2022 Design Trends
Painted Trim
Painting walls and ceilings has always been a thing, but don’t ignore your trim and doors! Simply painting crown-moulding, baseboards, and window-sills in a room can do wonders for a room. Trust me, you’re going to see a lot more of neutral wall colors and contrasting trim in 2022!
Sustainability
Incorporating more natural materials and performance fabrics into the everyday home has become a new normal as we’re spending more time indoors. Performance textiles don’t have to be sterile aethetically. We’ve seen beautiful materials introduced from this category with a softer-lush hand, more drape able applications, colorful-patterns, and even woven styles. The pandemic has enlightened how we perceive germs, and as more families collectively share spaces the shift to feeling comfortable indoors will mean more breathable, anti- microbial, and low maintenance properties for the home. I imagine we’ll be seeing more natural materials like wicker, marbles and other natural stones, cork, bamboo, and wool. Inorganic-materials such as solid-brass for it’s anti-microbial properties and even recycled-materials for its eco-friendly contribution.
Patterned Sofas
It’s been around for centuries, but the trend of maximalism has re-united with everyday living. Rooms full of pattern and layers of color. Particularly, the patterned sofa in large-scale prints. And not for the faint of heart, these upholstered goods are taking more risks in the everyday residential space.
Ruffles
Consider it Grandma’s gift to the modern world. I can’t help but think of my childhood and ruffled details on bed shams, bedskirts, and pillows. Use a modern or geometric print and add a ruffle edge. Mixing this old ornamental technique with something new keeps an “old-fashioned’ trend from feeling too feminine. Or if you’re a lover of all things grand-millennial, consider a ruffle skirt over of a tailored skirt on a chair.
#Grand-Millennial forever
Forever all things granny but approachable! From ruffles to tassels, chintz, embroidered linens, antiques, skirted tables and pleated lampshades. Its recent resurgence is making a comeback, although, it never left to those of us who have always drawn design inspiration from the warmth and comforts of grandma’s style. The pride women of the past took in every selection and placement of things has a deeper meaning than just picking pretty things. It’s the attentiveness to detail and thoughtfulness of how it would be used. There’s a connection to this past that informs classically informed interiors of the present.
“Ranging in age from mid-20s to late-30s, grandmillennials have an affinity for design trends considered by mainstream culture to be ‘stuffy’ or ‘outdated’—Laura Ashley prints, ruffles, embroidered linens.”
Sourcing Antique & Vintage
The perception of new has become more difficult to obtain under the overwhelming supply chain strain since the pandemic. Seeing period-style furnishings with fresh eyes has converted the twenty-first century home into a collected more timeless environment with lasting style. Bargaining and bidding your price for a found treasure comes with instant gratification in the world of backorders and labor shortages. Not to mention it’s an heirloom piece! Shopping local vintage and antique shops may just be your solution to finding the perfect piece to express your individuality.
{Cover Image Source: House Beautiful, Interior Design by Katie Ridder}
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