Home Decor Ideas for the New Year
The New Year isn’t just a great time to think about how you’re going to make improvements in your life; it’s also the perfect time to make home-based resolutions. If you want 2020 to be the year you finally clean out the clutter and give your home a fresh interior makeover, here are the trends to keep your eye on.
Whether you’re making changes to enjoy yourself or you’re giving your home a design boost in anticipation of putting it on the market, here are ten hot interior design trends to keep in mind as you pick out furniture and comb through color swatches:
- Neutral Colors
Neutral colors can have cool or warm undertones, and 2020 is shaping up to be all about warm undertones. Gray and beige are slated to be particularly hot this year. Use it on walls, but don’t forget to incorporate it into furniture choices as well.Another massive bonus of neutrals? If you’re looking to sell your home at some point in the New Year, you want to avoid garish colors that might put some potential buyers off. Neutrals look modern, clean, and appealing to a wide range of people. - Black and White Design Schemes
Interior design is a delicate balance of contrasting and complementary features, and the stark difference between black and white is going to be incredibly on trend in 2020 design portfolios. Go big with this idea by incorporating it into an entire kitchen—stark white cabinets and jet-black countertops, anyone?—or go more subtle by adding hints of it throughout a living room (black furniture and white pillows, for example).
- Geometric Designs…in Moderation
Geometric designs have been growing in popularity for several years now, and you can find them incorporated into just about any piece of home decor. The key to the 2020 trend, however, is to use the look sparingly. This doesn’t mean you can’t be bold. Maybe you opt for dramatic chevron tiles on your kitchen island or prominently across you backsplash. You should just avoid going with both at the same time!
- Floral Wallpaper
Before you roll your eyes, this isn’t your grandma’s wallpaper. This old-school look has gotten a major contemporary reboot. Vibrant colors and artfully contrasting tones (to really make those walls pop) abound. The patterns today also tend to be more abstract and artfully chic.
- Metal, Metal, Metal
From silver and gold to tin and copper, metal is going to be very in this year! Expect to see this trend even in unexpected places, such as panels of tin for backsplashes. The mixing of different metal types looks to take this design trend even one step further. Just be careful not to overdo it. Anything more than three mixed metals in one space could start to get busy and overwhelming.
- Velvet
Much like floral wallpaper, this is another blast-from-the-past trend that’s coming back in a big way. Velvet is a great means to add subtle texture to any design, and it’s the perfect medium to meld comfort and luxury. Look for velvet accessories and furniture in a wide array of colors, especially bold, personality-forward tones.
- Bold Monochromatic Color Schemes
While recent years have seen pale monochromatic color schemes, that’s entirely too safe and bland for 2020. Vibrant blues, rich greens, or even hints of purple can each serve as a more elegant and personalized way to implement the monochromatic trend.
- Mix and Match
People are eclectic, and the events of their lives are varied and unique, and increasingly people want their living spaces to reflect that fact. Don’t be surprised if houses you enter in 2020 are a delightful hodgepodge of vintage finds, souvenirs picked up while traveling, and brand-new pieces. The shelves of this New Year are likely to have time-worn leather-bound first editions right next to crisp new paperbacks, and that sentiment will pervade the entire home.
- Lived-In Elegance
Don’t get us wrong. The on-trend homes of 2020 won’t be sloppy or cheap, but they will be filled with items that have some beautiful imperfections. The pristine, perfect, immaculate, museum-like look is no longer desired. People today want to be comfortable in their homes while still being surrounded by elegant, thoughtful, artful pieces. Patina is in; buffed perfection is out. Scratched hundred-year-old stone is en vogue; spotless tile is passé.
- Statement Doors
Doors are the literal gateways between the spaces of your home. They make bedrooms private sanctuaries, and they have the power to transform a spare room into a quiet reading nook. Don’t let them languish as boring, nondescript elements of your decor! Go bold with dark paint and statement hardware. It’s one of the cheaper ways to completely revamp the look and feel of an entire space.
As 2020 stretches out in front of you, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about a home redesign. Maybe you want to buy a house in the New Year and are seeking ideas for fixing it up. Maybe you’re looking to modernize your aesthetic before placing it on the market.
Whatever your intentions, decorating and designing the interior of a home can truly transform what’s otherwise four walls and a roof into a personal expression of your aesthetic and tastes. If you’re interested in entering the housing market and starting your journey of transforming a house into a home, feel free to reach out to us today. We’d love to talk!
