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The House Trend For 2007 Whats In And Whats Out

Published Jan 8, 2007
(Updated Mar 7, 2007)

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Take note, design divas: 2007 is the year to switch to new trends in home D. That means sitching the stainless steel appliances for a sleeker, drawer- style refrigerator, freezers and dish washer. And while your at it replace the wall to wall carpet with exotic or Earth friendly reclaimed woods salvaged from demolished buildings. Anything that is weathered or recycled, but is metal, glass or wood, IS IN!

 

 

But too much glass on kitchen cabinet doors is out.Says who?

 

Say trend-spotters Mark Nash, a former Realtor and publisher of an online magazine about the real estate industry, and Marian Salzman, executive vice president of the J. Walter Thompson ad agency and author of "Next Now: Trends for the Future."

 

The book explores what the future holds, for everything from entertainment to business to sex.

 

 

WHAT'S OUT

 

 

• Spiral staircases

• Pedigreed dogs

• Interior designers might want to consider getting a second job; they're on the way out, too.

"I think [the HGTV show] 'Trading Spaces' stuck. We all have an inner designer," says Salzman, who sees no slowdown in home decorating shows on TV. "The preference will be to do it themselves, because their home is a real expression of who they are."

• Budget-priced, ready-to-assemble furniture is on the way out, too, trend-spotters say. Not because we don't like to save a buck, but because we want furniture that's built to last instead of disposable goods that have to be replaced every few years.

• Martha Stewart

• Stainless steel appliances

• Wall-to-wall carpet

• Too much glass on kitchen cabinet doors

WHAT'S IN

 

 

• The builder-beige exterior paint common in cookie-cutter subdivisions will be partnered with bold-color trim on shutters, doors and window frames, Nash says.

• Luggage rooms, often a closet or alcove under a stairway where the family can store all their luggage.

• Exotic or Earth-friendly reclaimed woods.

• Anything weathered or recycled, be it metal, glass or wood.

•Do consider a wrought iron fence this year instead of a wood or chain-link one. Wrought iron is considered more luxurious, Nash says.

• Home entertainment systems and theaters to entertain friends and family are still hot. So are dining tables that can seat four to 12 people.

• Going out nowadays is about staying in, Salzman says.

"It's going to be, 'Join me around my table for 12,' " she explains. "You're going to see a lot of family dinners and intergenerational socializing in the kitchen."

• Houses will be more pet-friendly, with amenities such as indoor bathtubs and luxury accessories like doggie dining tables, framed beds and fancy dishes. But keeping a storage cabinet for Fido's papers is out, because he or she won't be a pedigree.

"The mutt is going to be on the rise, the spare-parts dog," Salzman predicts. "We're really anti-status right now."

•Perhaps one of the biggest shifts we'll see in the home in the near future is the passing of the apron strings.

Salzman predicts Martha Stewart is out and Rachael Ray is in.

"Rachael Ray is to 2007 what Martha Stewart was in 1997," Salzman explains. "We always thought of Martha as perfect and brittle. We see Rachael as casual and friendly. "Martha Stewart was about showcasing stuff when people came over," Salzman continues. "Rachael Ray isabout entertaining friends around the table."

 

 

WHAT'S CHANGING

 

 

 

The concept of the bedroom as boudoir is not out, but making it comfortable for sleeping is in."It's going to be all about sleep, so your bed is going tobe the focal point," says Salzman. That means luxurious linens, soundproof walls to block out noise, climate-controlled bedding and mattresses that conform to your sleep preferences.Decor. Again.







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