Our lifestyle in the last two years has completely changed.
We have all internalized a way of life of social distance, of keeping the capsule, of converging in our intimate cell - in our home.
The inward-looking lifestyle has also brought about a significant change in home design trends.
The first reason for this is the closed places of entertainment and the sky.
Many families, who regularly went on vacations abroad and used to spend a lot of money on entertainment, have found themselves in the last two years investing the money actually saved on home design. The place where they had to stay more than ever.
Save on vacations, invest in design
"There is a very sharp increase in the demand for home design, and moreover, the amounts that people are willing to invest are significantly higher," says Adi Appleevich-Blue, Deputy CEO of KLEIN'S, an importer of home design items. That home is everything.
We stay there a lot longer than before, so at the very least it should give a sense of the European boutique hotel we dream of when the sky is closed.
A kind of escapism, calm and pampering ease "she adds.
How is the design of a boutique hotel expressed?
"The design should express pampering, relaxation, wellness. And what expresses such values more than a spa? Once the home spa was perceived as something very niche, which requires a home with large spaces, today it is gaining momentum," says Adi.
"Today it is possible to combine a spa in any home as an independent unit or as a system integrated in the shower, and of course also in the outdoor spaces of the house - in the garden, on the roof and even on the balcony," she adds.
It is important to add that saunas are not just a matter of pampering, they integrate integrally with the awareness of maintaining health.
Using a sauna contributes to cleansing and evaporating toxins from the body, strengthening the immune system, and using a wet sauna with the respiratory system, which has become essential for all of us at a time when we are required to put a mask on the face which makes free and natural breathing difficult.
"If in the past the concept of health vacations, was very popular and sublime. Today, people are afraid to be crowded in a plane, hotel or spa club with strangers, and prefer to bring the health vacation to their home or yard," Adi says with a smile.
"Demand is only rising. And since we recognized the trend, we could not resist, and decided to import Carmenta, an Italian brand that specializes in dry and wet saunas with innovative technologies, suitable for private homes, spas, hotels, etc., whether for interior or exterior spaces," she notes.
Eager to spend time in the open air
Tal Eisenstein, VP of Business Development at Outopia Outdoor Kitchens, the Israeli outdoor kitchen brand, reinforces her words: “The trend that is perhaps most obvious is the investment in outdoor spaces.
An entire population remained closed between four walls for long weeks, and came to the same insight - from today the most important space in the house is actually the outer space.
Today the garden, balcony and roof are seen as a place of refuge.
It is a space that must meet our needs and give us the peace we desire in such stressful times. "
Outdoor kitchen in a villa in Ramat Hasharon.
Architecture: Ren Broides
Photo: Aviv Kurt
Supervisor: Ofer Burer,
So how do you design an outdoor space that meets all your needs? "Immediately after the seating and hospitality systems, plan the culinary experience, it starts with combining a new garden kitchen or upgrading the existing outdoor kitchen to one that gives the same answer of the kitchen we all have inside the house. People are no longer satisfied with a simple outdoor kitchen. They want the full cooking and hospitality experience. , That you will not fall from the cooking experience in the kitchen inside the house "Tal specifies.
What does that mean? "The intention is for a complete fit - an outdoor kitchen design that is adapted to the space on the one hand, convenient and intuitive to operate on the other hand, for example a linear kitchen, in parallel lines," L "or" C ", wall-mounted or independent, with or without a conversion counter. Combining functional cabinets adapted to kitchen products, such as a grill or refrigerator cabinet, through the design of storage areas, shelves or drawers, all with the highest level of finish, which includes touch opening, quiet slams, organizers for amount and tools in drawers, kitchen equipment with the best technologies and products such as drawer refrigerators. "Ice machines, beer and soda taps, side stoves, planks, deep fryers, ovens, smokehouses and wine refrigerators," Tel.
And how is this reflected in the colors and textures of the kitchen?
"We offer outdoor kitchens in full accordance with the kitchen fronts in different designs and color finishes in the oven according to catalog or anodized, so that they connect to the architectural style of the house and its surroundings. No more simple grill carts with side shelves or industrial style outdoor kitchens To elaborate "The Israeli audience loves to entertain and loves to eat meat on the fire and its taste has improved over the years. This trend is expanding and people are willing to invest tens and hundreds of thousands of shekels in luxury outdoor kitchens and their hospitality experience."
Even in small outdoor spaces
Aesthetics and design fit are a definite advantage of your outdoor kitchens, and what about strength and durability?
We use designed profiles made of stainless steel, the ultimate material and resistant to climate and time damage, even in harsh outdoor conditions "Tal replies and adds" Another advantage of stainless steel profiles is their lightness, which allows to build outdoor kitchens on balconies and roofs without overload.
And so was actually born our TOP collection, which offers outdoor kitchen models in compact designs, that meet the demand for outdoor kitchens on balconies and small spaces.
And how does all this matching relate to the design of a hotel?
"Just as hotels are always designed holistically and in a uniform concept, the home and exterior are also designed in a uniform concept, with spaces that correspond with each other" he continues and demonstrates "We at Outopia for example, do this a lot "Our exterior kitchen kitchens. It creates a sense of belonging and conceptual uniformity."
We turned the kitchen into the center of the house
The holistic design seeped into the outer spaces, but it started first in the interior spaces.
Our kitchen is the center of the house - this is a concept that has been prevalent in recent years, and has taken on a new touch during the Corona period.
We not only cook in the kitchen, we spend time in it, work from it, host in it.
Adi adds: "That's why Living is flowing from the kitchen design. The Binova kitchen brand, for example, does this amazingly, by designing the living space as an integral and continuous part of the kitchen space. The company offers design solutions for further dining space, sideboard and media space. Use of complementary facades in the kitchen that correspond with furniture items from the living room.
This is how continuity and blurring of design boundaries between spaces are expressed, "she concludes.
Outdoor kitchen on the penthouse balcony in Tel Aviv.
Interior Design: Orly Decter |
Photo: Oded Smadar,
If so, the last two years have led to positive trends in design.
We demand more from our living space.
We want a living environment that is designed as a whole, that will meet our new lifestyle and make us feel like we are vacationing, even without leaving home.
Standards have risen, and design solutions have become more creative and innovative, out of the need to meet market needs.
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