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ledges within have taken off
in popularity. Meanwhile,
faucets, REPAIRS
she noted, have gone
from an afterthought to some-
thing you could almost center a
room around, she said. Clients
are going for “every finish
imaginable,” she said. Almost
everyone interviewed for this
article mentioned gold’s roar-
ing comeback for faucets.

“‘Oh, but my appliances are
stainless steel!’ That doesn’t
matter,” she added.

Marble countertops seems to
be going out, but not because of
its look. More people are opting
for quartz, a cheaper material
that can be made to look like
marble but doesn’t require the
same level of maintenance; for,
say, red wine drinkers, she said,
it can be a real pain to be think-
ing about the upkeep for marble
as it relates to spills.

In a sense, less is more seems
to be the new mantra for kitch-
ens, as the look becomes more
industrial, as opposed to the
modern farmhouse look of a few
years ago, according to Lucks-
Hecht. Mixed metals and acryl-
ics pop up everywhere you look.

Jen Laurens of Tiny Anchor
studios has noticed the mixed
metal approach, too.

“Now people are really doing
more in terms of color,” she said.

Like Lucks-Hecht, she’s
noticed the change in counter-
top material preference, if not
in style. And like Delia, she’s
picked up on the changes that
have come with appliances.

“Stainless is still around,” she
said, “but there’s more of a matte
black stainless that’s taking hold.”
One interesting observation
came with regards to the wood
species of cabinets:
“Walnut and oak seems to be
having a hot moment,” she noted.

Bathrooms Laurens spotted the trend
mentioned by all the design-
ers interviewed: an embrace of
tech in the bathroom.

“A lot of people are embracing
smarter technology,” she said.

For the bath, that can mean
water temperature settings
by remote or music settings
for the bathroom. She’s even
had clients request medicine
cabinets with small TVs that
replace their own reflections.

Like the kitchen, the bath-
room is a place for clean lines, she
said. Whereas the other design-
ers noticed more of a demand
for simple white subway tile in
the bathroom, Laurens said she’s
actually experienced the oppo-
site, noting clients that wanted
“more vibrancy” in their tile.

Though Lucks-Hecht felt the
opposite way, she concurred on
the clean lines point. The bath-
room “is about luxury now,” she
said. “It’s not just a toilet and a
sink to get the job done. It’s now
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