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new MotionSense Wave touchless fau- the feeling you want to have within your
cets, their design team was inspired by space. And once you find them, snap a
the way hands move around the kitchen photo and reference it as you’re design-
sink. The fixtures feature a single-sensor
hands-free activation on the base’s left
side, allowing users to turn the faucet
on and off with the wave of a hand. “We
ing.
Curate Inspiration
Been a while since you took a vaca-
also draw creativity from furniture, tools, tion? Don’t live in an architecturally awe-
architecture, music and museums,” says
inspiring locale? Social media is a great
Steven Ward, Moen’s director of global
design.
proxy. In fact, of Americans who have
done a home design project, 33 percent
Seek Your Source of Ideas look to social media for inspiration. Just
Next time you’re updating your bath like the pros, create a design plan for
or restyling your kitchen, act like a pro-
your space, but make it easy by using a
fessional by venturing outside the box to site like Pinterest. Create boards for color
get your creative juices flowing, whether combinations, materials and textures
it’s turning to a favorite song or a piece that attract your eye, so you can define
of artwork. For example, 16 percent your ideal look. Many Pins are shop-
of Americans who have done a home pable, making it simple to purchase your
design project look to the outdoors for perfect home décor products with just a
inspiration when planning home design
projects, while 15 percent look to archi-
tecture. Maybe you’re struck by the col-
click.
While making design decisions, don’t
ors of the sunset in your family’s summer worry about being “on-trend.” If you
stay focused on what styles speak to you
beach vacation photos or the amazing
brick pattern you saw wandering through personally -- as well as the functionality
a historic neighborhood. Consider what your room needs to support -- you’ll cre-
colors and patterns grab you and evoke
ate a space that feels uniquely yours.