How the Pandemic Has Us Rethinking Wellness and Sustainability at Home
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the design world with companies + customers leaning into wellness and sustainability.
We know, we know ? you?re probably keenly aware that the past year has been, well, different. While we could start counting off the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has changed society, potentially forever, we?re going to cut to the chase. Over the past 12 months, the general population has spent more time at home than ever before in our lifetimes. In the interior design world, that single pandemic-induced behavioral change is dramatically impacting the industry. More specifically, it?s created a laser focus on wellness and sustainability.
In March 2020, before we had any idea just how long we?d be in lockdown, everything froze. People froze their assets, their social lives, their office lives ? really, just anything and everything stopped. And that included design businesses. Courtesy of Sweeten
?At the beginning of the pandemic with the stay-at-home orders, we saw a dramatic decrease in business,? says Tisha Leung, editor at home renovation company Sweeten, a service that connects homeowners and contractors. ?We are an online platform that facilitates an offline transaction, and so when general contractors were not able to actually be in spaces to renovate, they were dramatically impacted.?
But when the dust settled and people realized we?d be in this ? this being not only the pandemic, but literally our homes ? for the long haul, perspect...
We know, we know ? you?re probably keenly aware that the past year has been, well, different. While we could start counting off the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has changed society, potentially forever, we?re going to cut to the chase. Over the past 12 months, the general population has spent more time at home than ever before in our lifetimes. In the interior design world, that single pandemic-induced behavioral change is dramatically impacting the industry. More specifically, it?s created a laser focus on wellness and sustainability.
In March 2020, before we had any idea just how long we?d be in lockdown, everything froze. People froze their assets, their social lives, their office lives ? really, just anything and everything stopped. And that included design businesses. Courtesy of Sweeten
?At the beginning of the pandemic with the stay-at-home orders, we saw a dramatic decrease in business,? says Tisha Leung, editor at home renovation company Sweeten, a service that connects homeowners and contractors. ?We are an online platform that facilitates an offline transaction, and so when general contractors were not able to actually be in spaces to renovate, they were dramatically impacted.?
But when the dust settled and people realized we?d be in this ? this being not only the pandemic, but literally our homes ? for the long haul, perspect...
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