Like the fashion industry, interior design styles change with the season. Whether it’s the cabinet style or paint color, there are always new kitchen trends arising. This may seem daunting for those of you who don’t tend to keep up with changing trends. However, new trends help to provide you with more design options for your kitchen, and may actually help make your design process easier. To help simplify your trend research, boston.com has compiled tips from various interior designers:
AFTER YEARS OF HUNKERING DOWN and spending less on renovations, many homeowners are ready to start giving in to the desire to cook up something new in their kitchens. “During the recession,” says Fred Miller, managing director of the Florida-based Home Improvement Research Institute, “a lot of what got cut were bigger-ticket discretionary items. If your water heater went out, you weren’t going to take cold showers, but because some kitchen remodeling can be pretty pricey, many owners decided they could live with their existing kitchens for a year or two.” That attitude seems to be softening… Read the rest of the article here