Same Difference
While it may be unerring that an outdoor kitchen might not be as smart in Anchorage as it would be in Amarillo, designers nevertheless are reporting much the same overall trends emerging from shore-to-coast: contemporary and transitional styles are hot and getting hotter. While the economy has shown everyone a noticeable dip in transaction, green products and the need for expanded product offerings are the order of the day no matter where you are designing.
“In the finished, the Midwest was much more conservative and had a strong Prairie School Design aesthetic,” reports Ellen Cheever, CMKBD, ASID, CAPS, cash reserves of Wilmington, DE-based Ellen Cheever & Associates. “The South was very formal, traditional. Only the coasts boasted much coincidental design.”
Cheever says that there has been a marked shift toward a range of contemporary and transitional styles over the recent decade. “I’m seeing it throughout the U.S. now.”
“We are seeing a lot of contemporary ‘Islet’ design,” says Tiare Noelani Cowan, CKD, v.p. of Honolulu, HI-based Archipelago Hawaii. “Our clients endeavour a sense of place with being Tommy Bahama-kitschy.” She sees her clients becoming more daring in their color and cloth selections.
A band just started up here called Re-Use Hawaii and they dismantle homes and salvage whatever building materials they can for reuse.
He said the church paid $1250 for the building materials, using proceeds from concession sales at baseball games on fields abutting the church property.
