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2020 Home Design Trends
By JC Summerford | Photos provided by Steele’s Construction and Design Team
Spring is prime time for livening up your living spaces. Whether you want to remodel an entire home with major reconstruction or redecorate selected rooms, your first question should be whether to tackle this yourself, or get some professional help. For example, if you want to remove a wall, you should hire a reputable contractor. Otherwise you could do serious, costly structural damage!
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What ’s Your Style ? First, consider the colors, elements, room styles, and overall aesthetics that appeal to you. Design books and websites can provide some great ideas. Consider how the areas will be used, and by whom. Do you need to accommodate small children and pets? How often do you entertain? Which looks will make your home feel like an inviting retreat for you and your guests?
Hiring an Interior Designer If you decide to go with a home design firm, it’s important to do copious research. Look at design portfolios from several companies, and try to imagine yourself living in those spaces. Set an appointment to discuss your needs with a design team. At the meeting, ask plenty
of questions about their philosophies, experience, and services. Keep an open mind, because trusting a professional designer’s instincts and advice often pays benefits.
Before signing a contract, make sure you understand all costs involved. Stick to your budget and don’t over-spend on designs that are out of your price range. It’s better to put the basics together first, and add on later. Don’t be afraid to tell your designer that you want to keep or update certain pieces. Chairs can be reupholstered, and tables can be refinished.
Donna Steele of Steele’s Construction and Design Team in Hickory describes her company’s process. “At our meetings, we get to know clients as individuals,” she says. “We work to implement designs that feel like part of them, an extension of their specific personal tastes. Most important, the home must feel like your oasis, a place you enter at the end of a long day, close the door, and relax.”
Steele’s teams develop a full color palette and room renderings using specialized design software, then fully discuss preferences with clients before work begins. “We offer several options for each area of the remodel or design,” Donna continues, “such as choices of sofa and drapery fabrics. We present color boards and design inspiration trays with the materials so people can see and feel the textures.”
Donna says that full home renovations are the company’s most popular services. “People can make every room a space they have only dreamed of,” she says.
Homeowners have a number of reasons to renovate, according to Donna. “Some people love the bones of a home but don’t like anything else about it,” she says. “Maybe they’ve had the same home for years and are very happy with the location but are tired of the house itself. Some people just run out of space as the family grows. Or, the kids are off to college and their rooms need to be used for other things, maybe an exercise room or a home office.”
Some of the more difficult renovations Steele’s has done are creating more space when the square footage cannot be changed. Donna says that for this situation, her team might install more efficient cabinetry or make use of unused
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spaces, such as under stairways. They are also experts at remodeling older homes that may have damage or need serious modern updates. “We have rebuilt homes that were burned to the ground. We’ve tackled very old homes and had to break through concrete and brick from the late 1800s,” she says. “To us, they are all a fun, exciting challenge with so much reward at the end.”
2020 Design trends “The most popular home design styles at the moment seem to be farmhouse, modern farmhouse, and minimalist mid century modern,” Donna tells us.
For 2020, the official Pantone color is classic blue. It’s one of Donna’s lifetime favorites. “Blue is the most calming color in the color wheel,” she says. “It can enhance feelings of peace and comfort. It’s a wonderful color for the bedroom and is a perfect accent color. When paired with light blue and white, classic blue is just breathtaking, but it works with many other colors.”
Donna feels that a recent trend toward gray is slowing and maybe even coming to an end this year. “I think some gray will be used, but white with a mix of natural woods is a growing trend,” she
says. “Texture is critical in any area of the home.” Donna recommends layering textures such as wool, cashmere, velvet pillows, and furry throws.
Even if you can’t afford a complete home makeover this spring, Donna thinks it’s well worth the effort to do a seasonal update to uplift your spirits! “Change out throw pillows, move a side table from the bedroom to the living room, rotate the side table from the living room to serve as a nightstand,” she advises. “Add fresh green plants in unique containers to create a feeling of warmth and life. Buy new frames to create an eclectic display of family photos. There are so many inexpensive things you can do to create a fresh, new feeling.”
We would like to thank Donna Steele with Steele’s Construction and Design Team for providing us with photos showcasing their beautiful interior designs, renovations, and workmanship!
Left–A renovation in progress Right–A before and after where the wallpaper was replaced with a classic blue and white pattern.
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