This interior design trend of working analog spaces into the plans reflects a return to tangible hobbies, a desire for more screen-free family time and a reduction in overstimulating interiors. “People are moving away from that sort of Calgary suburban home with the gas fireplace inlaid with thin stone tiles on it, and a gigantic television on top,” explains Buhler. As an alternative, and as a backlash, to digital overwhelm, he says people are requesting rooms that promote a digital detox: sofas that face each other rather than a screen, comfortable armchairs with proper reading lights, tables and storage for board games, even tables printed with a checkerboard on them.