Home sweet home is more a feeling for the people living there than the actual abode itself. Still, many create a quick mental list of changes or updates they’d like to make while they move through their hectic daily lives but never find the time to act.

“The pandemic didn’t really change too much in terms of trends,” said Marc Lape, owner of Elegance Surface Concepts, which recently opened a showroom at 291 Route 72 East in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township.