Popular Trends –Not in Home Decor in 2016
What’s In – The Most Popular Trends
Black metals: This metal used to be reserved for outdoor furniture or bedframes, but not anymore. This unflashy metal is appearing as common hardware, bathroom fixtures, and also flatware, British interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard told The Wall Street Journal. Black metal is also being blended into wood and glass.Curvy home décor: Rounded tables and curvy aesthetics will likely show up in more furnishings. Radial and bullnose edges soften hard materials like marble, says Glenn Lawson of Lawson Flenning in Los Angeles.
Old-world style: “People want the normal and dressy, that has a shot of nostalgia, to feel as if everything is gonna be OK,” Tobi Fairley, an interior designer in Little Rock, Ark., told The Wall Street Journal. Expect to see more brocades, tapestries, Georgian and Empire antiques, as well as fringe, cording and tassels.
Scandinavian flat weaves: “With elegantly balanced geometric compositions, these rugs are a sophisticated solution to the omnipresent neutrals and sisals,” said Los Angeles designer Madeline Stuart. The Scandinavian designs are being weaved into both contemporary and traditional spaces.
What’s Out – The Least Popular Trends
Rosy metallic: Copper and rose-gold metals were big in 2015, but, alas, the rosy-gold hues may have a appearance of being “cheap” in 2016, warns Barclay Butera, a designer with offices in Los Angeles and Park City, Utah.
The commercial look: “Enough of giving the impression of we are living in the garage,” says Joe Lucas of Lucas Studio in Los Angeles. The millennial-coffeehouse design is finally showing signs of fading, co-signs Timothy Brown, an interior designer based in New York.