Cozy Custom Kitchens: Function Meets Fashion 

It’s been almost three years since the global pandemic disrupted our lives, but people are still spending more time at home — and that includes cooking meals. Combining kitchen fashion and function can be crucial to creating harmony in the home. CCG offers custom kitchen remodels that leave everyone happy and content in their new space. 

Trending this year are putty-color cabinets, like the 2023 Sherwin Williams Color of the Year, Redend Point. To offset painted cabinetry, consider thin, shaker-style cabinet rails, coupled with crown molding and inset or full overlay styles. Pair warm cabinets with white or soft white wall colors.  

You might be ditching outdated kitchen features, but creating a worn look on purpose is gaining popularity, especially when it comes to rough backsplash edging. Wood flooring and soft-colored quartz or quartzite countertops compliment painted cabinets. 

Don’t be afraid to mix metals when it comes to faucets, cabinet pulls and light fixtures. Brass details are especially trendy. 

Create a Home Office: Room Additions Add Value

Adding square footage can increase your home’s value by 5.3%. In recent years, the number of people working from home has tripled, creating a larger need for designated home office spaces. 

CCG’s room additions are the perfect way to build your ideal office from the ground-up. Custom bookcases? No problem. Large windows for plenty of natural light? Easy. Let our design experts construct the perfect work space. 

Brown tones dominate 2023 color trends because of their calming effect, especially when paired with shades of white, green or beige. That doesn’t mean you have to paint every office wall brown. A dark side table, desk or bookshelves can do the trick. 

Ring in the New Year Right: Call CCG Today

Don’t let another year pass you by. Start 2023 with plans to remodel your home. Contact CCG today to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation. Call 317-213-6246, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.

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The coziness of your home probably became glaringly apparent the first time you sat down at your kitchen table for a scheduled Zoom call with your boss — with kids making noise in the background, your dog barking his need for a potty break, and your spouse running around trying to keep everyone quiet while putting in their own remote-work hours.

While working at home presented a whole new set of challenges, you’ve adapted to the new pandemic-induced, stay-at-home lifestyle. Now, you probably feel more comfortable and appreciate the flexibility of working from home. No daily commutes. Fewer office interruptions. Shorter online meetings. The list goes on. But, are you prepared to continue teleworking on a long-term basis? 

With the working-from-home trend more widely accepted than ever before, many homeowners plan to embrace the post-pandemic world in 2021 by constructing dedicated home-office spaces in existing floor plans, building an addition with better privacy and soundproofing options, or even adding exercise rooms to maintain their physical health.

Surveys say remote work to continue post-pandemic

According to a March 2020 survey from San Diego–based Global Workplace Analytics, a research and consulting firm, 86% of North American workers said they felt highly productive working from home. The survey also showed the three greatest predictors of work-from-home success are: self-discipline, high quality remote collaboration, and well-being.

For 2021, the remote-work trend is expected to continue, with nearly 80% of employers expanding their work-from-home policies, according to a survey from 451 Research, an advisory firm based in New York City.

On the work-from-home preparedness front, a recent Houzz study found 1 in 8 homeowners felt their home lacked a dedicated workspace or exercise area (13% and 12%, respectively). The study also found homeowners were ready to double down this year on creating more efficient office spaces, work nooks, or even a backyard cottage or she-shed to escape to for online meetings, videoconferencing, and more. It sure beats hiding in the bathroom to take an important call.

Desire for home offices and exercise rooms on rise, pre-pandemic

In the most recent consumer preference study conducted by the National Association of Home Builders in 2018, 65% of recent and prospective homebuyers indicated they wanted a dedicated home office. The NAHB study also found 40% of homebuyers wanted a dedicated room for exercise, too.

Rather than continuing to share kitchen table and desk space with everyone in your household, or skip your daily workouts because local gyms remain closed, the NAHB predicts the demand for building home offices and exercise rooms to grow post-pandemic as millions of professionals continue to work from home.

Ready to build a home office or exercise room?

As you struggled to adapt to your new work-at-home environment, thoughts of remodeling to better accommodate your needs likely popped into your head more than once. Building a room addition with two or more separate workspaces, along with a private exercise room to relieve the stress, would solve most of your problems, right?

At Central Construction Group, we specialize in custom-home building and remodeling, so let our 10 years of experience guide you. Contact CCG today at (317) 213-6246, and we’ll help bring your inspirational work-from-home ideas to life.

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