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even the walls are a lighter gray, or even taupe. Thirty The right tile can instantly elevate the mood of a room,
percent of our fabrics are in different shades of gray, and bring depth or dimension, or be a bold design element that
it’s a pretty big spectrum of everything from off-white gray adds a lot of personality to a space.
to a deep charcoal.”
“In the past, we saw a lot of minimal subway and wood
Gray is versatile because it works well with many other looking tiles. It’s exciting because it’s much more about
colors, making it easy to change the overall appearance of being daring and making a statement,” says Gosselin.
a room by adding accent pieces like pottery, pillows or even “Moorish cement tiles are also having a major moment right
curtains in seasonal hues. now. It’s also trending away from the minimal look.”
Vintage makes the old new again Wallpaper is back
If you’re a Pinterest or Instagram user — or if you’ve For many, wallpaper has a bad reputation and conjures
been paying even the slightest bit of attention to design up memories of decades-old floral designs covering up
trends over the last few years — then you already know every inch of available space in a home. Removing it then
that the vintage décor trend is still going strong. Vintage turns into a whole other horror story for anyone who has
pieces allow us to take something no longer relevant to be had the unfortunate task of being armed with a scraper
used for its original purpose and recreate it into something and glue remover. Thankfully, today’s wallpaper is far
useful. Some homeowners are carrying the trend on easier to both apply and remove — and it’s making a
finishes throughout the house. The vintage look also carries huge comeback with bold, fun graphics that are perfect for
from season to season. creating luxurious-looking spaces and easy accent walls.
“It’s using vintage materials and getting that ‘modern “Textured wallpaper is hot right now and a great
farmhouse’ feel,” says Shoshana Gosselin of Love Your addition as we transition into the fall season. There are
Room in Emmaus. “Whether it’s real barn wood or endless styles to choose from and various ways to execute
antiqued-looking pieces, we are seeing it in wood finishes, a papered wall,” says Kelly Dunn of Kelly Dunn Home in
flooring and, of course, ship lap.” Coopersburg. “Whether you paper an accent wall, the
entire room, or the upper or lower half, bringing in texture
Finding vintage statement pieces and home accents via in this way warms up any space beautifully.”
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Durable tile flooring and wall tile have long been staples
in homes, but are coming back stronger than ever, with more
and more homeowners choosing tile over other surfaces such
as hardwood, fabrics and more. Tile can mimic the look of
these surfaces, or also look like natural stone. Large-format
tile is particularly popular at the moment, with “large format”
being defined as any tiles ranging from 12 x 24 inches to
larger than 40 x 120 inches.
“Pretty much all that is available in the marketplaces
these days is that format, especially in floor tile. While I
love a large format tile, often a square works better for
a patterned layout rather than a rectangle,” says Carrie
Oesmann, ASID, AKBD of Bailiwick Interior Design LLC of
Bethlehem. “The classic subway tile has been reinvented
into larger tiles of the same or similar proportions. I love to
use all of these variations, as they cross the line between
traditional and modern simply by changing their format to a
vertical orientation.”
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