Since the start of COVID - 19 around this time last year, many people have been forced to spend more time at home and with family. The money typically used for those summer vacations, and restaurant dining, has now been refocused on where you spend most of your time. Necessity is one factor driving the building and DIY boom, as home offices, workout spaces and places for the kids to play have been incorporated. People have been forced to use their houses more, and home improvement spending has been on a long steady rise! Those home hardware retailers have already seen strong sales and growing profits during the pandemic. If you are not a big DIY'er, maybe an easy change up at home is some paint, or even some accent pillows...check out Benjamin Moore's colour of the year for 2021 (and a palette that will compliment it)!!