With the New Year now upon us – it’s a time for making personal resolutions and for gaining hope for a better future.Here are some trends and forecasts to help do just that.
• Interior decorative paints will be colorful hues like deep reds, purples, vivid blues, greens, pigment infused pastels such as baby blues and pinks, earthy gold’s, plum, green moss and clays. Energetic colors next to neutral hues.
• Replacing single pane windows with more Energy efficient windows such as dual pane will be the best choice in home improvement savings.
• Task lighting or sight specific lighting using LED lights and artistic sculptured lighting will light up homes.
• Environmentally friendly floorings like cork, bamboo, laminates, travertine tile will be beneath our feet.
• Green or environmentally and energy efficient kitchens will become the most popular home improvement for homeowners.
• Brickwork counter tops are to be the fastest growing style for kitchens.
• Fashion designs will show up in marine blues, animal prints, and asymmetric hemlines, complimented with branded footwear
• Pies will be the dessert of choice in restaurants with the pie shop reemerging.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II in 3D will the number one movie at box office
• The Lakers will beat the Celtics in game seven for their third consecutive Championship.
• Housing starts will jump in the United States by over 50 percent.
• Housing prices will stay low with low interest rates causing housing sales to increase.
• Gold will increase by 14 percent and copper by 11 percent.
• The dollar will fall creating greater exports and increasing tourism.
• Unemployment will drop to under nine percent by year’s end.
• The U.S. economy will grow by 2.8 percent.
• Santa Clarita will be voted the number one city in the United States.
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