The 2017 Guide to Architecture Design Trends: What to Use and Ditch

In architecture and design, just like any creative medium, trends usually go out the window just as fast as they came in. Unfortunately, when it comes to most architectural design trends, you can’t just paint over last year’s colour or replace it like you would a piece of art. But some trends are timeless.

They seem to come back year after year and are always admired. These are the expected design trends of 2017 and how you can incorporate them into your home or commercial building. In this article, you’ll learn what trends are in and will stay in and what to leave behind completely.

Design Trends of the Year: What to Use and What to Ditch!

Floor Designs

Make a statement first thing when entering your home or commercial building with custom floor designs.

You might not think of your floor as the top of your list of important design trends, but the floor (especially if it is a bad one) could be your first impression upon entering a building. Design trends in 2017 are pointing toward custom floor designs. Medallions, patterns, wood, tile, even cement! There are tons of different options to choose from and they’re easily customizable to fit unique tastes.

Kitchen Functionality

In one study, 52% of people rated their kitchen as the most financially valuable room in their home. When you have guests in your home, where do they generally meet? It’s usually the kitchen, even if you didn’t intend for that to happen.

We often find that much of our day is spent in the kitchen whether we’re cooking, eating, working at the table, or just chatting and sharing a drink. From countertops to backsplashes and cabinets, everyone is focusing on the design of their beloved kitchens.

Bathroom

Bathrooms are also becoming increasingly relevant in 2017 design trends. In functionality, utility, and comfort, we are finding that bathrooms are a great place to add a touch of style and personality.

Consider starting with a shower wall tile mosaic. Antech Interiors uses state-of-the-art water-jet cutting and laser-etching technologies to create the most intricate and complex designs currently available on the market.

It’s a great option for that one-of-a-kind touch everyone will be noticing.

 Simplicity

The trends from previous years you can gratefully ditch are complicated and over-done. This year, we’d like to see more simplicity moving into your homes and commercial buildings.

Instead of trying to force your style into your space with lamps, vases, pots and plants and much more, use simple touches like your floor design or the kitchen backsplash to give your home that unique touch that never goes out of style.

Design trends don’t have to be “trendy”. They can be timeless and everlasting. Architects and designers predict a design trend in 2017 focusing on the use of brick.

Exposed brick inside your home or covering an entire exterior wall can give the essence of the past while bringing a modern vibe. It’s simple and timeless and can be placed in different ways where it’s masculine but not clunky.

These are just some predictions for design trends of the coming year. Let us know what you think? How will you be designing your own space this year?

Our expert designers and technicians, specialize in working with architects, interior decorators, designers, and builders, to add those custom finishing touches that enhance client projects. Whether it’s a custom stone medallion for a hotel lobby floor, or a series of laser-cut decorative mirrored acrylic wall decorations with the corporate logo or signature design for the client’s home, if you can design it, Antech can cut it; if you can imagine it, we can make it.

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