Our homes are working overtime and crying out for a change, having doubled and tripled in function this past year. By necessity, the design world has broken rules and boundaries to accommodate the times. While this situation is far from ideal, I do have a few tips to give your home the double duty it needs, in ways that you may not have been expecting to hear. professional perspective
The standard closet just doesn’t do it anymore. Every room in the house works hard and needs its tools. Try to source furniture that doubles in purpose. Request sliding desks that pull out of closets, built-in drawers to hold a laptop in your kitchen table or breakfast bar, or — my personal favorite — cubbies for dumbbells and basic exercise equipment in bedrooms. No more excuses!
The open kitchen plan may have become a design of the past. O ce work at the dining room table interrupted by banging pots in the kitchen is no longer something that can be tolerated. Put a set of sliding pocket doors on your kitchen or living room and appreciate another space for productive work or a private conversation.
The “open concept” fad works great for some people, but don’t think that in order to make a big difference in your space you need to completely rework the blueprint of your home or open up all the walls in place. Structure and definition give purpose to your home, and they also dictate flow. Open floor plans are nice, but so is privacy.
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