Most-Asked-About Products 2022: Personal Growth

Homeowners' evolving design styles and tastes drive increased interest in innovative products that offer both aesthetic appeal and practical functionality, contributing to easier, healthier, more sanitary, and clutter-free living environments. This shift emphasizes products that enhance convenience, improve well-being, and create peaceful, beautiful spaces. For design professionals, keeping pace with rapid advancements in product technology and design trends presents a significant challenge. Kitchen & Bath Design News (KBDN) and KitchenBathDesign.com prioritize informing their readers about the latest engineering and design innovations. This article highlights the top 20 most-inquired-about products of 2022, as determined by reader feedback, underscoring a prevailing demand for beauty and functionality, with stylish appliances, countertops, and cabinets dominating the selections. Key themes include accessibility, enhanced storage solutions, and convenience, evident across various product categories. The article illustrates a trend toward personalized style, reflected in customizable options from range colors to countertop designs. The featured products include the EZ Install Wide Body Spice Rack from Dropout Cabinet Fixtures, which optimizes upper cabinet space with a pull-down mechanism, available in four versions with adjustable tray placements. Signature Kitchen Suite's 48-inch French Door Refrigerator offers a convertible drawer with five temperature presets for precise food preservation, a dual ice maker for different ice types, and smart device connectivity for remote monitoring and maintenance. Wellborn Cabinet's classic Larder Cabinet, part of its Premier Series, provides versatile storage options in various heights and widths, adaptable as a coffee bar or baking center, with an optional appliance pullout shelf. LX Hausys's Viatera Calacatta Collection introduces Calacatta Marina and Calacatta Verde quartz surfaces, featuring natural stone-inspired veining in jumbo slab sizes. These non-porous surfaces are highly resistant to stains, scratches, and chemicals. Aquatica Plumbing Group's Baby Boomer 2, a modern freestanding walk-in tub made from Aquatex, addresses accessible design needs with an ergonomic, deep-soaking design and a water-tight, low-entry door, offering various customizable systems like air and hydromassage jets. Dekton's ONIRIKA collection, designed by Nina Magon, provides carbon-neutral surfacing inspired by marble patterns, offering durability and resistance to impact, scratches, stains, and water for diverse applications. Decorá Cabinetry's new paint and stain offerings, including Iron Slate and Swift stains and paint colors like Grays Harbor, Fleeting Green, and Brightest White, allow for the creation of complementary and neutral palettes with pops of color. BOCCHI's Nuova collection of Drop-In Apron Front fireclay sinks offers easy retrofitting without requiring special base cabinets, available in single and double basin options and multiple finishes, featuring Super Smooth and Clean Plus+ antibacterial technology. Vadara Quartz Surfaces added six new nature-inspired colors to its handcrafted quartz line, mimicking natural stone looks while offering non-porous, stain, and chip-resistant properties with consistent slab patterns for easy book-matching. Cambria expanded its quartz palette with Inverness Frost, Oakleigh, and Delamere, designs that introduce contrasts in texture and color, inspired by nature's intensity, available in various finishes and thicknesses. Dura Supreme Cabinetry introduced Quarter-Sawn White Oak to its wood species, providing a distinctive straight grain pattern for Crestwood and Bria cabinetry. Kohler Co. launched nine vanity collections, emphasizing storage and personalization, with the Harken collection showcasing Minimal Traditional design elements like stained wood and brass hardware. Hansgrohe's Aquno Select kitchen faucet features three spray modes, including the new SatinFlow wide spray, with magnetic sprayhead docking. Big Chill's 48-inch Retro Range blends vintage style with modern functionality, offering a double oven and professional-level burners in numerous color options. Wilsonart's Crafted Collection of Solid Surface offers designs that emulate marble in acrylic. Northstar and Elmira Stove Works now offer their retro appliances in Veri Peri, Pantone's 2022 Color of the Year, as a custom color. Dacor's 36-inch Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator provides a seamless integrated look, advanced food preservation, and smart connectivity. MSI added four new marble-look hues to its Q Premium Quartz line, featuring durable, maintenance-free surfaces. Bradco Stainless Products offers stainless compost bin inserts with removable lids and bag retainers. Lastly, Brown Wood's Designs of Distinction introduced 12 American Made Tambour profiles, flexible wood panels in various species and slat widths for diverse design applications. #ProductTrends #KitchenDesign #BathDesign #HomeRenovation #InteriorDesign #Cabinetry #Countertops #Appliances #AccessibleDesign #ProductTrends #KitchenDesign #BathDesign #HomeRenovation #InteriorDesign #Cabinetry #Countertops #Appliances #AccessibleDesign