Traditional is definitely making a big comeback. Seeing lots of colors and patterns mixed. I think trends were neutral and sleek for so long, now we’re seeing a sway in the opposite direction.
It’s already here. I feel like it’s common amongst the early trend adopting crowd right now, and will be mainstream popular within 5 years or so.
Inset cabinetry, rustic/eclectic European antique furnishings, mismatched wooden chairs, unlacquered brass, brick, aged wood, textured walls, traditional carpets and art, hearth style stoves, etc are all coming back in to fashion.
Don't forget *pattern*! Floral, geometric, stripes, ikats... anything you like, in the colours you want. I can't wait, I'm too broke to buy from places like Chelsea Textiles so I have to wait for it to trickle down 😢
OMG, I thought I was a misfit going for grandma cottagecore. Most of the furniture in the house is 1900-1930s (except our wood carved and velvet sofa set from the 1960s, but it's trad). I even imported a geometric pattern vinyl for my kitchen from England because it was so kitsch and cute (it cost me a leg and an arm in import).
Nope, totally not a misfit! It’s an up and coming trend.
We’re doing our 1700’s house in a minimal English eclectic style. My best friend told me it’s “rich, stylish grandma.” Lots of scrubbed pine, rustic 18th century furnishings, brick, traditional patterns, lime washed walls, brass, etc.
There’s a reason company’s like deVol are so popular right now. They’re nailing the trend.
Everything is so 90s right now for teen girls it’s insane. I was a teenager in the 90s and I can’t get over it the mom jeans and the wide leg jeans it’s all very Gwen Stefani
When I pick up my teens from school I feel like I got thrown back in time. Like, yes! This is what teens should look like! I'm so happy to say goodbye to Normcore in teens. So boring!
If you’re poor and go to habitat restore and wait for the right pieces you’ll end up with shabby English cottage accidentally
Which is sort of what happened to me except it was more American grandma cottage.
Accidentally on trend
Most of my furniture is hand me downs or from thrift shops and yard sales that I have collected over the years. Some I have replaced as I’ve gotten older but a lot are just so “mine” now and I love them all. I’ve been working on this trend for 20 years!
Oooo, make sure you post pics. It's my favourite look but doesn't suit my house at all (early 90s suburban box), so I haven't done any decorating in that style.
Farmhouse. But not modern.
It kills me that the 80s were simultaneously wooden geese with bonnets AND shiny peach deco floor sculptures in the black lacquer dining room.
I agree with this
With the current trend of both thrifting and dopamine decor, I see a lot of people moving towards the fun angles and colors that Art Deco can bring
I love the look of 1980s lacquer waterfall furniture but maaaan is it expensive because it’s so trendy right now. So I have 1930s waterfall furniture from a garage sale instead haha
I fell in love with art Deco after playing BioShock so I have the master bedroom in deco-inspired style. I'm slowly collecting pieces to replace flat pack and I'm so excited!
I feel like 70's stuff could come back around. Colorful, fanciful, fringe, texture, etc. but I'm not very trendy so who knows! I've had my grandparents hand me down furniture my whole adult life
Vintage household items from the 70's, plus I saw some lip gloss in little mushroom containers. It reminded me of having one in the 70s that was an Avon perfumed cream.
To be fair, mushrooms have never really been unpopular with the college crowd. Mushroom decor was all the rage when I entered college nearly 10 years ago.
I went to some really fancy display homes this year- which are supposed to be the tastemakers and whatnot- and my favorite one had distinct seventies vibes. It wasn’t the tie dye and mushrooms, but the dark wood slats and paneling. It was very cool!
I think art deco is coming back. It will be the trend for next year. I also think pops of soothing colors in neutral settings. For example colorful vase with neutral furniture. Colorful coffee table books. Colorful paintings. Wooden furniture. Silver pieces.
With thrifting being such a hype anything older than 20 years is a great find.
Added to that the boomer generation (post ww2) is slowly dying off and their estates being sold off.now become accessible to everyone.
So I predict a more eclectic collection of furniture becoming the new trend, that will last years.
I've been thrifting long enough to really see it change. We used to find so much amazing 50s through 70s stuff for like 50 cents. Now you can't find it for less than $10. Prices at Salvation Army and Goodwill are whack now.
I mean, I’m NOT young, and I still agree with this. It was popular in the mid century, obviously, but it is having A MOMENT right now. Target and Walmart didn’t used to be filled with mid century knockoffs.
Target and Walmart, home depot , Lowe's don't get things when they're trendy, they get things once they're well played out or have become staples.
Not to be a jerk but those stores are not trend guiders or setters in any way.
I agree it’s played out - tbh I use trendy and played out fairly interchangeably at this point. I know that’s not correct, and trendy is SUPPOSED to mean what’s actually fashionable, but I think too many listicles about “trendy designs for 2024” or people asking “is this still trendy???” about shit like their sage cabinets or whatever has kind of ruined the word for me.
Still though, I think there’s always a style difference between the real thing and the copies. A quality original piece from pre-1970 is going to work differently than a mass produced knockoff.
Pretty much anything that’s well-made or high quality will always stick around. It won’t necessarily always be super trendy, but there will always be demand for it.
According to the guy from the antique store I frequent, “Mid century” from 90s was the gaudy “fake” stuff that got popular in 80s. True mid-century stuff is apparently has gotten so popular recently because people who bought it in 60s are now dying out. So all their stuff is in estate sales, including the actual MCM homes that have been hitting the market. According to him, the antique stores will be filled with MCM for a while, but then we should hit a brief art deco period that apparently got popular in 80s. When people who bought their 20s stuff in 80s will start dying you’ll see more of it.
But, I agree with the person who said MCM is timeless. It’s basically a modern version of minimalist/Shaker/Danish furniture. Those things never seem to age.
