A new year, some new trends in the housing sector. But what kind of housing trends would be the new hit this 2021? Will there be simple trends or some outrageous ones? Or even in-between the two?
Some New House Trends To Keep an Eye Out for This 2021
There are many new trends related to housing and the housing market as a whole this year. According to Houzz.com, listed below are upcoming and expected housing trends that will be surely popular in this year of the cow. We highly advise you to take note of the following, especially if you are either going to buy a new home this year or will be renovating your home:
- Kitchen style: Dressed up and tailored
- Kitchen cabinets: Lightwood cabinet colors
- Kitchen cabinets: Cabinet fronts having a "Skinny Shaker" look
- Kitchen zone: A multizone kitchen space
- Kitchen backsplashes: Zellige tiles will be the new trend
- Kitchen tiles: Tile patterns that are smaller in scale
- Kitchen countertops: Mixture of charcoal and gray shades
- Kitchen sinks and faucets: Stations that will be meant as hardworking sinks
- Kitchen sinks and faucets: Future-ready hands-free faucets
- Kitchen sinks and faucets: Having a white matte finish as their color
- Kitchen lighting: A combination of cone lights and swing-arm lights
- Bathrooms: Showers will become curbless
- Bathrooms: We will have larger showers
- Bathroom tiles: Another Zellige tile pattern area
- Bathroom tiles: Oversized bathroom tiles usage
- Bathroom tiles: Showers will have slab quartz & porcelain finishes
- Bathroom tiles: Patterns would be stacked piles
- Bathroom tiles: Accents for most tiles would be metallic
- Outdoors: Pergolas in the outdoors would be the hottest
- Outdoors: Outdoor cottages will sell like pancakes
- Outdoors: Pass-through routes will be common
- Outdoors: Having peaceful gardens is a must
- Outdoors: Swimming pools will remain a thing for outdoors
- Home offices: Dedicated spaces at home for work-from-home situations
- Home offices: Having work nooks for working at home
- Home layouts: Most layouts will be redesigned over
- Laundry rooms: Goodbye boring rooms; Hello new soothing-styled rooms
- Laundry rooms: Basket storages in laundry rooms will be present
- Sanitation requirements: Household lighting would be mostly hands-free
- Sanitation requirements: Most household materials will be cleanable
- Bedrooms: Headboards will be channel-truffled in design
- House colors: Brown and beige colors will make a comeback
- Exteriors: Front doors will be stylish
- Interiors: Internal backgrounds will be suitable for Zoom calls
- Interiors: A new nourishing home design with cleaner air
Other Notable Housing Trends for This Year of 2021
Aside from those trends mentioned above, there are still many more new housing trends that will be common this year of 2021. According to Forbes, below are some other notable trends in the housing sector this year:
- Most housing sales will have an overall increase of 7%, while housing prices will likely increase at least 5.7%.
- Many new homes constructed this year will be of the single-family home types.
- New homes and existing ones will fully utilize newer house technologies, to keep up with newer trends.
- Many experts sees that the end of 2021 with a higher overall sales and performance than of 2020.
