Top Homeware Trends for 2024: Spruce Up Your Space
What are the latest trends in homeware? We love the way we’re encouraged to play with colour and texture this year, and the true message for 2024 home decor is “Be yourself”. With that cheerful thought in mind, here’s the Hopkins Homes’ guide to personalising your home, 2024 style.
Make a Statement with Bold and Playful Patterns
After a few years of muted and neutral tones, vibrant colours and bold prints are back with a bang, and we’re enjoying the latest trend for big and bright stripes.
Embrace Geometric Shapes, Blooming Florals, or Retro Vibes
Geo prints, checks and stripes are all (literally) big in 2024, in tiling schemes as well as fabrics. If you love a floral print, go bold rather than delicate, and that seventies’ trend where flowers intersect with abstract is a great way to make a statement. Pop art prints are another soft-furnishing trend for this year.
Tips for Incorporating Patterns: Throw Pillows, Rugs, Accent Furniture
You don’t have to invest in a new stripey bath (yes, these are a thing in 2024) or redecorate with floral wallpaper. Introduce patterned elements with scatter cushions and throws or update your rugs with more colourful editions (look out for woven stripes). Lampshades, blinds and bean bags are all good ways to add accent patterns without breaking the bank.
Get Comfy with Natural Textures
Temper those bold prints with natural materials like wood and rattan. Reused and recycled materials are increasingly important in home design, so look out for upcycled, pre-loved pieces and FSC-certified woods.
Integrate Natural Textures: Furniture, Woven Baskets, Wall Hangings
Wooden furniture, from dining tables to night stands, is the staple of most interior design. Mix and match different woods and introduce painted elements for texture. Adding rattan and wicker furniture and accessories (such as planters and wall hangings) brings a textural contrast.
A Touch of Luxury
We’re not ready to move away from copper and rose-gold accents yet, although we’re happy to add the latest chrome details to our decor. Everyone loves shiny accents, and used cleverly, they can really bring a design scheme alive.
Metallic Accents and Luxurious Fabrics
How accented is an “accent”? With the rise of candy cane stripes and pops of Pop Art, less is more when it comes to metallics this year. You might simply have a couple of copper table lamps or a slim metallic thread in your wallpaper, cushions and bedding. Instead of classic silvers and golds, try adding light-catching shine with lacquered lamps and occasional tables.
Smart Solutions for Small Spaces
As more and more of us work from home or have hybrid working arrangements, we’re expecting our homes to perform more functions. This has led to a trend for space-saving furniture and clever storage solutions, enabling us to easily switch between office and home modes.
Rise of Space-Saving Furniture with Multiple Functions
Folding desks, sleek Scandi-style storage units and armchair-beds are all great examples of versatile furnishings. Ottoman beds, wall-hung cupboards and coffee tables that can be raised into dining tables all help you make the most of multi-purpose spaces while maximising subtle storage. Look out for sofas with divan-style storage and cabin beds for adults.
Biophilic Design
Biophilic design is simply the use of nature and access to natural space in a built environment. At Hopkins Homes, we use features like French and Bi-folding doors to bring the outside in.
The Trend of Plants and Natural Elements for Calmness
House plants are increasingly believed to enhance our wellbeing as well as improving the indoor air quality. They also look fantastic. A few well-chosen house plants on tables and shelves around your home bring texture, colour and even scent. Grow herbs and chillies on your kitchen windowsill and pop calming palms in bedrooms, while ferns love the humidity of a bathroom.
Reflect Your Unique Style
The most important design trend for 2024 is simply to be yourself. Create a space that makes you feel comfortable by reflecting your tastes and personality. Design your home the way you choose your wardrobe, by picking pieces that suit you and make you feel good.
Tell Your Story
Photographs, print and artworks are the easiest way to tell your own stories. Images of people, places and pets you love immediately make your new home feel like home. Ornaments gifted by friends, inherited pieces and handmade details all help you tell your own story through your space.
Create a One-of-a-Kind Look with Personal Touches
Create a distinctive look with local crafts and one-off pieces picked up from artisan markets. If you have crafty skills, traditional-style crochet throws and blankets are fashionable additions. Your grandma’s old china, your kids’ early artworks and your own (one-off) efforts at pottery all bring characterful extra details to your decor, while adding that essential sense of warmth and fun.
Your Stylish Haven Awaits
The latest homeware trends are about bringing a dash of personality to your home, which feels especially important when you’re moving into a new-build home. The key message for 2024 decor? Combine colours, textures and considered details just as you like them, to make your home your own.
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