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NKBA members say these bathroom concepts will be popular in 2012
2. Transitional over traditional
For the first time since the NKBA began tracking annual design trends, traditional is no longer the most popular type of design. In both the kitchen and the bathroom, transitional is now the most common style. While the traditional style has consistently been used by roughly three quarters of NKBA member designers in both the kitchen and the bath, that figure fell to 58 percent in kitchens and 59 percent in bathrooms this year.
These figures come in just below the transitional style, which is a blend of traditional and contemporary, typified by lines that are simpler than traditional, but a bit more elaborate than contemporary in order to create a modern classic look. Contemporary is the next most common style, up 5 percent to 52 percent in kitchens and up 10 percent to 53 percent in bathrooms from a year ago. Shaker, arts & crafts, and cottage remain the next most frequently used styles, according to NKBA.
Source: NKBA Photo: KraftMaid/courtesy of NKBA
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