How the Coronavirus Will Change Home Design
The Atlantic Welcome to the Post-pandemic Dream Home Work “nooks,” sanitizer-stocked mudrooms, and other new features might soon appear in American houses—for those who can afford them. Updated at 6:19 p.m. ET on February 9, 2021. With all the additional time Americans are spending at home, the pandemic has made many people hyperaware of what they like—and what they don’t—about the space they live in: Natural light went from being a perk to a lifeline; an open-concept floor plan went from being an occasional annoyance to an exasperating privacy killer. Sometime hopefully not long ...