5 Remodeling Projects Expected to Boom in 2022

ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN PROREMODELER SEPTEMBER 2021

Help your clients find a room or area that will work, depending on the desired level of privacy, light, and quiet, but make it work for other uses as well. 

Hartford, Conn.-based designer Sharon McCormick suggests asking clients these questions to guide your design: 

• Do you need a door? 

• Do you want a space with a window for natural light? 

• Are you willing to share space? 

• Do you have an extra room to use, a big walk-in closet, a large landing, or attic or basement? 

• What accessories do you need—a work surface with built-in keyboard, ergonomic chair, a guest chair, good lighting, file cabinet, outlets? 

Two new trends to be aware of are installing a screen on a wall and using a standing desk, says McCormick.

One caveat: Chicago designer Tom Segal of Kaufman Segal cautions about having a guest bedroom double as workspace. “It’s a challenge to keep changing it from one use to the other and putting away papers,” he says.