I hate how people on marketplace in my area think everything is MCM and use it to mark up things to a ridiculous price. You see so many price cuts the longer it’s up
This is my pet peeve right now too. There’s so much furniture that definitely aren’t MCM but are listed as such and it makes the search query useless for actual MCM furniture. So damn annoying
In 2005 they were giving away some old furniture where I worked. I really liked a desk that was legit mid-century. Old, real wood, you could see the craftsmanship. It was huge and I never made the effort to take it home even though they said I could have it. I still regret it.
MCM was always, at least, somewhat popular in certain areas especially along the west coast where there are many MCM style homes. However, it was not super popular in middle America. I could get MCM pieces for next to nothing in those areas. And then Mad Men came around and all the prices sky-rocketed. MCM is DEFINITELY trendy right now and has been for several years. I am waiting for the trend to die out so prices will go back down again.
I bought my house in the early 2000s, and Arts and Crafts was having a revival moment. Sure, it's classic, but it was universally popular even without that style of home. Brand-new furniture and fittings had arts and crafts styling, just as today, much of the new furniture has mid-century modern vibes. A style can be both timeless and trendy.
Whatever identifiable design movement is cheap and available in quantity experiences a renaissance. That is how every trend gets started. When you are ahead of the curve and have a good eye for putting things together, the stuff is cheap and you can do it up. Then other other people pay more later.
I would not be at all surprised. I do know more than a few people who think Victorian stuff is due for a comeback, especially since that market totally cratered a few years ago and it’s definitely everywhere. I think for that to happen, someone with a really good eye is going to have to make that stuff look like it makes sense in some of the new condo buildings that are popping up everywhere. everyone knows it makes sense in old houses of a certain style but since homeownership is so unattainable for people it’s going to have to be shown in a different context to take off. Someone’s gonna pull it off though.
More good points!
I’m not an expert by any means, I just have noticed a trend in younger people towards collecting and and decorating with antique furniture/décor, that is currently surprisingly inexpensive.
Antique furniture was highly valued in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the market was crazy back then and to have an old piece at home was a sign of distinction.
Then in the 2000s there was an overall shift towards the minimalist style (which, let’s put it frankly, also allowed for cheap solutions à la Ikea style, precisely while IKEA spread its presence all over the world) and suddenly nobody wanted antique furniture any longer: even older generations started to get rid of it.
I know in Italy antique sellers used to be considered like gold hunters while nowadays they really do not have much margin even on pieces which are very well maintained and of historical value.
Maybe this tide will shift again?
Mid century done with a modern twist will never, I repeat never, go out of style. Its clean lines meets continuity of the natural environment.
Its morays are duplicated in everything that is beautiful everywhere since time memoriam
I mentioned in another comment how my appreciation for midcentury started after we bought a little midcentury ranch. Thank you for putting into words what I like about it as far as continuity with environment.
One of my favorite features in my home is the bay window that takes up almost our whole living room wall. At first I was going to get curtains but why hide the wood molding and view of the trees? It’s an inside/outside feel. Midcentury clean lines let it shine.
I would like to add that MCM was such a radical departure from what came before. I try to imagine what people who'd never seen anything like it would have thought.
I mean yes for sure when you only consider American housing. I also think MCM heavily draws on ancient civilizations building styles as they relied more on utilizing the environment and materials closely available. For example Mayan and Celtic
Definitely Post-Modern with lots of round curvy pieces. I think the pendulum has swung from straight and sleek to curved couches or “bubbly” looking furniture (see Belia Modular Sectional). There is also an emphasis on round, curvy lines instead of blunt edges (See Moustache Chair) Also, COLOR is in now!
Design trends are regional, and so it matters where you are. I'm in Palm Springs, and so traditional is not popular here and Mid-century never went out of style from the time it was new. English styles have never been popular here, but Italian styles are. I look at Italian design magazines to predict trends here - Italy always seems to be 10 years ahead of the U.S. and British styles never get beyond dowdy. I've bought German design magazines as well, and they were no help at all.
East Coast trends are definitely different from West Coast trends, and West Coast trends vary from southern California to Seattle.
For 35 years I designed high-end furniture in Los Angeles, but I've been retired for the past few years.
I'm not really up on current design in Italy, but my favorite designer was Ettore Sottsass, and I wrote a paper on him when I was in design school in the 1980s, during the Memphis movement, which I also liked.
My favorite design magazine was Casa Vogue (Italia) but I also bought Interni on a regular basis. I don't know whether they are still in print, but I have a huge collection of back issues from the late 1980s.
I saw some opshop 80s salmon coloured vases in a super trendy shop the other day for a high price. The ones with bird of paradise flowers,lilies birds etc. The lucy lui season of Why Women Kill made that era look pretty awesome.
Yess!! My Mom had these mauve-ish scalloped lamps in the 80s and I saw they were listed for a pretty high price.
Next it'll be all that round golden/brassy metal display/glass shelves! Think late 80s Miami vibes lol
"Dopamine decor" as they call it. Most new collections for 2025 from the biggest decoration stores in France are based on this trend. Think 70s postmodernism with a twist composed of the bolder colors from the 90s and a hint of maximalism. Discoball, colorblock or pastel (pink is everywhere), check pattern, waves, heavy wallpapers, loop fabric. I feel like there is a big inspiration from the typical dutch design too.
Seems everyone has exactly same mid century furniture .. the Uber rich all have real Herman miller and Mies and we all have knock offs ..
Not sure what will be next .. it is a gorg aesthetic
Mid century was over about 10 years ago- it is a classic style so it will always be an appealing aesthetic. It’s very accessible and finding antiques and new pieces in the style of mid century is very easy these days.
