Hashtag 2022

You’ve probably read a lot about Interior Design trends for 2022 and came across the different styles, colors and patterns that you want to work with in your home.  We’ve seen a lot of the farmhouse style but with a more elegant touch.  Black window frames against white walls show classic and clean styles.  The very modernist straight-lined, minimalist design has not been very popular in recent years and opulence and a bit of complexity have returned!  I really like this post-modern and a dash of Avant Garde mixed with minimalist design.  With all these #2022styles though, I want to make this post simple so I won’t talk about a lot so I will give my take on 3 trends that I feel are best to discuss.  If you want to know more, feel free to contact me so we can chat.

First of all, when you hear the word trend or trendy, it does not mean you have to use that popular thing or color or furniture.  These are guidelines to help you update your space or give that more stylish look. It still has to speak to you and it all comes to your personality and how the space functions.  You need to utilize these trends properly.  Too much and it looks like a bomb went off in that room. For example, you don’t really have to use that sage green color (one of the “in” colors right now) to everything!

In this light, let’s start with…

Color

As a designer, I don’t particularly work with just one color and I don’t use a certain hue just because it’s the color of year or of the season.  I use a palette or a range of colors that go well together.  The use of natural, earth tones still work today.  We are seeing less of the stark white kitchen but it doesn’t mean it has gone out of style.  Cream and beige are back and they are fabulous! But if you still like the cool crisp clean lines of white, there is a wide range of white with creamy tints you can use.  Some alternatives to white include Simply White, White Dove, Swiss Coffee - all by Benjamin Moore.

Bold, rich hues like dark blue and emerald green are coming back into style.  Yes, the 90’s are calling, but please, let’s not overdo it.  Everything has to come together and be pulled together by natural wood, earthy tones and the right furniture.  Sage green, as I mentioned earlier, is also one of the chic colors of 2022.  Evergreen Fog and Basil by Sherwin Williams are a few options to choose from.  Kitchen cabinets and front doors and even an accent wall look amazing in this hue.

Natural, warm oak is also popular with kitchen and bathroom cabinets.  Not the orange-y ones but the lighter, warmed toned hue which also works well with flooring.

Floor

Flooring is one of the biggest areas of the house (obviously).  With the walls, it’s the skin of your interiors and it is the base of your design.  There are tons of flooring options, from vinyl to wood, to tiles to carpet but I’ll focus on my favorite – wood.

We’ve been seeing less of dark, black, grey toned flooring and more of the natural, warm, light oak.  This speaks coziness and warmth and it feels like Sunday morning everyday! 

Furniture

Curves are back! Gone are the too rectangular sofas and chairs and tables.  Furniture today evokes emotion, grace, fluidity.  It gives life to a room.  The curved furniture and décor somehow show individuality and just embracing the human form and softened edges.  Don’t you just love it?

You can still mix and match these curvy items with boxy ones, it just needs balance and decor to pull the room together.

There you go! If you want to update your home, these 3 trends can certainly do the trick. When I conceptualize a design, I always make sure that it is purposeful and not just austere and too simple.  All these trends are very helpful when designing but it still comes down to what you, as the client, as the user - feel, experience and need.