Brass is Back

After years of removing brass hardware and golden oak cabinets from homes in order to update them, has the time come to put them back?

As such things go, white cabinets went from the cheapest option to the option that everyone wanted and now we are seeing more people choose oak again.

We are mostly seeing oak in higher end housing, but this trend will likely follow in main stream housing. The oak cabinets now are usually more brown and grey tones and not golden.

Brass is also back, especially in higher end housing, but the brass now is usually brushed and less glossy.

Single tone white paint is making a comeback, as is trim-less door and window frames that give a more stream-lined look. Low pile carpets are also back on the table again.

Looking forward, I would guess that we are about to enter a phase of “wood love” once more. We will likely see less knotty alder, but instead new woods, with new stains. I (wood) guess that less homes will have expensive built in smart home setups and more will have integrated, separate components.

-Jordan Jorgensen

Photo by Random Sky on Unsplash