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What’s the secret to creating a home that looks beautiful, expresses your personality, and feels stylish and fresh? The answer is learning about interior design trends—then finding one or two that interest you and finessing them to express your own unique style.
Using interior design trends as a starting point for your home design project can save you time and help you achieve a cohesive look. You won’t have to start from scratch—you’ll have a design roadmap to guide you.
Using Trends as Your Guide
The seven trends you’ll read about here can each serve as the foundation for your design plan. Every one of the trends adheres to its own unique set of principles dictating how to arrange your walls, window treatments, floor coverings, furniture, and other décor to achieve a specific effect. Using a particular set of principles when planning your project is a great way to create spaces you’ll find satisfying and complete.
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Trend 1: Monochrome—Dazzle them With a Single Color
Monochrome is a visually striking design trend. At its core is a commitment to embracing one color. Walls, floors, ceilings, and even furniture are matched to create a mood. A room dominated by a pale salmon hue evokes cool sensuality. A grayish blue invites calm and introspection. Now bring those monochrome elements to life with just a subtle touch of color. Try accentuating the uniformity of a light beige arrangement by adding earthtone pieces that gently contrast with the base color. Want more drama? Matching drapery, with its shadows and curves, has an almost magical way of uniting the monochromatic elements into a single, captivating force. Done right, a monochrome room can be jaw-dropping.
Trend 2: Classic Revival—Delightful Harmony
Like every compelling interior design trend, the power of Classic Revival comes from contrast. Contrast is essential to every design style—even the monochrome trend depends on the smattering of tiny elements that contrast with the dominant color of the room. In Classic Revival, contrast comes from the mix of quality elements from often disparate eras. Blending ornamental antiquities with the alluring gold metallics of the Disco era creates a delightful but unexpected harmony. A formal archway might be contrasted with custom Roman shades crafted from a striking, geometric-patterned fabric. Quality furniture, rugs, and art from a variety of time periods can all thrive together in a Classic Revival room. The goal of this style of design is a surprising, yet balanced concoction.
Trend 3: Restorative Retreat—The Power of Intentionality
The interplay of different time periods that powers Classic Revival will always be a driving force for many decorators. But today the most powerful influence on interior design is the desire to create relaxing and restorative spaces. The Restorative Retreat design trend is the full expression of this intention—think simple design, rounded forms, earthtones, and soft, tactile objects scattered throughout the room. Where Classic Revival seeks to delight with memorable styles from the past, Restorative Retreat provides a means of escape—the mind rests in the moment. It is a true retreat from bustling streets and scattered thoughts. A rug made with renewable fibers. Natural shades woven from hand-harvested wild grasses. The prevalence of slow decorating—selecting interior design elements piece by piece over a long period of time—has much to do with the prominence of the Restorative Retreat trend. Every element must harmonize with the whole—and that can take time to develop.
Trend 4: Coastal Calm—Your Beautiful Blue Escape
This is Restorative Retreat meets the sea. Coastal Calm is a way of capturing the openness and light of a seaside setting. Think ocean-facing sunporch on Cape Cod—a look that you can transport to any room you desire, from a 53rd floor Manhattan apartment to the great room of a log home. Blues of every hue reign supreme in a Coastal Calm room. Painted wood furniture, patterned pillows, and wicker elements all play a part. Light blue, off-white, or bright white roller shades, solar, or natural shades lend a coastal feel. Clean white or light gray walls are ideal. You should feel free to get quite nautical with your wall art. Rugs should be in harmony with the furniture. No element in the room should clash with the color scheme—balance is central to this interior design trend.
Trend 5: Organic Shapes—Curvy Delights
This isn’t really a trend—it’s a design movement. Nearly every thoughtfully designed room you see today features organic shapes of some kind. Thirty years ago, rounded or curved elements existed but were rarely seen in the average home. As television and the internet have democratized good design, homeowners have taken hold of those curved shapes and made them the focal points of their rooms. You’ll find curves in round or oval pillows, furniture, light fixtures, artwork, and even window treatments. Curves bring drama, comfort, and sensuality. Looking to truly embrace organic forms? Choose the boldly curved opulence of a Graber balloon-style Roman shade, the epitome of organic design.
Trend 6. Modern Homestead—Everywhere for a Reason
With our sixth trend, we return to the realm of design as a restorative element. Modern Homestead creates a place to relax in clean, warmly textured surroundings. It also borrows some retro flavor through cottagecore nostalgia elements and the use of heirlooms, crafts, tools, and design pieces that reflect the homeowner’s own story or heritage. Texture is important—lace and florals as well as weathered materials and distressed finishes. Drapery is an ideal way to bring the right textures into your Modern Homestead room. Graber offers hundreds of fabric choices, so you can choose a drapery that injects just the right amount of modern vibe or traditional flavor—whatever you need to achieve the perfect balance. Clean lines are prominent in Modern Homestead, as are neutral hues and hints of historic colors. Everything is thoughtful—from the eco-friendly materials of the shades and floor coverings to the reclaimed wood furniture. At its deepest level, Modern Homestead is about creating a cleanly designed, delightfully modern retreat.
Trend 7. Midimalism—Beauty Through Balance
Minimalism captures your attention with space and restraint. Maximalism delights with over-the-top colors and shapes. In between is Midimalism, a new interior design trend that is all about balance. A round-shaped mobile slowly rotating before a pale-blue wall. A bold, red sofa atop an earthtone rug. There are open spaces but also areas where multiple art pieces and collectibles huddle together on a prominent shelf. If there’s anything attention-grabbing about Midimalism, it’s this: it’s so easy to feel perfectly at home in a Midimalism-inspired room. The viewer feels a pleasant energy from the juxtaposition of contrasting elements. A wall tapestry featuring big, bold, primary-colored shapes would contrast beautifully with the simple lines of a neutral-colored solar shade. This interior design trend really brings together the best of all worlds.
So, Where Do You Start?
It's easy to talk about great interior design, but it can be a bit more challenging to achieve. Luckily, there are experts to help.
Graber Design Experts understand interior design because it’s their playing field—and their playground. They are unparalleled experts in window treatments, but they also constantly follow emerging design trends. They have the expertise to ensure your new window treatments look stylish today—and for years to come.
Ready to execute your design plan? Window treatments are a great place to start—in fact, you should be thinking about your window treatments at the same time you’re exploring wall colors and flooring options. Click here to request a consultation with your local Graber Design Expert.
