Furniture on display at High Point Market is at a much smaller scale than in previous years. It seams that as people purchase more reasonable size houses and shy away from McMansoins, they are also purchasing furniture to fit into these more streamlined domiciles.
According to The Los Angeles times, "Smaller furniture also is in line with moves by home builders to trim the scale of some new homes to meet reduced buying power. KB Home, which once offered large homes with expensive amenities, has redesigned its new home layouts from 3,400 square feet to 2,400 square feet. And it recently unveiled a 1,230-square-foot home for the foreclosure-stricken Southern California market."
Examples of items being made in a smaller size are sofas, cabinets, dressers, desks, and more. For example, home office furniture being offered right now are single fold out cabinets that can be used in any room, or desks that hold no more than a laptop.
This trend is not solely the fault of a bad housing market. It is also due to a trend toward city high-rise living. It also serves a trend toward minimalism and the need to reduce clutter in the home.
Just as smaller furnishings are for sale right now, so are smaller scaled
wall art and accessories. This is not to say that newer wall art pieces are tiny, but they are on a more reasonable scale. They are also sold in groupings such as
art tryptics and larger sets that can be displayed separately depending upon the scale of the wall.
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