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We keep up-to-date with the current home design trends and here are just a few of the concepts within the industry that will keep your ideas current! Here are just a few of the top design trends that will be seen throughout 2008 and 2009:

Thinking past today - With such prevalent issues as the environment, energy costs, and the economy, pressure is greater than ever in building eco-friendly designs with green materials and energy efficient methods. Your home needs to have these design styles that not only to save the environment but also your future costs.

Design Style with a conscience - it's all about eco-friendly design, products and implementation - focus on organic, natural, recycled and re-purposed products. In the past eco-friendly or Green design could be summed up in three words: ugly, dowdy and boring. This is no longer the case.. Eco-friendly designs have met stylish interpretation proving that earth friendly decor can at the same time be elegant, beautiful and exciting as well as Green.

Zen at Home – In our current decade, peace at home and furnishing your home with design elements that make you feel at peace and grounded are the keys to achieving a home sanctuary.

Multi-Purpose Furniture and Accessories - Beautiful design is simply not enough for today's discerning home decor shoppers, you want utility driven, multi-purpose furniture and decorative accessories that will make your everyday life easier, less hectic and more organized.

Leather with a Feminine Touch - Leather is still a hot trend, however there is a softer side of leather, furniture in smaller scale, earthy golden warm tones such as caramel, cappuccino, cocoa and cinnamon as well as what are considered more "traditional" feminine colors ranging from pastel pinks to robin egg blue with contrasting accent colors of dark chocolate.

Understated Luxury – Beauty is all about "whispering" luxury and elegance via your home decor, furnishings and accessories.

All Shades of White - from the purest whites to the softest ivories, the white color family will be seen everywhere from walls to sofas to lamps to picture frames.

Really Big Furniture and Accessories - it's all about design drama, over-sized lamps, chandeliers, florals, mirrors, decorative accessories and other design elements.

Cool Metals - gray tone metals such as silver, pewter, brushed nickel, aluminum, steel, charcoal and platinum.

A mix of the World - Blending cultural and ethnic styles that are in stark contrast has met with great success, from the exotic flavors from India, to the ridged and regal of the English.

Granite is a given - Granite will not lose much popularity but other stones such as limestone and sandstone are gaining appeal. Metal Counters of copper and zinc will also become more pervasive.

 



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