Organizing or Remodeling Your Home in Beckley WV

What remodeling trends are on the horizon?

Industry experts say that they're seeing the first signs that the 1970s may be returning. For example:

Wood paneling is coming back, even in high-end homes. Hatz, the salesperson for Cambridge Homes in Michigan, recently sold an 11,000-square-foot home with 20-foot ceilings in the foyer. "They were all paneled," he says. "Everything was done in a walnut color." Hatz says that the homeowners opted for paneling in the library as well.
Remodelers are reporting an increasing demand for shag carpet. "We're seeing more people liking a dense shag, with a lot of texture—not quite like the shag of the ’70s," says Lona Maloney, a design consultant at Guy's Floor Service in Denver. "We're selling mostly neutrals and earth tones, like greens and beiges."
Linoleum has returned, but under a new name. "Linoleum is coming back huge," says LeVally of Keller Williams Arizona Realtors. "There are environmentally friendlier linoleums now, and a lot of different cool vinyl products available for flooring. Armstrong is marketing linoleum sheet flooring under two brand names—Marmorette and Linoplan—and the color and pattern choices are fabulous.”

ASID's Snyder says that the new looks coming out of Europe are all contemporary, with sleek, modern designs and highly polished finishes. "Europe is usually a few years ahead of us," she says. "Right now, Sept. 11 is still pretty fresh in everyone's mind. Society's and individual needs definitely have an affect on design, so we'll just have to wait and see what really happens."

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