The Architecture Happy Hour

The Architecture Happy Hour


Fun Trends in Home Decor

April 26, 2019

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Trends are a great way to refresh the energy, colors, and textures in your home
Blend and combine trends for unique looks
Choose elements that are easy to change and less expensive but offer big impact

It's springtime and we are ready to freshen up our homes. In Episode 84 of The Architecture Happy Hour podcast, host and architect, Laura Davis shares her favorite trends in home decor.
Today we're going to be talking about home decor as there are some really fun new trends coming along. You know this time of year when the weather gets warmer, we want to open up the windows and doors in our homes and kind of freshen things up. It's a great time to also freshen up the energy and the color and the texture in your home just to make things a little more interesting and fun and prepare for the summer ahead.
So we've got four favorite trends that we're going to talk with you about today.  I think you'll find them pretty interesting and if you want to check in with us on social media, I would love to hear from you. What are you seeing from your clients and from your area of the country? What are you seeing as far as trends go?
Before we get going on our topic today on trends in home decor, I wanted to thank our new sponsor, Renlita Custom Opening Solutions. Holly and I are really excited to have Renlita onboard with the podcast. What we're really excited about is that Renlita is a custom door company that makes the coolest vertical opening doors that can be used inside as well as outside. If you've got big commercial projects, they're fantastic for interior space management.
Or if you're working on a restaurant project or really cool patio design, they're perfect for opening up, creating amazing views for indoor-outdoor spaces. And one of the things that we really love about this company is that they are entirely custom. So Renlita's people are really on the ball with working closely with architects and contractors to make sure that everything comes out perfectly. So go check out their website, Renlita USA,  and see how they can help you on your next project.
Okay, so let's get started talking about some home decor trends.
Trends in Home Decor - Natural Elements
The first trend that we're seeing very strongly are natural elements.  We deal with technology and machine-made things all day long from our smartphones to our crazy smart cars that have screens and all sorts of automated AI technology to detect things around us.
And at the end of the day, we just want to come home and relax and reconnect with nature and with something that is not machine-made. So really bringing in natural elements can help you really feel grounded and relaxed when you're back at home. One thing we're seeing is large print botanical and floral wallpapers. And fortunately, now you can even find these in peel and stick. So a lot of the options can actually be removable so you don't have to commit to something big that is going to be a pain to get rid of later. I know we've all been through taking down wallpaper and it is not fun. So to have an option that will go up easily and come down easily. That's a really fun option to sort of brighten up a room.
Another thing that we're seeing in all sorts of places, even stores that you can walk into and get it off the shelf like Target or Home Goods or a place like that are wicker and rattan type occasional tables, side tables, coffee tables, and little accent pieces. They're really kind of fun. They look a little bit tropical and especially if they have an open weave, then they're going to bring a lot of air and movement into your room and a lot more texture and interest. And then if you want to just keep it simple, something like a natural woven basket would be really pretty....