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6791-B Waipouli Road This gorgeous 3 bedroom 2 bath home in the Homesteads is located on 2 level acres with mountain and distant ocean views. Primarily a one story house with an upstairs large loft that can be used as an office, artist studio or just extra living area. Not a CPR, the owner/buyer could most likely build another house. MLS # 670213; $1,700,000. Call Julie Black, RB-14203 (808) 652-6174 Kauai Dreams Realty, to see this property.
Fall’s ‘dopamine decor’ trend says Phillips. “Gen Z is on the cusp of becoming our new homeowner,” says Amanda Kruse of Upspring PR, a New York-based marketing firm for real estate, design and interiors. And they’re more likely to mix styles for a personal spin, she says.
Kim Cook ASSOCIATED PRESS World got you down? A hit of “dopamine decor” might lift the spirits. The biggest trend in home decorating this fall is an emphasis on happiness, self-expression, color and creativity. Does orange make you smile? Dress your kitchen in the happy hue. Love a variety of styles? Do a mashup. The look goes by many names. Fashion writer Dawnn Karen referenced the feel-good brain chemical in her book “Dress Your Best Life,” holding that “dopamine dressing” — wearing clothes in your own, individual style — gives you positive feelings. Decorators and influencers say the same thing happens when we throw out old decor rules and step into a space adorned with personal touches. We’re more relaxed. More creative. People are asking themselves what colors and patterns they really love, “and then bringing those features into their spaces — even if it goes against conventional decorating advice or what they might have seen online 10 years ago,” says Lauren Phillips, associate director of special projects at Better Homes & Gardens.
Artsy elements
Emilie Munroe began designing a San Francisco family’s Victorian home by leafing through a sheaf of torn-out magazine images from the client. “We knew immediately our design should exude happiness and inspire curiosity,” says Munroe. A tiny powder room got an exuberant pink-and-black, animalprint wallpaper. In a tight hallway next to a window, there’s a kaleidoscopic wallpaper, an abstract rug and a Basquiatpatterned chair. London-based design editor THOMAS KUOH / STUDIO MUNROE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Cara Gibbs, meanwhile, has noticed the free-wheeling use of A tiny powder room of a family’s Victorian home with an exupaint. berant pink and black animal print wallpaper. “I feel like it used to be wacky to paint a room pink from top to “Unused guest rooms are home own style, and really getting to the root of the designs they love, bottom, but now the application offices. Formal dining rooms even if that’s a little more colorful, of these bright, poppy palettes is become craft spaces. And chic, interesting and most ‘barkitecture’ is having a moment kitschy or funky,” says Phillips. importantly very livable. I’m here — installing dog baths and other Creative reins loosened for it!” she says. pet-specific features,” she says. ‘Barkitecture’ So is Massachusetts designer There’s lots of inspiration on Decor is awash in aesthetic the internet. “If, 15 years ago, we Nicole Hirsch. She’s put a zingy “cores” — Barbiecore, The trend toward making green — she calls it “alligator” — all wanted the picture-perfect cottagecore, coastal grandma, rooms more comfortable, kitchen we saw online, today it’s on a bathroom ceiling. Tangerine mermaidcore. functional and personal gained on a playroom ceiling. Cobalt all about taking a trend or “But I don’t take it to mean steam during the pandemic, when blue, lipstick pink and chrome beautiful interior that you see we’re bouncing from trend to many people were homebound. yellow add lively punches on on TikTok or Instagram and And it continues to grow, Phillips trend super quickly. To me, it pulling out the details you love,” furnishings. means people are defining their says.
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Long-term U.S. mortgage rate falls to 7.18 percent ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate slipped after climbing for five consecutive weeks to a more than 20-year high, a modest relief for would-be homebuyers challenged by rising home prices and a thin inventory of homes on the market. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell to 7.18 percent from 7.23 percent last week. A year ago, the rate averaged 5.66 percent. The average rate is now the lowest it’s been in two weeks, but remains above 7 percent. High rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting how much they can afford in a market already unaffordable to many Americans. They also discourage homeowners who locked in low rates two years ago from selling. The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with those refinancing their homes, was 6.55 percent, unchanged from last week. A year ago, it averaged 4.98 percent, Freddie Mac said. Mortgage rates climbed for much of August along with the 10-year Treasury yield, which is used by lenders to price rates on mortgages and other loans. The yield, which last week neared its highest level since 2007, rose sharply as bond traders reacted to reports showing the U.S. economy remains remarkably resilient. That’s stoked worries that the Federal Reserve will conclude that it needs to keep interest rates higher for longer in order to crush inflation.
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