Tearing down walls: consumer trends show that homeowners want more functionality from their living spaces.(Products: Trends)

From: Remodeling | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Gone are the days of naming rooms for their purposes. Laun dry rooms, studies, living rooms, and kitchens are all giving way to multiuse spaces, and while no one's showering in the kitchen quite yet, the boundaries continue to blur between other rooms in the home. Industry suppliers are accommodating the trend with design and product solutions.

"We did extensive consumer research and kept hearing about the kitchen being multifunctional," says John Swenson, director of brand marketing for Electrolux, which debuted its "Live-In Room" concept (shown below) at the 2006 Kitchen & ...

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