Last month we explored ways to elevate your luxury home by incorporating beautiful, practical, and elegant high end finishes. We found so many fabulous ideas that we’re taking this month to share more of what is trending in exceptional finishes and amenities.
Indoor and Outdoor Spaces
Nature is this year’s premier inspiration. The delightful challenge of merging indoor and outdoor spaces is a top design priority, and is achievable architecturally with the creative use of windows and doors. Consider retractable glass doors, transom windows, and window walls in family rooms and kitchens. Similar flooring styles, both indoor and out, create a visual continuity that makes your indoor/outdoor transition seamless.
A Master Bedroom Sanctuary
Inspirations from nature have extended to the master bedroom! Color palettes for 2020 range from soothing dessert creams to the tranquil colors of the ocean, creating an enchanting sanctuary space for 2020. Accessorize with custom niches, oversized original art, and signature design wallpaper.
The Kitchen Evolution
Kitchens continue to evolve into more functional, relaxed, and serene spaces. Window walls are replacing upper cabinets, allowing more natural light and better views. Breakfast nooks have been replaced by family-style dining tables—look for the ultimate farmhouse or mid-century modern styles. Kitchen islands have expanded in both width and length, creating truly practical work space.
Luxury alert! Higher end homes are featuring incredible walk-in pantries. This stand-alone space is often fully equipped with appliances for food prep and clean-up as well as lighted display cabinetry.
Kitchen Cabinetry
Kitchen cabinets remain your largest kitchen renovation investment as well as your most significant design statement. White kitchen cabinets are a safe and ever-popular choice, but gray cabinetry is the newest trend in 2020. If you’re searching for a more unique look, cerused (limed), flamed and wire-brushed wood cabinets can be found in combination with white cabinets, providing a warm alternative to monochromatic color schemes. Along the same lines, tuxedo-style cabinets remain popular, with one color for top cabinets and another for the base.
Kitchen colors for 2020 are trending heavily blue, from rich navy to baby blue. If blue isn’t your color, black and white in combination is a classic alternative. Shaker cabinets are this year’s choice, but European style frameless cabinets are running a close second. In appliances, stainless steel is still king, but you’ll find more daring designers using slate, black stainless, or glossy white.
Don’t Forget the Details!
Gold fixtures are the way to go in 2020 to make your kitchen or bathroom stand out from the crowd. These show-stopping fixtures serve as additional décor pieces, and may even inspire an entire design theme for the room. In addition, the luster of gold adds warmth to a room, unlike the colder quality of chrome or steel. When transitioning to gold, don’t forget to replace light fixtures and showerheads as well as faucets. Whether you decide on a shiny, satin, or matte finish, your gold fixtures will emanate opulence and taste.
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