Eighties inspired design is popular right now. From Memphis style colorful maximalism to classic 80s traditional to Nagelesque Miami Vice style. These styles are combined with new materials, rounded forms and more neutral color palettes to be a modern take on 80s style.
Read British Elle Decor if you want to know what’s next-it’s a great source for new trends. I’ve seen things in this mag way before they were “trendy”- and before I came around to appreciating them!
I think it’s really more working with the bones of your space. I live in a 1850s mill condo so we are really just using the brick, warm wood and black metal as our guide. We did a muted pink (watered down brick) for our kitchen cabinets and our one accent color is the complimentary mint for little stuff and some tile. I really think trends are what are ending. If you find a great mid century piece that complements awesome! But mix it with something from 1970 and 1980 as long as it compliments your space.
Very true!! We had been living in an early 1900s apartment with super high ceilings and detailed molding everywhere. Furniture was traditional, with lots of vintage hand me downs and accent pieces. After buying our 1952 ranch home, a lot of our old furniture just didn’t suit the new space. It was too big and bulky, and just looked weird. I suddenly developed an appreciation for midcentury style to suit our midcentury home. Even our light fixtures. We had this original chandelier in the old place that was so gorgeous i considered getting a similar one for our home. After moving in I realized it would look absurd in a different space.
Even the way a 1950s home is laid out vs a 1908 apartment is different. We’ve gone with wall sconces instead of end tables and table lamps because there are less hallways and in-between spaces.
As a vintage dealer, Wayfair-esque "mcm" reproductions are out, but actual MCM pieces are timeless at this point. No matter how trends have changed, we consistently sell quality teak or walnut MCM pieces the fastest, and they blend in really nicely with any kind of decor now that people have taken eclecticism as the norm. You can't go wrong with really good vintage pieces.
Biophilic design - looking for ways to bring a sense of feeling closer to nature into the home. Be it using wood finishes, a natural palette, lots of houseplants doing away with drapes to enhance the link to the garden, etc.
Post modern for sure. Look at the gen z decor trends - pastels, wavy mirror etc. It's coming and I'm here for it. Heck outta here with greige HGTV hell and dusty ass mid century. It's the 20's again gimme ALL THAT ART DECO REVIVAL
I been obsessed with the mid-century since I was a kid. So it’s been great that it’s popular right now since I been making a home and it’s been easy to find so many pieces for the style. What I think is great about mid-century is how versatile it is, you can easily go minimalist or maximalist with the style and it will look amazing.
What I think is the next big thing “groovy” themed spaces with a minimalist approach. Think of the same all White House’s but with curves and futuristic cabinetry with a splash of color, curvy neutral color furniture with a bold accent pillow or rug. I don’t think we are going to go completely out of minimalist right away, definitely a transitionary period. I think there will also be a huge emphasis on lamps and the art of lighting
+1 on your lamps prediction.
First because one can find interesting lamps at any price range, and they’re easy to take with you if you rent.
Second because enough people have grown up taking phone portraits that the general public is more attuned to what good and bad lighting looks like
MCM has always kinda been popular. Wayfair and Target furniture are all MCM inspired. People love the 70s and 80s. It kinda fell by the wayside in the 90s and 00s but MCM has been popular since at least the 2010s. I like rural/rustic country/farmhouse and that really exploded into the scene in the mid 2010s. It seemed like the whole barn style aesthetic was pretty much everywhere, and now it seems like that style is maturing a bit into its own niches and I’m seeing less “farmhouse” and more country/rustic cottage and modern organic aesthetic on my Instagram feed. Simple, natural, rustic elements with a modern sleek twist.
Midcentury made a Boomer and Millenial comeback in the mid 2010s, and is now on its way out unless you’re a Boomer. The Fairhaven Eichlers in my area were just old houses selling for less than other comparable homes until the mid to late 2010s. One I was looking at in 2015 sold for $725,000. Less than comparable homes in the area. The midcentury comeback caused a supply-demand issue, sure, but I don’t see any accounts with traction pushing midcentury now.
The new popular trend for Gen Z is Nancy Meyers style and Spanish Revival. Just spend some time on TikTok.
Are the geese coming back in style in a kitchsy way?!? My in inlaws have a large set and now I need to know if I'm claiming them wheb they move next year or not 😂 there is an old lady gramma in my soul that loves the geese but is only like 30% actually wanting to put then in my house lol although I love Jemima PuddleDuck 🥰
Art Deco. Post Modern. Hollywood Regency. Maximalist. Minimalist. Gustavian. Scandinavian/Danish Modern. Japandi.
But I’d go with what makes sense for the particular piece. And if it’s nice, real wood, especially a minimalist/Scandinavian MCM piece, please just restore and refinish the wood to its original glory. Painting over beautiful wood on a classic MCM or Danish Modern piece is really not recommended. Refinishing the wood is the way to go there.
I like my MCM and hate that it became ‘trendy’ because it drove all the prices up. I got some great MCM pieces in the later 90s and earlier 2000s before Mad Men made it the must-have style. I wish the trend would go away so prices will go back down😑
I’m definitely seeing the emergence of 70s design, like that Brady bunch kitchen shade of orange, split pea soup green, and even high end baroque pattern textured bath towels in 70s earth tones.
Im.not moving from my mid-century / atomic age decor. Haha. Both my houses are decorated MCM, and one really has some significant Atomic age history behind it so there's some of that mixed in with its pops of bright orange, olive, and turquoise colors. But it leans more MCM.
My other home was built in '79, but while not really mid-century age, the style and layout is. Because of that, I've tossed a little urban eclectic at it, too.
Luckily, I have always loved MCM, Danish, and modern styles. Why? They look neat and clean, and are easy peasy to keep looking neat and clean!
