New Design Trends

by | Mar 4, 2024 | Builders, Tips, Advice & Links | 6 comments

Last week was the International Builder Show | Kitchen & Bath Industry Show 2024 in Las Vegas.

John Burns was there and in his newsletter today he featured the following gizmos:

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  1. Rob_Dawg
    Rob_Dawg on March 5, 2024 at 6:12 am

    A washer dryer combo is likely to cost twice as much and have 4x the repair problems.

  2. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on March 5, 2024 at 6:49 am

    Much like with gas stoves, people will resist changing from the traditional washer and dryer too.

  3. Rob_Dawg
    Rob_Dawg on March 5, 2024 at 7:52 am

    There is an interesting dynamic developing. At $2000/sf it pays to “miniaturize.” The new Apple MacBook M3 laptops take up about a square foot and cost about $1500. get rid of that old desktop setup and add 6 sq ft to your home ($12,000!). Same for that old DVD player, et cetera. A pool table occupies a whopping $60,000 of home space.

  4. FreedomCM
    FreedomCM on March 5, 2024 at 8:08 am

    how does the shower thing get you clean if you are getting re-sprayed with soapy, dirty water?
    or is this the reincarnation of the California Hippie?

  5. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on March 5, 2024 at 11:39 am

    or is this the reincarnation of the California Hippie?

    Let’s go back to the days of the commune!

  6. Rob_Dawg
    Rob_Dawg on March 5, 2024 at 12:36 pm

    Save water, shower with a friend.
    Darn. We are OLD! Thanks Governor Moonbeam.

    Still, I see the value. Wet fresh, scrub recycled, rinse fresh. Not just the water but the energy savings. Tap water is mid 50degrees. Shower effluent is mid 80s. That’s a lot of energy to recover.

    I’m on septic so my math isn’t the same. My wastewater is a net plus to my property. Just no bad chemicals and groundwater recharge happens.

    Then it gets trickier. Most California municipalities have systems sized/designed for far more water than they get under modern permanent drought restrictions. Los Angeles actually experienced centuries of erosion when residential discharge went down faster than industrial outflows changing the composition.

    I’m going to look into that real time recycling system.

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