{"id":869,"date":"2015-07-16T04:44:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T04:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apchin.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2022-09-16T19:37:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:37:26","slug":"home-design-changes-since-mid-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apchin.com\/2015\/07\/16\/home-design-changes-since-mid-century\/","title":{"rendered":"7 ways home design has changed since the mid-century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

They say that you can\u2019t know where you\u2019re going if you don\u2019t know where you\u2019ve been. In order to determine where the future of custom home design is going, we need to take a look at where we\u2019ve been. While some design trends, particularly mid-century modern home design<\/a>, have stood the test of time, a lot has changed over the past several decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Bigger and Better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Back in 1975, the\u00a0average size<\/a>\u00a0of a Canadian home was 1,050 square feet, and the average family in 1965 consisted of 3.5 people. It was pretty much your ideal television image of life in the 60s and 70s. Fast forward to modern-day Canada, and the homes have gotten steadily bigger while the average number of people per household has dropped to 2.5. In 2010, the size of the average home in Canada ballooned to 1,950 square feet, so most people are living much more spacious lives than the generations before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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