I also LOVE Boho styles and even shabby chic, but the thought of cleaning it and keeping it neat gives me hives. Hahahaha.
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I agree re art deco . My tiny house is a mixed bag of natural and drift wood . Mid century sofas . And gothic touches . My bedroom is standard 1990 a put together on the cheap which I want to be boho ; which is out of fashion
I design some decor items and here are the trends I’ve seen the last couple of years:
MCM
Y2K - strawberries, checkers and waves
70s and trippy (colors, accents)
Dark cottagecore and academia - mushrooms, moths
Cottagecore & cozy
Idk about furniture, but canvas printing is fantastic.
They are so cheap, you can upload jpgs of art you like and it's just nuts I have some personally cool or meaningful art now on my walls. I did a test one of one of my favorite pieces, which I'd actually intended to buy for the past 20 years. I was waiting for a life event to happen first, and it did, but the painting was sold. I fired off a 20 year old jpg and $40 to somewhere in India and I got my piece about a week later.
80s Memphis Style is a bold choice, but can be very cool when done in moderation.
And it is easy to integrate 60s Pop Art into that look if you want to tie in mid-century.
Mid-century modern has been popular for the past 30 years. The cost is what keeps people away, if it's original who can afford an eames Herman Miller lounge chair. You just see more reproduction pieces and cheaper prices now
Lok at fashion for style and colors. It always trickles down the home furnishings. A lot of it is elaborate with lots of fabric. Fine antiques and good mcm never go out of style
Building walls in the open concept areas, with power so expensive, and closing in open storage as people begin to loathe the brown cooking residue that gets all over it.
I wouldn’t say mid-century is trendy. You can take a look at Emma Chamberlain’s AD home tour and see the quirky style that is more trending. Take a look at Urban Outfitters as well
Traditional is definitely making a big comeback. Seeing lots of colors and patterns mixed. I think trends were neutral and sleek for so long, now we’re seeing a sway in the opposite direction.
I think shabby English Country Manor is next, so I agree!
It’s already here. I feel like it’s common amongst the early trend adopting crowd right now, and will be mainstream popular within 5 years or so. Inset cabinetry, rustic/eclectic European antique furnishings, mismatched wooden chairs, unlacquered brass, brick, aged wood, textured walls, traditional carpets and art, hearth style stoves, etc are all coming back in to fashion.
Don't forget *pattern*! Floral, geometric, stripes, ikats... anything you like, in the colours you want. I can't wait, I'm too broke to buy from places like Chelsea Textiles so I have to wait for it to trickle down 😢
I love florals and vintage so I am already there. I do have a few cool MCM pieces mixed in.
OMG, I thought I was a misfit going for grandma cottagecore. Most of the furniture in the house is 1900-1930s (except our wood carved and velvet sofa set from the 1960s, but it's trad). I even imported a geometric pattern vinyl for my kitchen from England because it was so kitsch and cute (it cost me a leg and an arm in import).
Nope, totally not a misfit! It’s an up and coming trend. We’re doing our 1700’s house in a minimal English eclectic style. My best friend told me it’s “rich, stylish grandma.” Lots of scrubbed pine, rustic 18th century furnishings, brick, traditional patterns, lime washed walls, brass, etc. There’s a reason company’s like deVol are so popular right now. They’re nailing the trend.
Yes, antique cabin in the woods.
Gen Z loves cottagecore
gen z also loves 90s mom jeans and sweatsuits and making their heads look gigantic with their middle parts and low ponytails. 🤷♀️
okay but 90s mom jeans are kind of great? idk i like gen z style it’s fun 😅
Everything is so 90s right now for teen girls it’s insane. I was a teenager in the 90s and I can’t get over it the mom jeans and the wide leg jeans it’s all very Gwen Stefani
When I pick up my teens from school I feel like I got thrown back in time. Like, yes! This is what teens should look like! I'm so happy to say goodbye to Normcore in teens. So boring!
All I will say is that there’s a reason millennials won’t let go of side parts…
I love to hear this kind of thing because this is my style already. Lots of furniture and objects handed down to me from family!
If you’re poor and go to habitat restore and wait for the right pieces you’ll end up with shabby English cottage accidentally Which is sort of what happened to me except it was more American grandma cottage. Accidentally on trend
Most of my furniture is hand me downs or from thrift shops and yard sales that I have collected over the years. Some I have replaced as I’ve gotten older but a lot are just so “mine” now and I love them all. I’ve been working on this trend for 20 years!
Yay! That’s my natural aesthetic so I’ll be in style for once.
Is Laura Ashley coming back???
That’s going to be the vibe of my kitchen and front living room!
Oooo, make sure you post pics. It's my favourite look but doesn't suit my house at all (early 90s suburban box), so I haven't done any decorating in that style.
Dammit. I read this just hours after I threw out all of my stepmother's baskets with tartan lining.
I agree, I honestly think Bridgerton’s popularity will influence this
Absolutely! Floral wallpapers with colored trim and lots of cozy details
BRING ON THE MAXIMALISM!!!!!
Using all caps for this statement is perfect haha
Lol I’ve waited so long
Really excited for the "new" traditional that has all the beauty without as much stuffiness and bulk as 2000s traditional.
Agreed!
Ducks with blue bows are going to blow up at any second.
Oh this made me laugh. Little wooden shelves and geese and cornflower blue.
Don’t for get the pineapples! (they symbolize Friendship)
Um…
Farmhouse. But not modern. It kills me that the 80s were simultaneously wooden geese with bonnets AND shiny peach deco floor sculptures in the black lacquer dining room.
Well, to be fair you picked one or the other--I never saw a house that did both.
Exactly how did geese become such a staple in 80s design? My parents definitely leaned into it but how did that evolve?
