Just as fashion changes with each season, interior design also faces new trends & themes, often dictated by social events. If you want to amaze with your space while entertaining or simply seek inspiration to uplift your home, it’s worth keeping an eye out for what’s in.
Read below our curated list of this season’s brand new trends & colour forecasts for 2023, we’re sure you’ll find something to love.
It’s private
This trend is driven by a desire to withdraw, creating a self-sufficient and private home. Complimented by ambient and soothing dark colours, interiors are a safe space for you to relax and disconnect from the busy, overwhelming outside world. Add a touch of natural wood and stone, mixed with solid dark wall features to create a home escape to reconnect with yourself.
The hospitality industry like restaurants looks to bring attention back to the flavours and experience of comfort, rather than Instagrammable decor, so more private, cosy darker tones will be visible on the High street as well.
A perfect background
A trend that originated from… Covid’s work-from-home craziness. One beautifully curated wall as a background of your video calls became a must, and trendsetters across the world decided to keep this aesthetic going. A decorative wall feature or highly stylized section of the room became a trend that will stay with us for 2023, directing the eye away from the everyday objects scattered around the space.
Achieve this look with bold wallpapers in luxury designer prints and trendy solid paints contrasting the rest of the walls. Go a step further and opt-in for a mural to effortlessly turn your room into a work of art. And the creative flow isn’t limited to the living room, with designer dining rooms, bathrooms & bedrooms offering more canvas for your self-expression.
Biophilia
With more time spent indoors this year, it was time to bring nature inside. With potted plants taking over every windowsill and botanical prints on the rise, this trend celebrates foliage and floral prints indoors.
In one early study, Yoshifumi Miyazaki, a forest-therapy expert and researcher at Chiba University in Japan, found that people who spent 40 minutes walking in a cedar forest had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which is involved in blood pressure and immune-system function– Times, The Healing Power of Nature
It’s not a secret that nature has calming properties, so why not surround yourself with it in places you spend most of your time too?
Florals have always had a strong position in interior decor, but in 2023 we focus on more authentic and raw botanical prints. It’s time to ditch the ditsy roses and celebrate lush greens with tangled roots and organic vibrancy.
Art Deco Comeback
Now that we’re in the 2020s, it’s no surprise that nostalgia of 1920s is on everyone’s mind. With big flare and extraordinary shapes, art deco is coming back to our homes. Expect Art Deco’s brighter colors & geometric patterns to take over interior design trends of the past.
Art Deco combined modern styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. During its heyday, it represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress.– Wikipedia, Art Deco
But it’s not just about extreme maximalism & loud shapes, art deco can be as subtle as elevated metallic details and subtle symmetry of patterns. No wonder why it’s stylists’ favourite, when it pairs so beautifully with curved shapes and darker tones dominating 2023 home decor trends.
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Colours of the year 2023
Do you want to know what colour will be trending in 2023? Maybe you’re thinking about redecorating your old space to look more modern, or maybe you hope to find your forever home next year and are collecting inspiration… Let’s take a look at the forecast collected from home industry experts for the trendiest colours of next year!
Warm Yellow
“These deep and rich colors add a warm and slightly earthy tone to a room. A warm yellow is also very versatile. In modern homes, it adds warmth and color. And for period homes it enhances the historic feeling of the home as it’s a shade that has been used in homes for centuries.”- The Nordroom
Additionally, Dulux even selected warm yellow to be their colour of the year 2023!
Instead of artificial lemon sweets, think organic honey and hay fields in the sunset.
Warm yellow is a beautiful alternative to classic beige, it can be used as a base colour, but with more impact and energy! Not to mention it’s sure to put a smile on your face while you sip your morning coffee.
The Terra Rosa
Secondly, Dunn-Edwards came out with their latest 2023 colour of the year announcement, soft, earthy shades of pink and clay take the lead as the most popular paint colors. With the prime example – Terra Rosa, a blend of brown and burgundy for a rosy pink that works as both a grounding neutral and a delicate accent.
“We’re putting health and wellbeing first, making time for escapism and embracing nostalgia … This translates to design through lush, sophisticated touches with equal parts prettiness and drama,”- Sara McLean, color expert and stylist for Dunn-Edwards.
Pink colour in psychology is said to calms us down by alleviating feelings of anger, aggression, abandonment and neglect. Studies have confirmed that exposure to large amounts of pink can soften and calm people in times of anger.
Digital Lavender
WGSN released their report in collaboration with Coloro. Their research is predicting more impactful and bold choices. Read below how they arrived at the final colours for the year 2023.
Let’s start with their take on this years colour of the year – Digital Lavender.
Purple will return as a key colour for 2023, representing wellness and digital escapism. Recuperative rituals will become a top priority for consumers who want to protect and improve their mental health, and Digital Lavender will connect to this focus on wellbeing, offering a sense of stability and balance.- WGSN
Additionally, research has proven that purple shades evoke inner peace and stability, so imagine how well will this color perform in your home!
With that in mind, focus the use on rooms where this shade can do the most healing. A Lavender bedroom or bathroom could help you relax. Or, perhaps, a study room or home office could benefit of this shade?
Sage Leaf
Lastly, our final shade from WGSN is this luxurious take on sage, a colour that dominated the year 2022 comes back in a more saturated, darker and deeper format.
As our lifestyles adjust further, consumers will be sensitive to overstimulation and look to environments and colours which reduce anxiety and stress levels in the brain. Sage Leaf is a quiet and settling green that instils a sense of contemplation, rest and reflection.
Sage Leaf will be an important colour for reductive, considered design. Within the home it’s a good all-rounder for walls and furniture, it can also be used to soften smart home devices. Its therapeutic properties make it perfect for bath, body and wellness […]- WGSN x Coloro Key colours of the year 2023/24
In fact sage has a history of being associated with good spirit, health and safety, as sage burning around the home is an ancient ritual traced to Native Americans, and used in many cultures to this day. It’s said to purify the house and repel bad spirits. Today we know it has medical benefits, cleansing features and even repels insects!
It’s a perfect alternative to your base colour, and can instantly increase the feeling of being secluded and private. Use it in any room you’d like to feel safe, although our choice would be bedroom, bathroom and living room.
