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JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
FOR THIS YEAR’S edition of
The Look, the Jewish Exponent
spoke to interior design-
ers across the area about the
trends they’re seeing take off in
2019 when it comes to kitchen
and bathroom design.

By and large, they agreed
that the
contemporary, European-style philosophy of
clean lines and multi-func-
tional spaces that reduce clut-
ter are leading the charge.

Kitchens “Excess is out,” said Tina
Delia of Delia Designs.

Delia, an independent inte-
rior design consultant based in
the Wanamaker Building, draws
a line between this trend and the
hit Netflix series Tidying Up with
Marie Kondo, a reality show fol-
lowing Kondo as she applies her
vaunted Konmari system to clut-
tered, messy houses. Though not
crediting the show completely
with the trend, she said, it was
at least worth mentioning as a
factor. Her clients seem to want
to hold on to less.

She’s begun to receive more
requests for open shelving in
the kitchen, in line with min-
imalist style that’s becoming
more popular. Wider, deeper
sinks are in high demand,
along with color cabinets and
black stainless appliances.

“People are being a little
bolder with their appliances,”
she noted.

Katy Lynn (of designs by
Katy Lynn) noted that as well.

More of her clients have begun
to request colored appliances,
especially when it comes to
ranges. And like Delia, she’s
been inundated with questions
about larger sinks that can
function as a sort of “work
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