2025 Design Trends

Embrace What's Coming: Top 2025 Design Trends for Your Home

I'm always watching for the latest in interior design and decor. It's both my personal passion and also my desire to stay current to be able to bring my best to your projects. This time of year is always exciting to watch for the new design and decor predictions. Hopefully these 2025 design trends will inspire your next decor project and help you elevate your personal space. Whether you’re decorating an entire room or just doing a few tweaks for a quick refresh, follow these tips for a great end result.

Grays And Cool Whites Are Out

It's time to say goodbye to the grays and cool whites that we've enjoyed for quite a while in our home decor. We’re moving towards the warmer hues that create a sense of emotional connection and comfort. The way forward with your decor choices is still expressing a strong connection to nature, your own individuality, and bringing a sense of warmth to your space. Let's see what hues are predicted for this coming year.

A Splash of Colour: Things Are Warming Up

The palette of 2025 is all about creating a serene atmosphere by incorporating soft creams, beiges, and those beautiful earthy greens. You can be a little bold with the dark blues, warm oranges, and reds that complement the neutrals. At the recent Fall High Point Market, designers I follow who attended reported seeing lots of butternut yellow and rich cinnamon tones that bring a dynamic touch. And big news in colour are the burgundy and plum tones that really add sophistication and beautiful depth to your designs.

Mixing these tones is the perfect way to be a little indulgent with your personal expression, while creating a welcoming, cozy space.

Curved Furniture, Sculptural Elements and Interlocking Designs

The straight lines we've known in furniture are being replaced with curved pieces. It really makes your interior next level beautiful with shapes that bring a sense of well-being and comfort with their soft inviting appeal. Nothing calls to you more than a rounded sofa or armchair to curl up in with your favorite throw blanket and new book. It's like a hug just waiting to happen.

Another big High Point trend was interlocking furniture pieces. An example would be headboards that look like big puzzle pieces, or maybe a set of cocktail tables that fit together that add a little fun to their function while expressing a unique artistic touch.

In general, there's a big emphasis on furniture designed with the look of movement. Everyday pieces become central focal points that draw the eye in with their clever, innovative look.

Texture, Texture, Texture: Velvet Everywhere

One of the best ways to bring a little luxury to your cozy decor is with touches of velvet. Is it time for some lush draperies or a really lavish velvet sofa? It's a strong trend that you won't be able to escape in the marketplace. The visual interest and very tactile element of velvet beckons a sweep of your hand if you're at all like touchy-feely me. A well-decorated room always has texture as one of the design principles, and texture in many forms is huge in home decor right now.

As much as velvet is in, boucle is moving out. You might consider updating the fabric of that boucle armchair you're holding onto.

It could be the perfect velvet opportunity in one of the trending spice colours that expresses your personal flair, while adding another layer of warmth and interest.

Plum, velvet and curved

nature inspired, green tones and metallic statement

Get Lit With Some Statement Lighting

Bold choices are setting lighting in the front seat this year. Statement lighting like oversized pendants or intricate chandeliers bring drama and elevate any room with a sense of ambiance as well as function. They're like exquisite pieces of art hanging from the ceiling that can really anchor your design.

Look for new lighting made with glass, metal, or fabric, or something sculptural that might become that conversation starter piece in your decor.

A Touch of Nature

Trained in Biophilic Design, I always incorporate natural elements like greenery, stone, wood, bamboo, and even water if we can make it work in a space. The nature connection in your living space is being recognized more and more as an important core sentiment in the new decor trends.

Add texture and greenery with lots of indoor plants of different heights and shapes. Match them with furniture and accessories made from natural materials for a great look, and more importantly to promote a proven sense of well-being, better health, and a feeling of tranquility.

How To Add Trends On A Budget

Good decor does not have to be expensive. Embrace these 2025 design trends with a refresh of the smaller decor items for a fresh, updated look and feel. You don't have to break the bank with a total overhaul.

Opt for some bold velvet fabrics or try some new colours from the nature-inspired neutrals or bolder spice palettes for toss pillows and throws. Consider adding some curved furniture pieces over time, or even changing up your lighting to shift the look and feel of your space without a huge expense. Budget-friendly decorating is a great way to go.

orb toss pillows are popping up in home design. I can’t image why!

Conclusion

Moving into 2025, it's going to be all about your personal expression, bringing comfort with simplicity, and making your decor rich with character and warmth. Enhance your well-being, embrace some of these new trends, and get your creativity going for your next interior makeover.

I’m all for DIY projects. If you’re feeling stuck and overwhelmed with yours, I’d be so pleased to help.