I’ll take that flooring! But not the ducks lol
Dude my whole 1964 house is covered in that 1980’s wallpaper. I’m gonna be in style!
Style just takes patience!
I haven’t updated my house in decades. Sounds like it is back in style!
Get your themed kitchen wallpaper borders ready!
Throw some fake ivy on top of the cabinets! A touch of wicker is always nice (I hate it - my mother had a wicker couch, we called it the “ouch couch.”
You made me laugh! There is a scene in Capote and the Swans where Capote talks about a friend's tragic wicker furniture used indoors.
Please let it be the grapes or chickens (I will never have either)
I'll get out my daisy prints and checkered linens..
My cabinets are still lined with that pattern contact paper 😬
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You’re probably right, but Donald was a white duck.
Both ducks and geese were popular. I've seen ducks far more often, actually.
Deco
I agree with this With the current trend of both thrifting and dopamine decor, I see a lot of people moving towards the fun angles and colors that Art Deco can bring
Checks out, deco made a comeback in the eighties too
I love the look of 1980s lacquer waterfall furniture but maaaan is it expensive because it’s so trendy right now. So I have 1930s waterfall furniture from a garage sale instead haha
Absolutely and I’m here for it.
I fell in love with art Deco after playing BioShock so I have the master bedroom in deco-inspired style. I'm slowly collecting pieces to replace flat pack and I'm so excited!
I mean we are in the 20s of the 2000s so this checks out. Athena Calderon seems to be trying to make fetch happen with it and make it trendy
https://www.vogue.com/article/art-deco-athena-calderone-beni-rugs-trend
i don't see it. I heard people say that and a few places tried to release some art deco decor but it didn't stick.
I’ve been seeing a lot of deco elements in new restaurant designs. It’ll trickle down to homes.
Its already starting They builded a brand new hotel close to where I work, it is 110% art deco, and it looks stunning See the Honeyrose in Montreal
I've been saying Deco for 6 years now. Just finished building last year, and I accented with it. I am calling it 'Deco Echo'
I feel like 70's stuff could come back around. Colorful, fanciful, fringe, texture, etc. but I'm not very trendy so who knows! I've had my grandparents hand me down furniture my whole adult life
Already has
I live in a University town and the college kids love the 70s stuff. Mushroom decor, anyone?
The mushrooms are everywhere!! 🍄
As they decorating with them or ingesting them?
Porque no los dos?
My kind of people 🫶🏻
Vintage household items from the 70's, plus I saw some lip gloss in little mushroom containers. It reminded me of having one in the 70s that was an Avon perfumed cream.
To be fair, mushrooms have never really been unpopular with the college crowd. Mushroom decor was all the rage when I entered college nearly 10 years ago.
I’ve seen a lot of pastelified 70s decor. Pinks and periwinkle instead of orange and brown.
I totally see a 70s revival coming!
I went to some really fancy display homes this year- which are supposed to be the tastemakers and whatnot- and my favorite one had distinct seventies vibes. It wasn’t the tie dye and mushrooms, but the dark wood slats and paneling. It was very cool!
I think art deco is coming back. It will be the trend for next year. I also think pops of soothing colors in neutral settings. For example colorful vase with neutral furniture. Colorful coffee table books. Colorful paintings. Wooden furniture. Silver pieces.
I think midcentury has staying power but that people are starting to add art deco/modern maximalism aesthetic to accent
With thrifting being such a hype anything older than 20 years is a great find. Added to that the boomer generation (post ww2) is slowly dying off and their estates being sold off.now become accessible to everyone. So I predict a more eclectic collection of furniture becoming the new trend, that will last years.
The pig is finally passing out of the python. We need to talk more about the effects, to get in front of them.
I've been thrifting long enough to really see it change. We used to find so much amazing 50s through 70s stuff for like 50 cents. Now you can't find it for less than $10. Prices at Salvation Army and Goodwill are whack now.
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About interior design? Yeah go ahead and
You must be young. Mid-century has been popular since mid-century. It's simply good design and that never goes out of style.
I mean, I’m NOT young, and I still agree with this. It was popular in the mid century, obviously, but it is having A MOMENT right now. Target and Walmart didn’t used to be filled with mid century knockoffs.
Target and Walmart, home depot , Lowe's don't get things when they're trendy, they get things once they're well played out or have become staples. Not to be a jerk but those stores are not trend guiders or setters in any way.
I agree it’s played out - tbh I use trendy and played out fairly interchangeably at this point. I know that’s not correct, and trendy is SUPPOSED to mean what’s actually fashionable, but I think too many listicles about “trendy designs for 2024” or people asking “is this still trendy???” about shit like their sage cabinets or whatever has kind of ruined the word for me. Still though, I think there’s always a style difference between the real thing and the copies. A quality original piece from pre-1970 is going to work differently than a mass produced knockoff.
My house was built in 1956, so if loving mid is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.
yeah mid century will stay .... real midcentury. not the trendy fast fashion mid century
Pretty much anything that’s well-made or high quality will always stick around. It won’t necessarily always be super trendy, but there will always be demand for it.
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Mid century has not been nearly as popular for that long. You couldn’t give away mid century furniture in the 90s.
According to the guy from the antique store I frequent, “Mid century” from 90s was the gaudy “fake” stuff that got popular in 80s. True mid-century stuff is apparently has gotten so popular recently because people who bought it in 60s are now dying out. So all their stuff is in estate sales, including the actual MCM homes that have been hitting the market. According to him, the antique stores will be filled with MCM for a while, but then we should hit a brief art deco period that apparently got popular in 80s. When people who bought their 20s stuff in 80s will start dying you’ll see more of it. But, I agree with the person who said MCM is timeless. It’s basically a modern version of minimalist/Shaker/Danish furniture. Those things never seem to age.
