May 14, 2023, 9:45 am | Read time: 3 minutes
The time of year is approaching that brings more lightness into life. This new sense of living is also making its way into home decor. It’s high time for a seasonal change: myHOMEBOOK author and interior designer Odett Schumann presents decor trends that are already ushering in summer.
As the seasons change, so often does our mood, and with it, our perception of our living spaces. With summer slowly approaching, we find ourselves yearning for colors, lightness, and relaxation. These new interior trends reflect this longing for summer and are ready to make their way into our homes.
1. Trend: Pink and Orange as a Colorful Duo
In recent years, natural colors like sand, olive, or gray have dominated interior design. However, in summer 2023, there’s no holding back on vibrant color combinations. Pink and orange will be a colorful duo frequently seen in living spaces this year. If that doesn’t whet your appetite for juicy tropical fruits! And for those who wish, adding bold lemon yellow or azure blue to the arrangement is welcome. One thing is clear: with this interior trend, summer enters the home loud and cheerful.
2. Trend: Delicate Bar Cart for Drinks
One of the most delightful associations with summer is likely alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktails. To keep everything for colorful drinks within reach, bar carts, also known as serving carts, are making a tasteful comeback this summer. Those thinking of outdated, bulky wooden models with tiled tops and shelves will be surprised by new bar carts made of glass and metal in original designs. Their delicate craftsmanship and elegant wheels make it easy to move this useful furniture from indoors to outdoors (and back again).
3. Trend: Furniture as Sculptures
Sculptural furniture is now mixing into the summer living space. Ignoring conventional shapes and lines, current furniture designs appear unconventional, almost artistic. Coffee tables or seating with distinctly curved to eccentric forms exude a great deal of casualness. Tall shelves, whose individual compartments defy standardized dimensions, resemble historical statues. This interior trend for summer even extends to accessories. Thus, lights, mirrors, and vases also come in distinctly wild and organic sculptural forms.
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4. Trend: Iridescent Glass
Glass as a material has been increasingly used in interior design for some time. In its colored variant, the trend has particularly caught on with glass lights. However, the design appears even lighter in its current version as iridescent glass. As if delicate sun rays were meeting a silky surface, the material shimmers in all the colors of the rainbow, but in soft pastel tones. In a way, iridescent glass also resembles soap bubbles floating through the room. This interior trend for summer 2023 is especially popular with accessories like drinking glasses, bowls, vases, and even small lights.
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5. Trend: Knotted Look
Knots are in. A true classic here is the “Knot” cushion by Design House Stockholm. Now, this iconic design is making the leap from accessory to furniture as an interior trend. At current furniture fairs, one could also see armchairs and chairs in a completely knotted look. Other accessories like candle holders also feature knots in their design for an original detail.
This new interior trend seems to be inspired by the many braided and woven looks in wall decorations and seating surfaces of recent years. Even though products like these are industrially manufactured, they still have a subtle handcrafted touch. In a way, the designs are reminiscent of sailor’s knots for mooring a boat or the ropes of hammocks.