Home Trends for 2022
Our needs have changed at home, so it follows that the way we design our homes should reflect those changes. The following list will help acquaint you with new home-design trends and offer some practical ways to incorporate them into your home.
Working from home
There’s no denying that the importance of the home office has continued to grow in recent years. All signs indicate that working from home in some capacity is here to stay, with numerous companies already taking steps towards a permanent hybrid model or going fully remote. So, what does that mean for you as a homeowner? It means that even if you’re not working remotely, the next owner of your home very possibly could be. As such, a dedicated home-office space is much higher on buyer priority lists than ever before. Home offices are most certainly a trend for 2022, but all indications suggest that they will continue to be important far beyond this year.
Multifunctionality
Homeowners across the globe have been forced to be more resourceful with the spaces in their homes. We’ve seen reading nooks become classrooms for children’s remote learning, basements converted to home gyms, and closets transformed into conference rooms with virtual backgrounds. Accordingly, multifunctionality is near the top of the list for this year’s design trends. Items like convertible furniture, bed frames with storage space, and foldable desks will help bring added utility to the spaces in your home. Go vertical by incorporating ladders, shelving, and hanging accent pieces to free up floor space. Multifunctionality is a means to making the most of your square footage, so it helps to think outside the box.
Minimalism
There is plenty to be said about the theory and ideals behind the minimalist movement, but for most homeowners, it simply means getting rid of the things you don’t need. The more time spent at home, the more time there is to assess the needs of your household and what items are truly essential. This approach is part of a greater trend toward sustainability and eco-friendliness, but that doesn’t mean you need to go out and buy a solar panel to make a difference. (Although, solar panels can deliver significant long-term savings on energy costs and help to increase home value!) Start this year off on the right foot by taking stock of everything in your home and identifying which items are necessary for your lifestyle and which you can get rid of.
Privacy
As we’ve spent more time at home, there has naturally arisen a desire for separate, defined spaces. Privacy allows us to focus, to relax, and to stay productive. It is especially important for those who work, exercise, or conduct hobbies. We need spaces to incorporate these endeavors into our lives and having a dedicated space, such as a home gym, office, or hobby room, is the best way to enjoy our time spent doing them.
Plants
The trend of incorporating plant life is a result of the collective longing for the outdoors many of us have experienced in recent times. Indoor gardens have skyrocketed in popularity. They have homeowners literally breathing easier as they find ways to add organic appeal to the spaces in their homes. Research which plants thrive in your local climate, and their maintenance needs, to find which ones are right for you. Indoor plants can create a sense of Zen in any room and can be a quick fix for spaces that are lacking in color.
I hope these tips help you enjoy your home even more in the year ahead. Happy 2022!
Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna
Meaty shiitake and crimini mushrooms, spinach, and ricotta and mozzarella cheese. This vegetarian lasagna will satisfy the entire crowd!
Ingredients
1½ pounds cremini mushrooms, chopped
½ pound shiitake mushrooms, chopped
¼ tsp salt
1 cup onions, chopped
¼ cup olive oil
4 garlic cloves, chopped
6 oz tomato paste
2 cups tomato sauce
28 oz crushed tomatoes
1 cup water
½ tsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp sugar
20 oz frozen spinach, chopped and thawed
1 pound lasagna noodles
16 oz ricotta cheese
1 cup shredded parmesan
4 cups shredded mozzarella
Instructions
❱Sauté mushrooms on high for 5 minutes in a large sauté pan
❱Add salt, chopped onions, olive oil, garlic, sauté 1 minute
❱Add tomato paste, cook 1 minute
❱Save ⅓ cup of tomato sauce for later, add the rest to pan
❱Add thyme, red pepper flakes, sugar
❱Bring to a simmer, lower heat, and let simmer for 20 minutes
❱Boil and drain lasagna noodles
❱Preheat oven to 350°F
❱Spread ⅓ cup of leftover tomato sauce in a large casserole dish
❱Layer lasagna noodles over sauce, slightly overlapping
❱Add 6 oz ricotta cheese, 8 oz spinach
❱Add 1½ cups mozzarella, ⅓ cup parmesan
❱Spread ⅓ of mushroom sauce
❱Repeat layers until all ingredients are used
❱Cover with foil, bake at 350°F for 25 minutes
❱Remove foil, bake for another 25 minutes
❱Let sit for 10 minutes before serving
❱Add crushed tomatoes, water
Home Pricing Guide
Here are the average three-bedroom home sale prices in some of the neighborhoods served by Windermere. Data from May 1, 2021 – October 31, 2021.
