By Merlissa Lawrence Corbett via clarendonpatch.com

From European kitchens to Roman showers, the interiors at Turnberry Towers in Rosslyn reflect the latest trends in luxury home interiors.

“All the units come decorator ready,” said Turnberry Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dan Riordan. Residents have the option of working with a Turnberry affiliated interior designer or one of their own. “The advantage of that is you’re not putting in the same floor in every unit.”

According to the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), the top trends in kitchen and bath design right now are shaker style kitchens, maple and alder cabinetry finishes, quartz countertops, pull-down/pull-out kitchen faucets, dishwasher drawers for small loads, and bronze and stainless steel finishes.

Most of those NKBA trends are most popular with suburbanites and those in middle America. The ultra modern styles available in the Turnberry represent trends hot with urbanites.

When it comes to cabinetry, Washingtonians prefer simple and classic, said Jennifer Gilmer, of Chevy Chase based Jennifer Gilmer Kitchens and Baths, LTD,  “They like the simplicity,” said Gilmer. “Life is so complicated because of all the things going on out there. In the last five years I’ve seen more people asking for more clean-line kitchens.”

Simple and sleek best describe the kitchens in the Turnberry units. The kitchens feature Snaidero Italian cabinetry. This style of cabinetry offers horizontal lines and deep drawers. Although engineered stone and solid surfaces are an option, granite countertops remain the most desired counter surface, and they are standard in Turnberry kitchens.

Turnberry kitchens contain the state of the art cooking appliances with programmable features. This includes the ones from Meile, like the built-in coffee system for making lattes and cappuccinos.

Large Roman showers with multiple shower heads are considered luxuries for most, but come standard in the Turnberry. And the use of large wall to wall marble represent a trend in bath remodeling. When Case Remodeling and Design released its top trends for 2011, among them was large format bathroom tiles, those 12 x 12 feet or larger.  These larger tiles are replacing smaller square tiles, producing flooring and walls that showcase more tile and fewer grout lines, said Bill Millholland, a veteran remodeler and Case’s Executive Vice President.

Merging form and function, each of the 247 residences at Turnberry offer Simplikate home technology that allows residents to request maintenance and valet services from their smart phones.