What Trends Does Interior Design Bring in 2024?

Every new year brings new directions and ideas that shape the appearance and atmosphere of our living spaces. Here we highlight some interior design trends that the new year 2024 brings.

Create a nature-inspired and green environment

Nature and connection with nature continue to be trendy. Beyond aesthetic beauty, nature and its proximity affect our well-being more deeply. The impact of a green environment on our mental health is important: the proximity of plants helps reduce stress and creates a calming and balancing atmosphere.

The use of natural materials such as wood and stone in interior design not only creates a nature-inspired atmosphere but can also help increase our overall well-being and satisfaction in our home environment.

Timeless elegance is always in style

Traditional details and materials that create an elegant and classical atmosphere remain popular in the design of many homes. Many trends come and go, but choosing timeless classical style in home design is one of the easiest ways to ensure that your home is long-lasting, so you don't have to constantly redesign your home.

Choosing a timeless style does not, of course, have to mean compromising on comfort and functionality – for example, with the kitchen, the kitchen cabinet can be traditionally styled on the outside, but beneath the surfaces and behind them are all the conveniences – space-saving, high-quality and technical options that increase the kitchen's usability.

Patterns making waves: herringbone and ribbing

In the new year, herringbone pattern is coming back into fashion in home design. This adds visual excitement and elegance to a room and can be found in both flooring and other interior design elements.

From last year began the triumphant march of ribbed surfaces and this continues into the new year. Ribbed details are used in different parts of the home, emphasizing everything from kitchen islands and bathroom vanities to living room furniture. Ribbing adds visual texture and excitement to spaces.

Warm neutral tones combined with vibrant accents

In general home design, there has been a shift from cool grays and whites toward warmer neutral tones since last year – beiges, rich browns, creamy off-whites. These create a calmer and more inviting atmosphere in a room.

Slowly, pink is making its way back into interiors. Dulux has chosen a soft pinkish tone Sweet Embrace™ as its 2024 color of the year – a gentle, tender tone that brings a sense of positivity to our lives. The appearance of pink tones is also related to the popularity of the Barbie film. But in reality, the approach is much more restrained, with a preference for quiet soft pink, natural clay or reddish lilac shades.

If neutral and soft tones dominate the overall appearance, people are still looking for more fun and want to express their personality through some striking piece of furniture. 2024 will be a time when accent furniture shines more than before – whether it's a red-painted wooden dining table or a bold patterned accent chair.

Increasingly more blue tones in home design

Blue is one of those color tones that never loses its popularity thanks to its presence in nature.

Whether inspired by the sky or deep water color, the coming year will see increasingly more different shades of blue in both interior design and decorative elements. This trend highlights the connection between nature-closeness and well-being and allows light, freshness and adventure to come through in the interior.

The color palette ranges from calming deep blues to energizing diamond blues and green shades, offering variety and playfulness in interior design.

Utility rooms designed for experimentation

Especially for families with children and pets, functional space solutions that combine laundry and storage rooms are becoming increasingly popular.

While previously utility rooms were places where necessary equipment and storage space were simply placed without giving much thought to their design, this year this room's design is changing completely.

Since utility rooms are usually small, you can comfortably experiment here with colors and patterns, arrange tiles in different ways or use playful wallpapers.

The new trend is the one-wall kitchen

Small kitchens always require thorough planning, but a one-wall kitchen requires real ingenuity. Such compact planning requires a real balance between storage capacity, functionality and movement.

There may be a temptation to install a whole row of cabinets, but such a solution easily becomes dominant. With a one-wall kitchen, open shelves provide a visual break and offer an opportunity to decorate the space, being a striking element in an otherwise functional room.

Sofa shape reflects the change in sofa function

The new sofa shape points to true comfort and relaxation – backrests have become lower, as have armrests. Cushions have also become increasingly softer and more comfortable.

Corner sofas and L-shaped sofas with sleeping sections have become the most popular. Many also prefer modular sofas, where the arrangement of the parts can be changed by yourself, reflecting our constantly changing lifestyle.

These trends give an idea of what homes might look like in 2024. Whether it's small details or major changes, such trends offer inspiration and opportunities to make your home more beautiful and cozy, but also more functional.

If you run out of ideas for home design, visit our Alexanto salon at Järve 2 and we will help you create a comfortable home just the way you like it.