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Have you checked out Brooklyn Paper Home Pros yet?
Schneps Media recently launched
Brooklyn Paper Home Pros, a resource
for New Yorkers looking
for a roster of professionals to help
with hiring specialty contractors.
The launch is especially timely
with the beginning of the new year,
when plans for spring cleaning and
home renovation projects take shape.
The NYC Home Pros program is
an extension of Brownstoner Home
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that has been successfully connecting
businesses with thousands of
Brooklyn and NYC homeowners, buyers,
and sellers for over a decade.
Now, the NYC Home Pros directories
can be found on all of Schneps’
borough-leading NYC channels, including
amNewYork, QNS, Brooklyn
Paper, and Bronx Times.
Chock full of contractors, architects,
electricians, landscapers,
agents, lenders and other home specialists,
NYC Home Pros provides
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The renovation trends to watch for in 2021
Home renovation trends are everchanging.
Renovations that
might have been de rigueur 20
years ago may seem dated now. Recognizing
the potentially popular trends
of tomorrow is a great way for homeowners
to give their homes a fresh new
look and put themselves in position to
capitalize on popular trends when they
put their homes on the market.
That’s especially so after 2020, a
year when millions of people spent
more time at home than ever before.
All that time working from home and
relaxing at home gave millions of homeowners
ideas about what they like
about their homes and what they hope
to change. The following are some renovation
trends that various experts
suspect could emerge in 2021.
• Eco-friendly living: Climate
change, and how to combat it, was a
hot button issue during the 2020 presidential
election in the United States.
So it should come as no surprise that
urdesignmag.com, a web magazine
that showcases creative trends in design,
architecture, art, technology,
and fashion, predicts that eco-friendly
living solutions fi gure to be hot commodities
in 2021. Eco-friendly appliances,
furniture and designs can help
to conserve energy and reduce waste,
which environmentalists and government
agencies like the Environmental
Protection Agency note are two critical
components in the fi ght against climate
change.
• Large windows: Large windows
can provide stunning views of the outdoors
and allow ample natural light
into a home. It may not be a coincidence
if large windows prove to be a hot trend
in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic that
dominated much of 2020 forced many
people to spend considerably more
time at home. Darker homes without
much natural light can adversely affect
mood, especially when people are
spending more time at home. HGTV
predicts that homeowners will seek
ways to bring more natural light into
their homes in 2021, and large windows
naturally brighten homes while
making rooms appear bigger, helping
people feel less cramped. That’s an especially
benefi cial characteristic when
spending more time indoors at home.
• Minimalism: The anticipated popularity
of minimalism in 2021 may
also be connected to the pandemic.
As professionals were forced to work
from home and many families spent
more time together inside their homes
then ever before, they may have recognized
a need to cut back on clutter,
including extra furniture. A minimalist
approach is both simple and clean,
which can make homes feel less claustrophobic.
• Multi-functional spaces: Homeowners
asked a lot of their homes in
2020, as rooms were transformed into
multi-functional spaces seemingly
overnight. HGTV notes that spending
more time at home showed homeowners
that it may not make sense to dedicate
entire rooms of a home to a single
purpose. Renovations that can help homeowners
transform rooms into multifunctional
spaces fi gure to be hot commodities
in the years ahead.
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