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21 Hot Housing Trends for 2015

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2015 Trends That Will Blow Your Mind

1. Coral shades. A blast of a new color is often the easiest change for

sellers to make, offering the biggest bang for their buck.

2. Open spaces go mainstream.

3. Off-the-shelf plans. Buyers who don’t want to spend time or

money for a custom house have another option. House plan

companies offer myriad blueprints to modify for site, code, budget,

and climate conditions, says James Roche, whose Houseplans.com

firm has 40,000 choices. There are lots of companies to consider,

but the best bets are ones that are updating layouts for today’s wish

lists—open-plan living, multiple master suites, greater energy

efficiency, and smaller footprints for downsizers (in fact, Roche

says, their plans’ average now is 2,300 square feet, versus 3,500 a

few years ago). Many builders will accept these outsiders’ plans,

though they may charge to adapt them.

4. Freestanding tubs.

5. Quartzite. While granite still appeals, quartzite is becoming the

new hot contender, thanks to its reputation as a natural stone that’s

virtually indestructible. It also more closely resembles the most

luxe classic—marble—without the drawbacks of staining easily.

Quartzite is moving ahead of last year’s favorite, quartz, which is

also tough but is manmade.

6. Porcelain floors.

7. Almost Jetson-ready. Prices have come down for technologies

such as web-controlled security cameras and motion sensors for

pets. Newer models are also easier to install and operate since many

are powered by batteries, rather than requiring an electrician to

rewire an entire house, says Bob Cooper at Zonoff, which offers a

software platform that allows multiple smart devices to

communicate with each other. “You no longer have to worry about

different standards,” Cooper says.

8. Charging stations. With the size of electronic devices shrinking

and the proliferation of Wi-Fi, demand for large desks and separate

home office is waning. However, home owners still need a

dedicated space for charging devices, and the most popular

locations are a corner of a kitchen, entrance from the garage, and

the mud room. In some two-story Lexington Homes plans, a niche

is set aside on a landing everyone passes by daily.

9. Multiple master suites.

10. Fireplaces and fire pits.

11. Wellness systems. Builders are now addressing environmental and

health concerns with holistic solutions, such as heat recovery

ventilation systems that filter air continuously and use little energy,

says real estate developer Gregory Malin of Troon Pacific. Other

new ways to improve healthfulness include lighting systems that

utilize sunshine, swimming pools that eschew chlorine and salt by

featuring a second adjacent pool with plants and gravel that cleanse

water, and edible gardens starring ingredients such as curly blue

kale.

12. Storage.

13. Grander garages. According to Troon Pacific, the new trends here

include bringing the driveway’s material into the garage,

temperature controls, sleek glass doors, specialized zones for home

audiovisual controls, and a big sink or tub to wash pets. For home

owners with deeper pockets, car lifts have gone residential so extra

autos don’t have to be parked outside.

14. Keyless entry

15. Water conservation. The concerns of drought-ravaged California

are spreading nationwide. Home owners can now purchase

rainwater harvesting tanks and cisterns, graywater systems,

weather-controlled watering stations, permeable pavers, drought-

tolerant plants, and no- or low-mow grasses.

16. Salon-style walls. Instead of displaying a few distinct pieces on a

wall, the “salon style” trend features works from floor to ceiling

and wall-to-wall. Think Parisian salon at the turn of the century.

HGTV designer Taniya Nayak suggests using a common

denominator for cohesiveness, such as the same mat, frame color,

or subject matter. Before she hangs works, she spaces them four to

five inches apart, starting at the center and at eye level and working

outward, then up and down. She uses Frog Tape to test the layout

since it doesn’t take paint off walls. Artist Francine Turk also

installs works this way, but prefers testing the design on the floor

like a big jigsaw puzzle.

17. Cool copper. First came pewter; then brass made a comeback. The

2015 “it” metal is copper, which can exude industrial warmth in

large swaths or judiciously in a few backsplash tiles, hanging

fixture, or pots dangling from a rack. The appeal comes from the

popularity of industrial chic, which Restoration Hardware’s iconic

style has helped promote, says designer Tom Segal.

18. Return to human scale. During the Mansion craze, kitchens got so

big they almost required skates to get around. This year we’ll see a

return to a more human, comfortable scale, says Mark Cutler, chief

designer of design platform nous Décor. In many living or family

rooms that will mean just enough space for one conversation

grouping, and in kitchens one set of appliances, fewer countertops,

and smaller islands

19. Luxury 2.0. Getting the right amount of sleep can improve

alertness, mood, and productivity, according to the National Sleep

Foundation. With trendsetters such as Arianna Huffington touting

the importance of sleep, there’s no doubt this particular health

concern will go mainstream this year. And there’s no space better to

indulge the desire for quality rest than in a bedroom, says designer

Jennifer Adams. “Everyone is realizing the importance of comfort,

quality sleep, and taking care of yourself,” she says. To help,

Adams suggests stocking up on luxury bedding, a new mattress,

comfortable pillows, and calming scents.

20. Shades of white kitchens

21. Outdoor living. Interest in spending time outdoors keeps

mushrooming, and 2015 will hold a few new options for enhancing

the space, including outdoor showers adjacent to pools and hot tubs

along with better-equipped roof decks for urban dwellers. Also

expect to see improvements in perks for pets, such as private dog

runs and wash stations, says landscape architect Jean Garbarini of

Damon Farber Associates

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