The Top Living Room Trends Getting Designers Excited in 2022
Nothing gives interior design fans a bigger thrill than seeing what trends a new year brings. While 2021 was all about home office spaces and dual-purpose rooms, 2022 is poised to be the year of the living room. Check out these 2022 living room trends.
Multifunctional Pieces
With the real estate market soaring sky high and many people learning to make the most of smaller spaces, it’s crucial to invest in pieces that do more than one thing. Side tables that double as extra seating, an ottoman that offers storage, and a wall mirror that folds down into a desk are just a few examples of multifunctional furniture. Choose items that make sense in all their forms to maximize use.
Dessert-Inspired Paint and Décor Colors
Walls so chocolatey people might want to lick them? Take a look at what interior designers are doing with luscious brown walls and caramel accents. It’s a warm, welcoming response to the cold grays that have been dominating décor recently. These mouthwatering dessert shades can be used to make a larger impact, or try incorporating these warm neutrals by adding chocolate throw pillows to your vanilla couch.
Natural Materials
Manufacturers and interior designers are taking their cues from Mother Nature in 2022. Stoneware and terracotta join marble as the top materials for kitchens and bathrooms, and rugs decorating vintage floors are woven from fibers such as jute that retain their natural color and textures. Even decorative pieces look and feel more natural. Think pumice candleholders, driftwood paperweights, and mixed-media artwork that incorporates shells, leaves, flowers, and stones.
Maximalism
Minimalism, the practice of paring back color, texture, and clutter to streamline a room or home, will never truly disappear, but this year brings a desire to be “extra.” And designers are so here for it. Mix up patterns. Try bold colors — and not just one vibrant hue like an eye-popping fuchsia, but that stunning fuchsia next to a sunny yellow and emerald green. Instead of taking one thing away from a pending design plan, add another.
Decompression Areas
Life can be exhausting. It’s important to have somewhere to go and sink into the quiet once you’re home. Decompression areas can be an entire room dedicated to calming the mind and spirit or just a corner of your living room or bedroom that’s stocked with things that encourage peace and relaxation. For some people, this means a cozy floor cushion, soft blankets, and a few good books. For others, it’s an indoor hammock, a record player, and oversized modern art.