Apache Junction
Chandler
Cave Creek
Fountain Hills
Glendale
Gold Canyon
$401,000
$465,000
$708,000
$682,000
$386,000
$518,000
Goodyear
Mesa
New River
Paradise Valley
Peoria
Phoenix
$433,000
$424,000
$544,000
$2,297,000
$436,000
$433,000
Scottsdale
Sun Lakes
Surprise
Tempe
$839,000
$543,000
$401,000
$454,000
Alameda
Alamo
Albany
Alpine
Anaheim
Antioch
Bakersfield
Baldwin Park
Beaumont
Berkeley
Big Bear
Big Bear Lake
Blackhawk
Brea
Brentwood
Burbank
Calabasas
Cardiff by the Sea
Carlsbad
Carmel Valley
Carson
Castro Valley
Cathedral City
Chino
Chino Hills
Chula Vista
Clayton
Concord
Corona
Coronado
Costa Mesa
Covina
Dana Point
Danville
Davis
Del Mar
Desert Hot Springs
Diamond Bar
Discovery Bay
Dublin
El Cajon
El Cerrito
El Sobrante
Encinitas
Escondido
Fairfield
Fallbrook
Folsom
Fort Bragg
$1,148,000
$1,939,000
$1,439,000
$809,000
$751,000
$555,000
$247,000
$621,000
$452,000
$1,645,000
$537,000
$660,000
$2,225,000
$902,000
$749,000
$1,138,000
$998,000
$1,936,000
$1,272,000
$1,650,000
$689,000
$1,188,000
$503,000
$655,000
$738,000
$710,000
$1,027,000
$787,000
$625,000
$2,376,000
$1,182,000
$700,000
$1,885,000
$1,682,000
$759,000
$3,117,000
$356,000
$879,000
$847,000
$1,277,000
$697,000
$1,325,000
$790,000
$1,633,000
$740,000
$559,000
$769,000
$669,000
$816,000
Fresno
Fullerton
Gilroy
Granite Bay
Hacienda Heights
Hayward
Huntington Beach
Imperial Beach
Indian Wells
Indio
Irvine
La Canada Flintridge
La Jolla
La Mesa
La Quinta
La Verne
Lafayette
Laguna Beach
Laguna Niguel
Lake Arrowhead
Lake Elsinore
Lakeside
Livermore
Lodi
Long Beach
Loomis
Malibu
Manteca
Martinez
Merced
Modesto
Monterey
Moraga
Moreno Valley
Morgan Hill
Murrieta
Napa
National City
Northridge
Novato
Oakland
Oakley
Oceanside
Ontario
Orinda
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
Palo Alto
Pasadena
$363,000
$854,000
$937,000
$915,000
$741,000
$899,000
$1,225,000
$788,000
$1,213,000
$489,000
$1,143,000
$1,652,000
$2,595,000
$788,000
$742,000
$818,000
$1,624,000
$3,135,000
$1,134,000
$525,000
$492,000
$713,000
$936,000
$516,000
$946,000
$756,000
$3,555,000
$546,000
$763,000
$347,000
$433,000
$1,237,000
$1,543,000
$452,000
$1,195,000
$589,000
$1,033,000
$630,000
$818,000
$895,000
$1,201,000
$642,000
$790,000
$535,000
$1,740,000
$770,000
$1,041,000
$3,286,000
$1,226,000
Paso Robles
Piedmont
Pinole
Pleasant Hill
Pleasanton
Pomona
Poway
Rancho Bernardo
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cucamonga
Rancho Mirage
Rancho Santa Fe
Redding
Redlands
Richmond
Riverside
Rocklin
Roseville
Rowland Heights
San Bernardino
San Clemente
San Diego
San Dimas
San Fernando
San Francisco
San Jose
San Leandro
San Lorenzo
San Mateo
San Ramon
Sacramento
Salinas
Santa Clara
Santa Rosa
Santee
Solana Beach
Sonoma
Spring Valley
Stockton
Temecula
Tustin
Ukiah
Vacaville
Vista
Walnut
Walnut Creek
Whittier
Yucca Valley
$642,000
