Home Trends 2010: ‘Don’t Call it a Basement’ First, some background: The big trends in housing at the moment are being driven by technology, demographics, and economics (primarily, the Recession, and secondarily, energy costs). Demographics: lots of upper bracket Baby Boomers — ages 50-65 and on the verge of becoming “empty nesters” — are suddenly...Read More
Successor to “The Great Room” First there was the “Great Room” (although in practice, it felt more like the “Great First Floor” — no interior walls anywhere). Now, privacy-starved families are pushing the pendulum back towards what I’ll call the “Great Kitchen” — a fusion of the Kitchen and Family Room. The Great Kitchen In...Read More