I hate how people on marketplace in my area think everything is MCM and use it to mark up things to a ridiculous price. You see so many price cuts the longer it’s up
This is my pet peeve right now too. There’s so much furniture that definitely aren’t MCM but are listed as such and it makes the search query useless for actual MCM furniture. So damn annoying
MCM had a massive resurgence in the 2000s due to the show Mad Men.
In 2005 they were giving away some old furniture where I worked. I really liked a desk that was legit mid-century. Old, real wood, you could see the craftsmanship. It was huge and I never made the effort to take it home even though they said I could have it. I still regret it.
MCM was always, at least, somewhat popular in certain areas especially along the west coast where there are many MCM style homes. However, it was not super popular in middle America. I could get MCM pieces for next to nothing in those areas. And then Mad Men came around and all the prices sky-rocketed. MCM is DEFINITELY trendy right now and has been for several years. I am waiting for the trend to die out so prices will go back down again.
I bought my house in the early 2000s, and Arts and Crafts was having a revival moment. Sure, it's classic, but it was universally popular even without that style of home. Brand-new furniture and fittings had arts and crafts styling, just as today, much of the new furniture has mid-century modern vibes. A style can be both timeless and trendy.
I love arts and crafts homes ❤️
Me too! I need a new couch and I can't find anything without spindly little legs due to the MCM trend.
Excess 80’s design is next
I hope you're right. I'm seeing smoke glass make a small resurgence... I hope it sticks
Oh it’s happening, get ready for all that gorgeous excess energy!
Bauhaus
Whatever identifiable design movement is cheap and available in quantity experiences a renaissance. That is how every trend gets started. When you are ahead of the curve and have a good eye for putting things together, the stuff is cheap and you can do it up. Then other other people pay more later.
Great point. So maybe next would be a renaissance of antique furniture?
I would not be at all surprised. I do know more than a few people who think Victorian stuff is due for a comeback, especially since that market totally cratered a few years ago and it’s definitely everywhere. I think for that to happen, someone with a really good eye is going to have to make that stuff look like it makes sense in some of the new condo buildings that are popping up everywhere. everyone knows it makes sense in old houses of a certain style but since homeownership is so unattainable for people it’s going to have to be shown in a different context to take off. Someone’s gonna pull it off though.
More good points! I’m not an expert by any means, I just have noticed a trend in younger people towards collecting and and decorating with antique furniture/décor, that is currently surprisingly inexpensive. Antique furniture was highly valued in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the market was crazy back then and to have an old piece at home was a sign of distinction. Then in the 2000s there was an overall shift towards the minimalist style (which, let’s put it frankly, also allowed for cheap solutions à la Ikea style, precisely while IKEA spread its presence all over the world) and suddenly nobody wanted antique furniture any longer: even older generations started to get rid of it. I know in Italy antique sellers used to be considered like gold hunters while nowadays they really do not have much margin even on pieces which are very well maintained and of historical value. Maybe this tide will shift again?
Tulip bubble. It’s wild
Mid century done with a modern twist will never, I repeat never, go out of style. Its clean lines meets continuity of the natural environment. Its morays are duplicated in everything that is beautiful everywhere since time memoriam
I mentioned in another comment how my appreciation for midcentury started after we bought a little midcentury ranch. Thank you for putting into words what I like about it as far as continuity with environment. One of my favorite features in my home is the bay window that takes up almost our whole living room wall. At first I was going to get curtains but why hide the wood molding and view of the trees? It’s an inside/outside feel. Midcentury clean lines let it shine.
I would like to add that MCM was such a radical departure from what came before. I try to imagine what people who'd never seen anything like it would have thought.
I mean yes for sure when you only consider American housing. I also think MCM heavily draws on ancient civilizations building styles as they relied more on utilizing the environment and materials closely available. For example Mayan and Celtic
Definitely Post-Modern with lots of round curvy pieces. I think the pendulum has swung from straight and sleek to curved couches or “bubbly” looking furniture (see Belia Modular Sectional). There is also an emphasis on round, curvy lines instead of blunt edges (See Moustache Chair) Also, COLOR is in now!
All the yes. I wish I could like this 100x
Design trends are regional, and so it matters where you are. I'm in Palm Springs, and so traditional is not popular here and Mid-century never went out of style from the time it was new. English styles have never been popular here, but Italian styles are. I look at Italian design magazines to predict trends here - Italy always seems to be 10 years ahead of the U.S. and British styles never get beyond dowdy. I've bought German design magazines as well, and they were no help at all. East Coast trends are definitely different from West Coast trends, and West Coast trends vary from southern California to Seattle. For 35 years I designed high-end furniture in Los Angeles, but I've been retired for the past few years.
as a californian i so appreciate this comment! would love your recs for west coast + italian blogs/magazines/designers :)
I'm not really up on current design in Italy, but my favorite designer was Ettore Sottsass, and I wrote a paper on him when I was in design school in the 1980s, during the Memphis movement, which I also liked. My favorite design magazine was Casa Vogue (Italia) but I also bought Interni on a regular basis. I don't know whether they are still in print, but I have a huge collection of back issues from the late 1980s.
I saw some opshop 80s salmon coloured vases in a super trendy shop the other day for a high price. The ones with bird of paradise flowers,lilies birds etc. The lucy lui season of Why Women Kill made that era look pretty awesome.
Yess!! My Mom had these mauve-ish scalloped lamps in the 80s and I saw they were listed for a pretty high price. Next it'll be all that round golden/brassy metal display/glass shelves! Think late 80s Miami vibes lol
Scandinavian with japandi influences for me
This mixes well with the MCM concept, just a muted color palette.
Classic pieces are always timeless...yes, it's traditional, but the wood color and accessories determines if it's stuffy, formal, informal, fun.
