring

We Offer a Variety of Restaurant Patio Enclosure Options
Your outdoor patio could be your restaurant’s biggest asset—or its biggest frustration. On perfect evenings, it fills with happy diners enjoying the Central Florida atmosphere. But those evenings are rarer than you’d like. Too often, the patio sits half-empty because of heat, bugs, or weather uncertainty. Tables that could be

Retractable Awnings Make Your Patio More Comfortable in the Florida Heat
It’s always nice to enjoy the cooler temperatures in the winter here in Oviedo, FL, but those brutal temperatures drive most of us indoors to take advantage of the air conditioning. If you have a wonderful outdoor living space, it really is a shame to have it go unused and

5 Benefits of Choosing Our Retractable Screens
When homeowners first consider retractable screens, they usually focus on one thing: keeping bugs out. That’s a perfectly valid reason—and retractable screens excel at it. But bug protection is just the beginning. The real value of retractable screens extends far beyond swatting-free evenings. After 23+ years of installing retractable screens