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Consider a flexible fitness-from-home space. It can be used for yoga, strength training, cardio, whatever the buyer desires. With gyms and spas on a limited capacity many people have invested in staying fit at home. It doesn’t have to take a lot of space to prove this is an option in your model, but it does require some creative planning up front.
Wellness constitutes not only physical health, but mental health as well. And knowing that the outdoors can provide a level of protection against disease and improve mental health, we are creating designs that promote the indoor/outdoor relationship, and provide a deeper connection to nature and the outdoors.
Every year we talk about trends and features home buyers are looking for, and while it does change yearly, 2020 was a year like no other. Our shared experience of a global pandemic has definitely shaped the wants and needs home buyers are looking for (and expecting) in 2021: a sense of comfort, flexibility and functionality as well as safety, health and wellness are top amongst these wants and needs. ■
Article and photos courtesy of Sue Ridgeway, Director of Marketing at Lita Dirks & Co., an interior design and merchandising firm based in Greenwood Village, Colo.
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