Home Design Trends to Embrace in Your Home

Here are some of this year's exciting trends to help you get inspired.

Green Needs to Be Seen

Shades of green are coming back into fashion. Not bright, glossy green, but greens that help us feel connected to nature. Whether it is painting your walls or choosing decor, let a love for nature lead your interior design. Complement your colour scheme with some vibrant house plants for a peaceful, beautiful space.

Style without Fashion

Today's homeowners are bucking the fashion trend and letting their home design flow from their personalities. This trend is all about the importance of having a home that feels like no one else's, a home that's inspired uniquely from our own stories.

The homes that are really exciting this year will be those that display freedom and spontanaiety, with daring, idiosyncratic choices that reflect people's personalities rather than conformity with fashions.

Soft and Gentle Design

Tomorrow's interior design is all about soft textures, ergonomic shapes, and curves. Rounder, more feminine forms are becoming popular in everything from tables and chairs to handles and hardware. Materials such as cork, fur, and rustic hand-knit wools are set to become more popular - to contrast and complement them, designers are opting for warm metallic colours such as burnished bronze, deep gunmetal grey and glowing natural brass.

Hidden Storage Spaces

Innovative storage solutions continue to reinvent homes and provide new life for smaller spaces. Modern storage trends aren't just about de-cluttering. Instead, they focus on concealing the sotrage space itself, providing a truly streamlined and minimalist environment.

You can implement discreet storage spaces in something as simple as a hollowed out ottoman, or a bed base that has drawers, or you can opt for a more complex solution, such as a fully recessed pantry. Remember to consider vertical storage options and multi-functional furniture that can store your possessions and enhance your decor. 

Enhance an Entryway

What do people see when they walk into your home? More importantly, what do you see? The future of entrances is bright and bold and you can adopt these trends today. Try painting your walls a bold, solid colour like red or engage visitors with hanging mirrors or artwork on display. If you have a few stairs leading into your home, try painting them a different colour for effect. Suspended overhead lighting can also have a brilliant effect for entrances with high ceilings.

Homes of the Future

Home automation is becoming more and more mainstream and sought after every day. With home automation, you can connect and control everything from smart appliances to motion detectors and even motorised blinds. Using your smartphone or a central console, you could control automatic lights, smart thermostats, motorised curtains, outdoor awnings, and privacy screens. For even more convenience, simply program these solutions to adjust automatically according to your needs.

To invest in innovative home automation solutions, explore the Somfy range. We provide interior and exterior window coverings and other advanced automation options. To transform your home into a smart home, speak to your local Somfy retailer.