Trading neutral palettes for bold moves, renters and homeowners alike are embracing more personalized living spaces. Making room for signature statements, they’re looking for new ways to reflect their individuality at home. Whether through grand gestures or simple details, creating a personal touch can include anything from furniture to art. Unconventional interiors are becoming increasingly popular ways to express our character and what brings us joy.
Mixed Modern Dining
Using diverse colors, materials, and shapes, mixed furniture combinations for dining is becoming more and more popular. From the addition of benches to individual chairs, the move away from all-in-one dining aims to bring personality to the table. Though it’s not a new idea, the latest trend is moving beyond vintage pieces to include modern elements. Mixed dining can be achieved through everything from table heads and close complements to the simple unification of pieces with a single color.
Framed and Unframed Art
Art has long been one of the easiest ways to express individuality and personal style. From large-format paintings to gallery walls, artwork provides a way to showcase what you value. Similar to dining sets, renters and homeowners are breaking the tradition of placing matching frames together to create iconic statements. From hanging photos and art via wires to propping them against a wall or above a mantle, mixing framed and unframed art can break the monotony of a perfectly matched gallery wall.
Bold Wallpapers
Few interior design choices can be as intimidating as wallpaper. While it’s had a reputation as old-fashioned, wallpaper is making a comeback. From architectural nuances to murals, textures and new chintz, wallpaper is an easy way to make a room your own. As House Beautiful lays out, modern, photorealist interpretations of classic designs are increasingly popular, whether it’s a new take on a botanical print or a graphic, digitalized geometric pattern.
Metal Details
In the same vein as artwork and dining sets, attention is turning to metal detailing in a home. Both breaking away from matching elements and creating personalized accents, the trend brings creative expression to multiple scales. Beyond the material itself, designs can combine different finishes like satin and polished. Embellished and hand-crafted details can also be used to room colors, furniture or materials.
Swatch List
Celebrating deep shades and eccentric prints, upholstery and fabric choices are more varied than ever. From vivid, high-contrast patterns to velvet plush, bold swatches are paired with unconventional materials. Details like piping, contrast stitching, and flanged seams can bring out the character of upholstery and add a new dimension to piece of furniture or throughout a space.
Creating a home with panache begins with individual tastes and preference. How rooms are decorated and arranged showcases what inspires us. Moving beyond convention, a little mishmash or resurfacing can bring the focus to what makes us unique, and in turn, express individual personality through our homes.
