text: Must-Have Design Ideas to Help Sell Your Homes - NAHB
  [caption id="attachment_3374" align="alignleft" width="300"] A pocket office for a modern home[/caption] A powerful selling tool is a home that functions smoothly and saves precious time and labor for the home owner, and not necessarily the number of bedrooms and bathrooms it has. This was the message delivered during an educational seminar on must-have design ideas at the 2019 at the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. Deryl Patterson, president of Housing Design Matters based in Jacksonville, Fla., listed the following spaces and features to emphasize in a new home:
  Open, entertaining kitchen. Oversized islands with ample seating is "where the party is."
  The latest color trend for a home is gray, according to Kay Green, owner and founder of Kay Green Design, Inc. headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. "Gray appeals to millennials because it is hip, very soothing and goes with anything," said Green. Comparable to results found in NAHB's What Home Buyers Want survey, Green observed that the most popular flooring in homes is wood and another advantage is that it can cover all price ranges. LED lighting remains very popular, and buyers are also increasingly seeking out green homes crafted with no volatile organic compound (VOC) construction materials.