Kitchen Pantry Trends
Kitchen pantries have become an increasingly popular feature in modern homes. A walk-in kitchen pantry is highly prized, with 85% of home buyers wanting them, according to the National Association of Home Builders. With the...
2023 Paint Color Trends and Predictions
It’s “Color of the Year” time. Paint manufacturers and designers are introducing predictions for 2023. After the use of all-white or all-neutral home palettes for much of the early 2000s, there is a continuing shift...
Fireplace Roundup
Did you know a fireplace ranks in the top three desired features home buyers look for, with about half indicating they would be willing to pay extra for a home with one? According to the...
Pandemic Impact on Home Design Trends
The pandemic has influenced so many areas of our lives. It’s not surprising that it’s also impacting the design of our homes, since we are spending so much more time in them. The National Association...
Ten Desks Under $200 – Working from Home in Tight Spaces
Many of us are social distancing and after several weeks are starting to realize the challenges of having home be the place we eat, sleep, work, play, read, watch tv, and learn. While we are...
Trend Spotting: Kitchens That Don’t Look Like Kitchens
With the popularity of open floorplans and a shift towards smaller homes, the line between living, dining, and kitchen spaces continues to grow fuzzier. These changes are being reflected in kitchen design that aims to...
Laundry Room Trends
While the kitchen is considered the hub of the home and is often the recipient of high-end finishes and appliances, today’s laundry rooms are becoming more stylish and getting a bigger piece of the home...
5 Tips for Holiday Decor While Your House is on the Market
This time of year home sellers often ask how to decorate and keep their home show ready during the holiday season. Here are five quick tips to help make your home look festive and welcoming to...
Kitchen Design Done Right
In his 2008 book The Way We’ll Be, pollster, author, trend-spotter, and thought leader John Zogby identified four mega-trends that he believed are shaping the trajectory of the American culture and fundamentally redefining the American Dream...
Indoor Home Projects To Beat The Winter Blues
Cabin Fever. Living in St. Louis, almost all of us have experienced it. When the weather is just so cold you don’t even want to leave the house, its easy for the blues to set...
Staging Your Home During The Holidays
Often sellers will take their homes off the market over the winter holidays. The reasons they give is usually along the lines of, “We’re just too busy and don’t want to deal with it over...
Paint Color Trends 2018
Throughout the summer the paint trends for 2018 were trickling out across the internet. We began to see a turn from the all white trend to warmer and darker tones. Since Dawn and I have...