$2,522,000
$757,000
$924,000
$1,247,000
$590,000
$902,000
$977,000
$476,000
$656,000
$1,003,000
$2,423,000
$372,000
$567,000
$779,000
$530,000
$622,000
$586,000
$708,000
$423,000
$1,527,000
$957,000
$806,000
$682,000
$1,461,000
$1,267,000
$932,000
$860,000
$1,217,000
$1,385,000
$495,000
$617,000
$1,579,000
$679,000
$694,000
$1,981,000
$809,000
$651,000
$422,000
$645,000
$959,000
$571,000
$561,000
$761,000
$877,000
$1,297,000
$733,000
$485,000
Arvada
Aurora
Boulder
Castle Pines
Castle Rock
Centennial
Denver
$590,000
$482,000
$1,221,000
$795,000
$581,000
$579,000
$638,000
Englewood
Evergreen
Fort Collins
Golden
Greenwood Village
Highlands Ranch
Lakewood
$557,000
$827,000
$687,000
$815,000
$1,185,000
$597,000
$580,000
Littleton
Lone Tree
Parker
Thornton
Westminster
Windsor
$595,000
$941,000
$595,000
$489,000
$523,000
$527,000
Big Island
Hilo
Kohala Coast
Kona
Puna
$484,000
$881,000
$1,015,000
$360,000
Maui
Haiku
Kahului
Kihei
Lahaina
Wailea/Makena
Wailuku
$1,388,000
$799,000
$1,546,000
$1,927,000
$3,698,000
$822,000
Caldwell
Coeur d’Alene
Eagle
Grangeville
Hayden
$420,000
$652,000
$984,000
$270,000
$622,000
Lewiston
Meridian
Moscow
Nampa
Post Falls
$344,000
$596,000
$405,000
$470,000
$465,000
Sun Valley
Hailey
Ketchum
$738,000
$1,993,000
Bozeman
Hamilton
Helena
Missoula
Whitefish
$881,000
$385,000
$381,000
$493,000
$996,000
Boulder City
Henderson
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas
$482,000
$442,000
$375,000
$334,000
Albany
Ashland
Astoria
Beaverton/
Sunset Corridor
Bend
Canby
Cannon Beach
Cascade Locks
Clatskanie
Corvallis
Cottage Grove
Creswell
Dallas
Eagle Point
Eugene
Florence
Forest Grove
Gearhart
Gleneden Beach
$407,000
$613,000
$483,000
$605,000
$779,000
$552,000
$1,001,000
$419,000
$422,000
$507,000
$409,000
$483,000
$447,000
$420,000
$460,000
$506,000
$500,000
$643,000
$925,000
Grants Pass
Gresham
Happy Valley
Hermiston
Hillsboro
Hood River
Jacksonville
Klamath Falls
Lake Oswego
Lebanon
Lincoln City
McMinnville
Medford
Milton-Freewater
Molalla
Monmouth
Newberg
Newport/Seal Rock
$443,000
$471,000
$584,000
$317,000
$502,000
$754,000
$580,000
$295,000
$875,000
$375,000
$613,000
$471,000
$394,000
$268,000
$506,000
$481,000
$492,000
$544,000
Portland
North
Northeast
Southeast
West
$536,000
$562,000
$518,000
$710,000
Prineville
Redmond
Rogue River
St. Helens
Salem
Sandy
Scappoose
Springfield
Sunriver
The Dalles
Tigard
Tualatin
Vida
Warrenton
Wilsonville
$470,000
$515,000
$461,000
$415,000
$425,000
$441,000
$487,000
$407,000
$643,000
$391,000
$542,000
$596,000
$639,000
$512,000
$630,000
Bountiful
Coalville
Layton
$456,000
$640,000
$446,000
Midvale
Orem
Park City
$581,000
$456,000
$1,569,000
Provo
Salt Lake City
West Valley City
$480,000
$642,000
$484,000
Aberdeen
Allyn
Anacortes
Arlington
Auburn
Bainbridge Island
Belfair
Bellevue
Bellingham
Bingen/White Salm.
