On HorizonTV this week, architect Deryl Patterson of Housing Design Matters shares eight daily lifestyle solutions that make life easier for occupants, including messy kitchens, welcome-home valets, and power pantries.
“If you think about coming home from work or school, you’ve just been through traffic, or maybe away on deployment, coming home should be a special event,” Patterson says. “Most people come home from their garage into the house, so the welcome-home valet is that garage entrance into the house. It is that transition from stress to ‘Ah, I’m home.’ It might be a great place to control the chaos.”
Watch the full interview below
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