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Are you thinking about Christmas in July? It’s okay if you find yourself turning up the AC, sipping hot cocoa and watching your favorite holiday movies…you’re not alone! 

The "real thing" will be here before we know it, though, so now's the time to work on home improvements you’ll be proud to show off when your holiday guests arrive. 

Here are some 2021 home renovation trends to inspire you:

1.Bathroom Spas 
Making your bath a wellness retreat will bring you joy every day of the year. Create a space for relaxation and tranquility for your family and guests with details designed to pamper. Some trending spa-like features for home baths include steam rooms, heated floors, heated towel bars, freestanding tubs and dimmable lighting. Consider making the shower doorless, adding a rain shower head or multiple directional jets. 

2.Home Gyms 
Holiday overindulgences can be a motivation to adopt new fitness pro-grams – and making it easy to exercise at home can encourage us to fol-low one! Add more functionality and fun to a spare room or basement ar-ea with a space dedicated to being active. Choose features that fit you and your family – from sophisticated stationary bikes to well-designed treadmills, and from yoga balls and mats to free weights and benches. Trending wall-mounted personal gyms, including the new mirrors take up little space and feature personalized workouts and customizable settings for different household members.

3.Multifunctional Rooms 
Imagining your holiday gathering and wondering how to fit everyone into the festivities in your home? Jump on the multifunctional room trend and look at ways to maximize limited space. Opening up divided spaces into a combination kitchen-dining room can provide a comfortable setting to so-cialize. (And everyone ends up in the kitchen anyway, so why fight it?) Designing an indoor play area for the kids in the basement or a part of the family room is a welcome addition on both rainy summer days and cold winter ones. Integrating a home office into a guest room preserves space for holiday visitors while providing a spot for work-from-home focus and organization. 

4.Eco-Friendly Updates
Give your household (and the planet) a gift of eco-friendliness before the holidays. Investing in green features can help put your household on a more environmentally sustainable path, save money on energy bills and increase home value. Some eco-friendly updates to consider include so-lar panels, skylights, low-emissivity (or low-E) windows, energy efficient appliances and landscaping designed to provide shade in summer and maximize heat and light in the cooler months.            

5.Smart Homes 
A “smart” way to make your home more secure and sophisticated is in-vesting in new technology. Consider investing in smart thermostats, en-tertainment and task-based technology, smart appliances and home se-curity and surveillance systems. Many smart products help improve household efficiencies and are accessible from your smartphone while at home and away – in case you are the one doing holiday traveling.

Ready to get started on a renovation project? The Savings Bank is your partner in any season when it comes to helping you finance home improvements. Ask us about a home equity line of credit – or apply online today, anytime and anywhere the summer takes you.

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Sources: 
https://houseandhome.com/gallery/renovation-trends-2021/ 

https://buildertrend.com/blog/2021-home-renovation-trends/

https://www.kitchenbathdesign.com/home-spas-and-the-wellness-trend/

https://www.mymove.com/home-inspiration/other-rooms/ideas-creating-smart-multifunctional-rooms/ 

https://sweeten.com/process-and-planning/green-remodeling-ideas-for-home/

https://www.formsimplicity.com/blog/green-home-vs-smart-home-the-top-9-features/