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5 Takeaways from the Design & Architecture Trends Panel

The Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB) hosted a Design & Architecture Trends Panel featuring amazing speakers:

Metropolitan client, Vivian Robins of Vivian Robins Design, shares her key 5 takeaways from the night:

  1. Open living concepts are continuing to stay in demand, however, industry professionals are seeing it wain a bit as customers shift towards wanting some level of privacy has started to increase
  2. Homes are being designed more for multi-generational living – i.e., masters on first floor for parents and/or live in grandparents
  3. Kitchen design is still huge, as this is where everyone congregates. So even if homeowner is not a cook or does minimal food prep, they still want a lux kitchen
  4. Kitchen cabinet design is becoming more integrated – fewer uppers and more thoughtful integrated cabinetry on walls
  5. Home design is leaning on more modern, clean architectural lines with windows – millennials are wanting less