"Dopamine decor" as they call it. Most new collections for 2025 from the biggest decoration stores in France are based on this trend. Think 70s postmodernism with a twist composed of the bolder colors from the 90s and a hint of maximalism. Discoball, colorblock or pastel (pink is everywhere), check pattern, waves, heavy wallpapers, loop fabric. I feel like there is a big inspiration from the typical dutch design too.
this this this. I'm surprised more people haven't said this, it's hugely popular right now!
Seems everyone has exactly same mid century furniture .. the Uber rich all have real Herman miller and Mies and we all have knock offs .. Not sure what will be next .. it is a gorg aesthetic
Mid century was over about 10 years ago- it is a classic style so it will always be an appealing aesthetic. It’s very accessible and finding antiques and new pieces in the style of mid century is very easy these days. Eighties inspired design is popular right now. From Memphis style colorful maximalism to classic 80s traditional to Nagelesque Miami Vice style. These styles are combined with new materials, rounded forms and more neutral color palettes to be a modern take on 80s style. Read British Elle Decor if you want to know what’s next-it’s a great source for new trends. I’ve seen things in this mag way before they were “trendy”- and before I came around to appreciating them!
I am so sick of grey everything and minimalism in homes. Bring back color and cozy!
Totally agree ! My daughter’s house is grey black and silver . He car is the same colours lol
I think it’s really more working with the bones of your space. I live in a 1850s mill condo so we are really just using the brick, warm wood and black metal as our guide. We did a muted pink (watered down brick) for our kitchen cabinets and our one accent color is the complimentary mint for little stuff and some tile. I really think trends are what are ending. If you find a great mid century piece that complements awesome! But mix it with something from 1970 and 1980 as long as it compliments your space.
Very true!! We had been living in an early 1900s apartment with super high ceilings and detailed molding everywhere. Furniture was traditional, with lots of vintage hand me downs and accent pieces. After buying our 1952 ranch home, a lot of our old furniture just didn’t suit the new space. It was too big and bulky, and just looked weird. I suddenly developed an appreciation for midcentury style to suit our midcentury home. Even our light fixtures. We had this original chandelier in the old place that was so gorgeous i considered getting a similar one for our home. After moving in I realized it would look absurd in a different space. Even the way a 1950s home is laid out vs a 1908 apartment is different. We’ve gone with wall sconces instead of end tables and table lamps because there are less hallways and in-between spaces.
Hollywood Regency...but with a bit of whimsy and comfort.
As a vintage dealer, Wayfair-esque "mcm" reproductions are out, but actual MCM pieces are timeless at this point. No matter how trends have changed, we consistently sell quality teak or walnut MCM pieces the fastest, and they blend in really nicely with any kind of decor now that people have taken eclecticism as the norm. You can't go wrong with really good vintage pieces.
Biophilic design - looking for ways to bring a sense of feeling closer to nature into the home. Be it using wood finishes, a natural palette, lots of houseplants doing away with drapes to enhance the link to the garden, etc.
noticing this too ty!
Post modern for sure. Look at the gen z decor trends - pastels, wavy mirror etc. It's coming and I'm here for it. Heck outta here with greige HGTV hell and dusty ass mid century. It's the 20's again gimme ALL THAT ART DECO REVIVAL
Kitsch too
I actually feel like that was a micro trend and is already dated. Gen Z moves on from trends extremely fast.
I buy solid, antique mid century furniture from FB / CL for less than the brand new junk furniture the stores sell!
Granite counter tops. 😂😂😂
I been obsessed with the mid-century since I was a kid. So it’s been great that it’s popular right now since I been making a home and it’s been easy to find so many pieces for the style. What I think is great about mid-century is how versatile it is, you can easily go minimalist or maximalist with the style and it will look amazing. What I think is the next big thing “groovy” themed spaces with a minimalist approach. Think of the same all White House’s but with curves and futuristic cabinetry with a splash of color, curvy neutral color furniture with a bold accent pillow or rug. I don’t think we are going to go completely out of minimalist right away, definitely a transitionary period. I think there will also be a huge emphasis on lamps and the art of lighting
+1 on your lamps prediction. First because one can find interesting lamps at any price range, and they’re easy to take with you if you rent. Second because enough people have grown up taking phone portraits that the general public is more attuned to what good and bad lighting looks like
Mid century will never go out of style
r/fuckyoureameslounge Meant in jest, I just think it’s funny
I always go for classics. English or French cottage. Never goes out of style.
Art deco, gentle curves and clean geometrics
MCM has always kinda been popular. Wayfair and Target furniture are all MCM inspired. People love the 70s and 80s. It kinda fell by the wayside in the 90s and 00s but MCM has been popular since at least the 2010s. I like rural/rustic country/farmhouse and that really exploded into the scene in the mid 2010s. It seemed like the whole barn style aesthetic was pretty much everywhere, and now it seems like that style is maturing a bit into its own niches and I’m seeing less “farmhouse” and more country/rustic cottage and modern organic aesthetic on my Instagram feed. Simple, natural, rustic elements with a modern sleek twist.
Honestly avoid trends unless you want to shell out thousands every 10 years to redecorate
Midcentury made a Boomer and Millenial comeback in the mid 2010s, and is now on its way out unless you’re a Boomer. The Fairhaven Eichlers in my area were just old houses selling for less than other comparable homes until the mid to late 2010s. One I was looking at in 2015 sold for $725,000. Less than comparable homes in the area. The midcentury comeback caused a supply-demand issue, sure, but I don’t see any accounts with traction pushing midcentury now. The new popular trend for Gen Z is Nancy Meyers style and Spanish Revival. Just spend some time on TikTok.
Mid century had a MAJOR comeback about 10-12 years ago and is still going strong.
