{"id":33603,"date":"2020-09-14T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=33603"},"modified":"2020-09-15T13:45:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T17:45:29","slug":"homeowners-and-businesses-are-changing-interior-design-goals-since-covid-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/09\/homeowners-and-businesses-are-changing-interior-design-goals-since-covid-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowners And Businesses Are Changing Interior Design Goals Since COVID Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katelyn Moskos, founder of both Lake George Design and Northern Living NY.
Courtesy Lake George Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Susan Elise Campbell
\nInterior design generally follows style trends, the dominant one today being: Form really does follow function as people repurpose and refurbish their homes for office spaces, schoolwork stations and staycations.
\n\u201cHome is supposed to be a restful place, but now we are trying to cram an office into the same four walls,\u201d said Katelyn Moskos, founder of both Lake George Design and Northern Living NY, a vacation rental management company.
\n\u201cPeople don\u2019t know how to solve their design issues,\u201d said Moskos. \u201cThey just know they are stuck in a bubble and want to be inspired and comfortable in the spaces where they live and work.\u201d
\nMoskos said her trademark is working with textures, \u201csuch as having a soft material next to a heavy or dense one just for change.\u201d
\nJulie Maleski Putzel, founder of JMP Interiors in Clifton Park, said residential clients are using every square foot to create areas or zones they never needed before the pandemic.
\n\u201cWe are shifting the way we live in spaces, move through them and function in them,\u201d said Putzel.
\nHer fort\u00e9 is \u201cclean and understated but impactful design,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a refined approach about contrasts, playing with opposites and blending styles that one ordinarily wouldn\u2019t think of but somehow work.\u201d
\n\u201cIt could be a closet repurposed into a study nook,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople are being very smart about spaces and furnishings.\u201d
\nMany do-it-yourselfers are contacting JMP Interiors for help with projects like attic spaces that they didn\u2019t have time to tackle until they started to shelter in place, according to Putzel.
\n\u201cWith a pantry now functioning as something else, clients are looking for places to store food and organize work and school supplies,\u201d said Vicki Ure, owner of Victoria\u2019s Corner, her flagship home furnishing and custom decorating store in Ballston Spa. \u201cThat could be a piece of furniture passed down from the family or something they already use or buy second hand.\u201d
\n\u201cOlder, quality furniture was created with solid wood and dovetailed corners,\u201d Ure said. \u201cThe drawers were made to slide on runners instead of rails as they are today, so they are deeper and provide more storage space.\u201d
\nMany also need desks as never before to work from home, she said, so maybe a sofa table can become a future work space. Her shop carries an array of antique furniture pieces as well as supplies to refurbish them, including the popular clay-based chalk paints.
\n\u201cBefore the pandemic, we gave classes on how to apply chalk paint, which comes in beautiful colors and has a soft finish,\u201d she said. \u201cIt adheres to everything without sanding or extensive preparation.\u201d
\nHer customers are trending toward an updated farmhouse style, mid-century modern among the younger crowd, and neutrals with a pop of color, she said.
\nA more comfortable, functional home is the desire of anyone whose residence is now also their vacation spot.
\n\u201cCOVID shook up luxury spending,\u201d said Putzel. \u201cPeople who used to spend on vacations cannot travel, so this will lead to more renovations at home. Homeowners like tropical and coastal styling, ocean-inspired and a Palm Beach feel and are decorating their homes like the areas they would otherwise visit.\u201d
\n\u201cWe may see more people installing salt water fish tanks, for example, because that reflects where they like to vacation,\u201d she said. \u201cOr people who like visiting national parks may bring in bark, wood and moss and create a micro-climate until they can get on a plane and travel there.\u201d
\nWhatever their interests are, when people\u2019s decorating reflects themselves and their personality, they create happier places to thrive in, the experts said.
\nMoskos\u2019 challenge is decorating homes to be stylish and practical not only for the homeowner, but also for the vacationers who rent their property.
\n\u201cHomeowners here in the Adirondack area usually go with a mountain theme, but I am more French country with a twist of modern,\u201d she said. \u201cTravelers come from all around and I prefer a less-is-more approach with clean lines, not gadgets and trinkets. The vacation homes we manage are not all natural wood, but maybe we would design one element to give it character from its North Country roots.\u201d
\nAt the least she might relocate a few pieces of furniture for more freedom of movement within the space, she said. And Moskos is not in agreement with anyone who says couches and chairs have to match. In fact, her style mantra is \u201cthe more texture the better.\u201d
\n\u201cMaybe mixing the textures of metal and rock becomes a curiosity that is different,\u201d Moskos said. \u201cYour brain tells you that you will want to touch it, so you are actually being invited to sit there.\u201d
\nThe experts have found that the way people are thinking about their homes will likely have lasting impact.
\n\u201cPeople who are not investing in office or formal attire are reinvesting in their homes and looking at their spaces in a new way,\u201d Putzel said.
\n\u201cEmployees making the shift to virtual work on camera are spotting that bookcase in back of them and thinking, is that how it looks? Maybe I should be looking at it differently,\u201d she said.
\nCorporate design is another competitive field and the experts have faced a litany of challenges not experienced prior to the pandemic.
\n\u201cThere has been a major design trend in terms of the use of space,\u201d said Sandra Fox, founder of Sensory Six, which emphasizes an \u201celegant, luxurious and simple style\u201d for residential and commercial clients.
\n\u201cClients are seeking flexibility with multifunctional spaces that have multipurpose, movable, lightweight elements,\u201d said Fox. \u201cAdditionally, office spaces are becoming more private and personalized.\u201d
\n\u201cWe are helping client companies pivot and evolve by employing a variety of trends into interior design and redesign, many of which we believe will be permanent,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cCorporations want to advance morale and collaboration among employees while providing a warm and welcoming aesthetic that gives the feeling of home,\u201d she said. \u201cRegardless of the industry or the building\u2019s use, they need the materials, space configuration and technology that keep employees and customers healthy.\u201d
\nShe said \u201cwe have upped our game considerably by concentrating on better air filtration systems and recommending smooth surfaces that are easier to clean, versus textured or porous ones. We are designing with new materials that prevent organisms from adhering to them, like those that mimic sharkskin.\u201d
\nAnother way buildings can be designed for better health is with plants, which not only scrub the air of toxins like formaldehyde but also \u201cgive an emotional sense of well-being for most people,\u201d according to Lanette Akerson who founded Plant Doctor, LLC, now located in Glens Falls.
\n\u201cAn interior landscaper accesses the environment created by the designer architect and adds that extra sparkle that brings the interiorscape to life with plants,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are the last ones to come onto a design project.\u201d
\nAkerson\u2019s corporate accounts stuck with her plant design, installation and maintenance service, which was deemed essential, throughout the pandemic. As a result, Akerson was able to realize a goal that was very important to her personally as well as professionally.
\nPlants are used in offices spaces to cover outlets and extension cords, soften corners or hard edges, improve the flow of traffic, and call attention to certain elements while oxygenating and purifying the air.
\n\u201cEspecially during these trying times, we really need beauty,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about money but about turning things around.\u201d
\n\u201cIf there is a silver lining to these very difficult times, it is adding wellness as a core design requirement along with aesthetics and functionality,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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