December 19, 2022, 2:18 pm | Read time: 5 minutes
In the coming year, the home furnishings market will see many new trends, but familiar styles will continue to be popular as well. Interior designer and myHOMEBOOK author Odett Schumann reveals the home trends for 2023.
The new year is just around the corner. It’s time to take a peek through the keyhole of interior design to see what home trends await us in 2023. What’s going, what’s staying, and what’s coming? myHOMEBOOK has the answers.
1. Cheerful Design
For some time now, certain items have been catching the eye, particularly vases and lamps, but also side tables and lounge chairs, due to their distinctly quirky designs. Their almost exaggeratedly curved shapes make objects made of glass, ceramics, or upholstery materials appear cheerful.
The smooth, flowing design, which seems to be cast in one piece, is reminiscent of nature, with all its imperfections. Perfection is not the goal of this home trend. Objects can be crooked or flawed. This is how flower vases, table lamps, and coffee tables become tasteful sculptures in the room, thanks to their original, unique appearance.
2. Dynamic Color Worlds
Color worlds will also gain more vibrancy and dynamism in the coming year. A first harbinger of this is the Pantone color for 2023: Viva Magenta. The strong red tone, which actually comes from the warm color spectrum, also reminds one of the cooler, bluish-purple.
This tone primarily guides the rest of the palette: A zesty orange, a gentle peach, an intense fuchsia, or a bright lemon yellow are other warm, energizing tones expected in the coming year. To balance, there will also be some green and blue tones. Gray and black will also play a prominent role, especially in furniture and flooring design.
3. Wood Panels for the Wall
Wood panels on the wall not only look special, but they also improve the room’s acoustics. Often, the individual panels are backed with felt mats, which dampen sound propagation. The naturally appealing cladding enhances walls visually, whether as a single wide strip or even as a complete wall surface.
Wood panels can also be easily installed on ceilings or slanted walls, such as an attic slope. As a home trend, the panels will provide a modern-minimalist look in 2023, but they can also be complemented with additional accessories like wall clocks, lamps, or pictures.
4. Wellness Comfort at Home
This trend is primarily a home trend for the soul. In challenging times, as we have been experiencing for some time, there is a strong desire for a retreat that provides peace, strength, and warmth. Therefore, in 2023, the home should be above all: soothing and cozy. How this home trend looks is left to personal imagination and individual needs.
For some, it should be a bathroom with a wellness character, while for others, a specially designed yoga or meditation area brings the desired comfort. Others, however, need a kind of cozy corner in the living room or bedroom. Equipped with a comfortable lounge chair, a side table for a cup of tea, and soft pillows and blankets, relaxation is easily achieved.
5. Dried Flowers for Romance
Nature remains an indispensable element in interior design. Thus, pampas grass, drumsticks, silver branches, and cotton twigs are clearly among the selected home trends for 2023. The dreamy charm of dried flowers inevitably brings a lot of romance into the home, which we don’t want to miss in the coming year.
Aesthetically arranged in large floor vases, the delicate grasses and stems receive just the right attention. This home trend can also be reinterpreted as inspiration for floral wall art, as delicate hand-painted designs on ceramics, or as embroidered patterns on textiles.
6. Natural Stones Are Coming
Travertine has been used in architecture for walls and floors for many centuries. Recently, the sand-colored, porous limestone, covered with many small holes, has increasingly been used as furniture or accessories.
In the coming year, travertine will continue to make a tasteful impact as a home trend for 2023. Whether as a kitchen countertop, coffee and side tables, or even as a soap dish, the warm color and character-rich texture of travertine stand in serious competition with the also popular marble and terrazzo. These two materials also represent a lot of uniqueness, which will be seen frequently in living spaces in 2023. Marbled designs on floors and bookends or accessories like coasters in terrazzo look will bring even more nature into the home next year.
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7. Sustainable Living
Sustainable living, in all its facets, is also a home trend in 2023. It has become a general attitude. For younger generations, it is entirely natural to furnish their homes predominantly sustainably for the sake of the environment. People often turn to old furniture and accessories from flea markets and grandma’s attic or simply build them themselves.
A shelf that gets a second life as an upcycling project or a bed designed and created in the DIY principle requires no new products and is always unique. The growing enthusiasm for natural materials and green plants will continue to increase in 2023 and is part of a new healthy, environmentally conscious, and resource-saving lifestyle. Houseplants not only improve the indoor climate but also bring natural splashes of color into the interior.