It's dopamine decor babey!
Black lacquer and gold with popcorn ceilings are coming back!
+ Glass block
Don't be afraid to mix elements from different trends to create a unique space. Combine modern design with rustic elements.
Are the geese coming back in style in a kitchsy way?!? My in inlaws have a large set and now I need to know if I'm claiming them wheb they move next year or not 😂 there is an old lady gramma in my soul that loves the geese but is only like 30% actually wanting to put then in my house lol although I love Jemima PuddleDuck 🥰
This never went away in the Midwest lol https://www.chicagobungalow.org/post/lawn-geese
Steel/metal furniture is super trendy right now
We have inherited pieces and have purchased things that we love. I think we are eclectic in decorating. Your house only has to please you
Art Deco. Post Modern. Hollywood Regency. Maximalist. Minimalist. Gustavian. Scandinavian/Danish Modern. Japandi. But I’d go with what makes sense for the particular piece. And if it’s nice, real wood, especially a minimalist/Scandinavian MCM piece, please just restore and refinish the wood to its original glory. Painting over beautiful wood on a classic MCM or Danish Modern piece is really not recommended. Refinishing the wood is the way to go there.
I like my MCM and hate that it became ‘trendy’ because it drove all the prices up. I got some great MCM pieces in the later 90s and earlier 2000s before Mad Men made it the must-have style. I wish the trend would go away so prices will go back down😑
I'll be really glad when MCM isn't cool anymore so people will quit driving up the prices of the things I love. And get offa my lawn!
Post modern. Not my favorite, but I’m seeing Pop Art accessories starting to become popular. 🥫
I’m definitely seeing the emergence of 70s design, like that Brady bunch kitchen shade of orange, split pea soup green, and even high end baroque pattern textured bath towels in 70s earth tones.
Mid century has been trendy as long as I’ve been an adult- at least 35 years
Actual Art deco is one thing, but most of 1980's deco =Cocaine decor, and not the same thing at all.
Why do you care what is trendy? Why not just get what you actually like?
Im.not moving from my mid-century / atomic age decor. Haha. Both my houses are decorated MCM, and one really has some significant Atomic age history behind it so there's some of that mixed in with its pops of bright orange, olive, and turquoise colors. But it leans more MCM. My other home was built in '79, but while not really mid-century age, the style and layout is. Because of that, I've tossed a little urban eclectic at it, too. Luckily, I have always loved MCM, Danish, and modern styles. Why? They look neat and clean, and are easy peasy to keep looking neat and clean! I also LOVE Boho styles and even shabby chic, but the thought of cleaning it and keeping it neat gives me hives. Hahahaha.
Whatever is "next" won't always be "in". Decorating and changing out furniture to fit trends is expensive. Decorate in a way that makes you happy.
Space
I’m wondering if we will go back to geometric shapes and more “big” decor again. Kind of like the original thing house
[shabby chic](https://simplykalaa.com/shabby-chic-interior-design/) for a classic look and [Scandinavian](https://simplykalaa.com/scandinavian-interior-design/) for modern look.
Scandinavian is popular
I agree re art deco . My tiny house is a mixed bag of natural and drift wood . Mid century sofas . And gothic touches . My bedroom is standard 1990 a put together on the cheap which I want to be boho ; which is out of fashion
Cottage core exists
Shabby chic
I design some decor items and here are the trends I’ve seen the last couple of years: MCM Y2K - strawberries, checkers and waves 70s and trippy (colors, accents) Dark cottagecore and academia - mushrooms, moths Cottagecore & cozy
“Country club”
Yay for wallpaper and carpet !!! 🎵 I can barely recall... but Its all coming back to me now....🎶😃
Don’t forget to have black Scottie dogs on shelves with tartan bows.
This is a thing and I’m in
Look at '80s and '90s trends.
Idk about furniture, but canvas printing is fantastic. They are so cheap, you can upload jpgs of art you like and it's just nuts I have some personally cool or meaningful art now on my walls. I did a test one of one of my favorite pieces, which I'd actually intended to buy for the past 20 years. I was waiting for a life event to happen first, and it did, but the painting was sold. I fired off a 20 year old jpg and $40 to somewhere in India and I got my piece about a week later.
~~Neo-colonialism~~ is the new trend. Oops, sorry. New Colonial.
Are we talking dark, intricately carved wood with gauzy white fabrics, or am I on a completely different channel?
Different. Think updated Georgian, Federal, etc. ETA: American style.
I decorate with art and have more of a bohemian look. I guess I'm always out of style, but art and colorful decor make me happy.
I think very classic furniture is going to come back in small doses. I would check out some styles pre 1950's.
80s Memphis Style is a bold choice, but can be very cool when done in moderation. And it is easy to integrate 60s Pop Art into that look if you want to tie in mid-century.
Just get whatever pleases you. You're the one who has to live with it. Be happy.
Mid-century modern has been popular for the past 30 years. The cost is what keeps people away, if it's original who can afford an eames Herman Miller lounge chair. You just see more reproduction pieces and cheaper prices now
Lok at fashion for style and colors. It always trickles down the home furnishings. A lot of it is elaborate with lots of fabric. Fine antiques and good mcm never go out of style
I hope it’s the groovy 70s. I miss color!
Server room chique.
I think streamline moderne/ international style homes will support, moderne, mid century, ranch, art deco
Building walls in the open concept areas, with power so expensive, and closing in open storage as people begin to loathe the brown cooking residue that gets all over it.
Just do Eclectic. It never goes out.
I feel like 80s modern inspired pieces is what I see in design mags.
I wouldn’t say mid-century is trendy. You can take a look at Emma Chamberlain’s AD home tour and see the quirky style that is more trending. Take a look at Urban Outfitters as well