Are you wondering what the current trends in interior design are for 2017, and how to realistically incorporate them into your house? If so, stick with me. I'm going to break down some of the top 10 trends and how to incorporate them into your home.
The first trend and probably one of my favorites is there's a real East African influence, and in mud cloth, and you're seeing it now in places like Restoration Hardware, and it's sort of popping up at a lot of the big box retailers, but I absolutely love it.
The designs are blacks, and white, it has this tribal influence. One of the best ways to incorporate it is pillows, but I've also seen it in linens. I've also seen it in curtains, bedspreads, all types of things.
Trend number 2 is green is .. I don't know. The new grey, maybe? Green is huge. Pantone choose it as the 2017 Color Of The Year. I have to admit, I wasn't a green fan for a long time, but I'm coming over to the other side.
Where I actually like it is, I've seen some really cool dark green living room furniture. So, some velvet green couches or chairs are really fun, but if you don't want to go there, again, just bring it in in your accessories or just greenery, in general. Having live plant or tropical plants in your home is really a great thing to add.
Trend number three, and this is sticking with the color theme, is dark colors seems to be where it's at, and I'm really loving it. So, whether it be like dark purples or black, and painting your walls this color. I think it's something we call all be a little afraid of, but I think it's something we can incorporate into our home, and it actually makes a huge difference.
One thing to think about though, is when you do add black, if you do have black and white, contrast does make a room look smaller. Something to keep in mind, but that being said, if you want to space that's just warm and cozy, making it a dark color is a great option. Painting your bookshelves this color, I think, or your doors, is maybe a way to ease into it.
Trend number four, and this is less a trend than something I think actually that's becoming just the way it is, is mixed metals. Mixed metals seem to be where it's at and they are not going away. People are afraid, just like they're afraid to wear mixed metals, to put them in their home.
A little rule of thumb with it, is just mix it a couple time. If you have gold, say with silver, just mix it a couple times, and then you've got chrome. They all can go together. The black, it all goes together. It's just maybe add it a couple different times within your space. One of the metals that I predict maybe is going out, is a little bit of the rose gold and coppers, but that doesn't mean it won't be back in again, so mix your metals.
Number five is cork. Yes, you heard that right. Cork. Like a corkboard, it's back in. This is an interesting one, and I think the safest way to do it is in cork boards. Maybe off your kitchen, or in your office, or in a hallway, but I think you will see actually cork walls come back in, cork floors, so this is an interesting trend.
I think that it's something, again, I think from a functional point of view, we all have used cork for different reasons, but you'll see it coming in in 2017.
Number six is going back to colors again, is black. I love this one, so again, I was talking about painting your walls black. Accessories in black. Black marble is beginning to be, I think, more popular than the white marble.
Also, black fixtures, so your faucet, or a great way to incorporate it is your hardware on your kitchen. Maybe changing up your hardware, your door handles, to a black glass lever door handles would look great, but you're going to see this one for a while, and I think it going to again, become one of those things that's less of a trend and more here to stay.
Trend number seven is velvet. Actually, I'm love a lot of these trends, so every time I'm saying this, I'm saying, "I love it," and I do love velvet. A lot of the trends we see in fashion come into home, so we're seeing a lot of velvet in fashion, and it's definitely in home.
I think, velvet couches, I love it. I think that it's something that you're safe to do. A green velvet dining chairs, if that's too much, again, go for the cushions. Green velvet cushions, you could not go wrong. Looks great on your bed, as well.
Number eight. Pattern floors. Yes. Another trend to mix in with this is tiles. Tiles are really in, in really cool pattern tiles, so you're going to see this a lot in kitchens in the back splash, but where I really love it and using it, is on floors. In particular, ceramic tile patterns for bathroom floors.
I think this is a fun and a relatively safe way to do it. Little bit of Moroccan influence. I love the black and white ones that are out right now. Really, once you've got a pattern tile on your floor of your bathroom, you don't need much else.
Just keep the rest of it black and white. Maybe add some wood tones, or a little bit of greenery, and you're good to go. This is a trend I'm loving seeing and I think you're going to see more and more of.
Trend number nine, and I'm seeing how these all relate to each other as I'm saying them here, but black windows. Again, this has been around for a little while and is continuing to stay. One of my personal favorites. Black vinyl replacement windows and black steel frame windows.
So it's making your windows more of a focal point, so it's something that you want to make sure that you want to make a focal point if you're going with a black-framed window, but it really adds a lot of depth. A lot of character and a lot of interest to your space.
Trend number 10. I saved this one to the last, because it's kind of almost like a public service announcement. Statement lighting. I really want you to think of lighting as the jewelry of your room and it really can make and break it.
It's like they say in an outfit, "If you have a great outfit and then you have bad shoes, it doesn't look good." You can have a great house and great furniture, and you got bad lighting. It doesn't look good, so really think of lighting as a place to splurge if you want to splurge, but you don't always have to. There's other great lighting choices, but statement lighting, pendants above your kitchen, above your dining room, above your bedroom, cool lamps, it's just a really great way to update your space.
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