Interior Design Trends
Even though design trends come and go, staying on-trend helps give your home a fresh, stylish feel. Our experts’ advice will help you define your personal style, and translate it to your home. They’ve got their thumb on the pulse of interior design trends which will help you find the best way to update your home this year.
Updating your home with 2017 interior design trends will give it a stylish, modern, and like-new feel. In terms of design, this year has been the year of bold. Big patterns, deep colors, and unique materials describe the style of 2017. Navy began to phase out, replaced with a deep green. Exciting, unique materials like cork have come into play, too. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming interior design trends.
Minimalism: The Interior Design Style that Says More with Less
Less is more. This is the simple mantra behind minimalism – one of our favorite interior design concepts. Minimalism is a style that “simultaneously showcases exceptional functional design while artistically creating a simplified way to live,” says Neila Deen, Freshome. “In a nutshell, it’s design that’s stripped down to [...]
Your State’s Most Popular Home Decor Item
Interior design might seem as straightforward as choosing a paint color and coordinating your furniture, but the truth is, the devil’s in the details. Those last few finishing touches can really pull together a room and make it your own. Since we’re in the business of adding accents to homes, we were curious to know what [...]
How To Pair Window Treatments with Popular Wall Colors
“No matter how fine your furnishings, the pieces must complement each other or you won’t have a pleasing space,” writes Leah James, SFGATE. “That’s especially true of walls and window treatments given that they abut.” So, it’s important to put careful thought and care into your window treatment/wall color pairings. Here are a few [...]
How to Use Red in Your Interior Design
When used properly, the color red should “flow in your house, not be a patchwork of opposite looks,” says Candice Olson, HGTV. However, “to use color boldly can be a challenge.” It is easy to lose perspective and overdo it with red or any color for that matter. So, the question on everyone’s mind is… “How do you decorate with red [...]
Get a Jump on Summer with a Bright New Look
Interior Design Ideas for Summer 2018 As summer quickly approaches, people everywhere are packing away their long-sleeved shirts and sweaters in favor of shorts and sundresses to accommodate the changing weather. However, “the bright breezy attitude of the season can inspire more than a change in fashion and your mood,” says author [...]
Find Inspiration: Ideas for Interior Design Struggles 💡
Finding Inspiration All Around You Stephen King once said, “The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.” While the author was most likely talking about his writing process, these words ring true for a number of different endeavors, including interior design. “Decorating and designing the [...]
How to Use Black in Your Interior Design
Every year, there seems to be a new “it” color, and everyone uses the same expression to explain how integral this color will be for interior designers. Tell us if this sounds familiar. [Insert color] is the new black. Whether it’s pink, orange, or even Ultra Violet, Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2018, designers are always [...]
5 Stylish Looks Perfect for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and so is your chance to give back to the women who have raised, nurtured, and made a difference in the lives of so many. This year, surprise mom with something different — something crafted by hand, just for her. To get you started, we’ve collected 5 hand-picked looks from [...]
Using Bold Colors in Your Interior Design
The Original Star Trek opens using the phrase “To boldly go where no man has gone before.” Fortunately, when it comes to interior design, you do not have to set off on your own path – unless you are truly adventurous. Instead, you get to boldly go where professional interior designers have boldly gone before. They have [...]
Using Grey in Your Interior Design
Interior design, like fashion, is no stranger to trends. And one of the hottest trends around is the use of the color grey. “The grey trend started about 5 years ago,” says Tamara Cannon, Provident Home Design. “Initially it began on walls, then in accents of rugs and pillows, then on furniture in upholstered chairs and [...]