Refresh Your Home Design with These 5 New Trends

Home design has boomed in the past year. With so many people stuck indoors, it's no wonder many have turned to sprucing up their bedrooms and living rooms as a pastime. Online home remodeling platforms have indicated that there's been a 58 percent increase in 2020 for home redecorating projects. Most of these larger projects were aimed at improving or adding amenities to outdoor spaces. Swimming pools and home spas were the most popular of these larger outdoor remodeling projects.

A lot of people have instead chosen to alter their home design. After all, it's much cheaper to change your wallpaper than to change your carport design. Although you don't need a builder's contractor license to redecorate your home, you do need to stay on top of trends.

Here are five design trends you should avoid and what design trends you should replace them with.

1. Out: Tchotchke Décor 

A few years back, people began decorating their homes with sentimental décor like tiny figurines, hand-painted knickknacks, and touristy items. For a while, this design trend was very efficient in making your home seem warmer and welcoming. It helped put your personal touch to your living room and other spaces. It was also a great way to showcase your collections. However, today sentimental décor now reeks of tackiness rather than warmth. Ditch the tchotchke and embrace a new décor trend.

In: Cottagecore 

Cottagecore refers to a design trend that takes inspiration from rustic country homes and small woodland cottages. Architectural highlights of cottagecore include interesting textures like exposed wooden beams, rough floorboards, and wood-paneled walls. In terms of décor, cottagecore enthusiasts love wooden furniture, often with rough-hewn appearances for extra rustic appeal. Knitted fabrics are also an essential facet of cottagecore, used in upholstery as well as design accents. Kitchens and dining rooms are the focal points of cottagecore. Copper and brass cookware, crockery, and other country-inspired items are all welcome in such a design.

1. Out: Millennial Pink

Millennial pink was present in merchandising and pop culture as far back as 2010. The color, also called blush, was featured heavily in Nicki Minaj's breakthrough hit "Superbass." From there, millennial pink exploded in popularity, especially on social media platforms like Instagram. Millennial pink is decidedly an unusual color, pale enough to be reminiscent of pastel but bold enough to make you hesitate. However, millennial pink has oversaturated everything at this point, and the time has long passed for this Pepto Bismol shade to be replaced by some other color scheme.

In: Primary Color Palette

People are preferring bolder color schemes featuring primary colors. Vibrantly red vases, deep blue wall paintings, and bright yellow table runners are all the vogue with new home decorators. These colors form the foundation of a design scheme, whether in their light shades or their most virulent hues.

To avoid overwhelming a room or space with their color, use primary colors as accents, strategically placed to brighten up the area. For example, you can keep a cream and white living room, but with a red vase, blue painting, and yellow table runner to make it pop.

1. Out: Hotel-like Bedrooms

Certain hotel rooms evoke an air of luxury and calmness with their design and décor, and this is usually done by using cold, clean lines on the paint job and furniture. The entertainment center might be made of glassy black wood polished to a mirror finish. The massive bed is often on a simple but elegant bed frame, with an enormous headboard. Furnishing might be helpful but also graceful in their execution. The main problem with evoking hotels in the bedroom is that it makes the space very cold and impersonal, two things that should be alien to your boudoir.

In: Cozy Home Offices

As more and more people are confined in their homes because of community quarantines and lockdowns, it became essential that people develop home offices. And the more time they spent in their home offices, the more they preferred to infuse it with personality and life. This décor trend is the complete opposite of hotel-like bedrooms. Instead of keeping home offices impersonal, the current design trend calls for putting rugs on the floor, ditching sterile chairs for cozy armchairs.

Home design trends always come and go. Staying on top of these trends is essential if you want your home to remain stylish. So take the time to look up which trends have fallen out of favor and which ones are on the rise.