Birch Bay/Blaine
Bonney Lake
Bothell
Bremerton
Burien
Camano Island
Camas
Cathlamet
Centralia
Chelan
Chewelah
Clarkston
Cle Elum
Colville
Deer Park
DuPont
Edmonds
Ellensburg
Entiat
Enumclaw
Ephrata
Everett
Federal Way
Ferndale
Gig Harbor
Goldendale
Granite Falls
Issaquah
Kelso
$281,000
$526,000
$753,000
$589,000
$563,000
$1,276,000
$469,000
$1,536,000
$651,000
$700,000
$582,000
$533,000
$824,000
$466,000
$744,000
$735,000
$612,000
$387,000
$383,000
$875,000
$275,000
$290,000
$763,000
$255,000
$446,000
$491,000
$836,000
$468,000
$474,000
$580,000
$294,000
$611,000
$534,000
$571,000
$750,000
$324,000
$503,000
$1,090,000
$376,000
Kenmore
Kent
Kettle Falls
Kingston
Kirkland
Lake Forest Park
Lake Stevens
Lake Tapps
Lakewood
Leavenworth
Liberty Lake
Long Beach
Longview
Lopez Island
Lynden
Lynnwood
Maple Valley
Marysville
Mazama
Mercer Island
Mill Creek
Monroe
Moses Lake
Mount Vernon
Mountlake Terrace
Mukilteo
Newcastle
Normandy Park
Northport
Ocean Shores
Olympia
Omak/Okanogan
Orcas Island
Packwood
Port Angeles
Port Ludlow
Port Orchard
Port Townsend
Poulsbo
$908,000
$578,000
$295,000
$705,000
$1,194,000
$864,000
$629,000
$779,000
$472,000
$887,000
$579,000
$426,000
$366,000
$1,054,000
$550,000
$705,000
$681,000
$537,000
$907,000
$2,351,000
$859,000
$658,000
$325,000
$540,000
$699,000
$872,000
$1,040,000
$954,000
$546,000
$430,000
$525,000
$269,000
$1,034,000
$539,000
$469,000
$771,000
$515,000
$615,000
$629,000
Prosser
Pullman
Puyallup
Quincy
Redmond
Renton
Republic
Sammamish
$404,000
$368,000
$496,000
$328,000
$1,191,000
$723,000
$266,000
$1,227,000
Seattle
North
Northwest
West
Downtown/Central
Southeast
$1,041,000
$1,105,000
$892,000
$1,384,000
$847,000
Sedro Woolley
Sequim
Shelton
Shoreline
Silverdale
Snohomish
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Stanwood
Stevenson
Sumner
Tacoma
Tri-Cities
Twisp
University Place
Vancouver
Vashon
Walla Walla
Wenatchee
Westport
Whidbey Island
Winthrop
Woodinville
Yakima
Yelm
$485,000
$635,000
$424,000
$813,000
$566,000
$779,000
$375,000
$397,000
$611,000
$489,000
$517,000
$488,000
$408,000
$606,000
$590,000
$510,000
$1,053,000
$388,000
$520,000
$301,000
$631,000
$803,000
$1,069,000
$360,000
$429,000
