Home Design In The City

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Ready for your home to oh-so look like in 2011? It should not be too difficult, as are the on-the-horizon trends around it optimistic, functional and personal.

In order to help us discover what's new on the home front, we talked a few internationally recognized trendsetters.

New York interior designer Vicente Wolf travels the world and connects the places he explores the spaces he creates.

Sarah Richardson is a Canadian designer who got her start as a prop stylist and set decorator assistant. Their show, "Sarah's House" on HGTV, home renovations details room by room. She jumps out of ideas sidekick Tommy Smythe, who accompanied them on forays to antique stores and salvage shops.

Roni Jaco of Kansas City travels the world looking for ethically made crafts and textiles for their online shop, the Loaded Trunk (loadedtrunk.com). Your itinerary in the next month: Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

1. Reimagining materials

The "Who would have thought?" Factor upcycled goods house will be even larger in 2011, followed to Etsy, the online marketplace for crafts. Find plastic bags turned into bowls and bicycle parts in clocks. Richardson is seeing more recycled content countertops.

This file made ??turquoise mini-box with vintage record covers of FreeStyle gifts from San Francisco ($ 38, etsy.com / shop / gifts freestyle) could be used for coupons, recipes and a wedding as a guest book box.

2. Brightening the kitchen

A sleek kitchen is never out of fashion. But "Ye Olde kitchen, " as Wolf calls Old-World craftsmanship, has had its day.

"A kitchen should not look like it's more than 150 years old, if not your house, " he says. "There are fake to her and dark cabinets can be depressing A kitchen is like an operating room. They want to be clear and bright, so you can see all the details. "

In addition to good lighting, dear wolf, white or lighter wood cabinets.


House Beautiful interior design trends predicted for 2011, they analyzed how interior design business procurement spending, business strategies and practices are scheduled to change in 2011-12. According to experts, the big trends of 2011 re-evaluation by consumers, what they live well, seeking innovation, looking for a local equilibrium in a global world and the search for personalized products stem. The book Interior Trends 2011 recently by the IMM Cologne was released, compiled by the expert committee of the international trend board at the IMM Cologne, the latest in a series of forecasts of annual publications that people ask what they need to live well demanding innovation is not re-imagination, with issues of balance and looking for products with personality.
This year, the magazine expects trends, the unexpected and surprising twists on classic: modern, vintage, country, tradition and global. Here's what they say about each:

1. The New Modern (Soft & Layered): Look for layers cozy textures like velvet, faux fur, leather and sisal, plus well-curated collections of books, objects and installations
2. The new vintage (Edgy & Focused): This year, the better is in tatters! "Vintage" means deliberately deconstructs furniture, worn edges, distressed fabrics and faded prints
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