Whether your home is a stately lady, a modern sophisticate, or a trendy fashionista, the occasional update to her wardrobe can be just the thing to keep turning heads (including your own). Furniture is a keystone of your home’s apparel. Refurnishing an entire room? Adding one new statement piece? Here’s a look at the 2018 furniture trends igniting current home fashion with excitement:
Jewel Tones and Metallics
Jewel tones are very popular, including “Ultra Violet” Pantone’s dramatic Color of the Year. If you want a furniture piece that pops out in your design, 2018 is a good year to browse. Also popular are earth tones and neutrals. Metallic accents and mixed metals abound as well. They sparkle with the jewel tones or add the perfect touch of contrast to the lighter colors.
Embrace Those Curves (and every other shape)
Shapely furniture is all the rage with every shape imaginable (and some you might not have imagined).
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- Soft Curves and Rounded Edges
The strongest trend is toward soft curves and rounded edges that seems to embrace you and wrap around to bring you in more intimate closeness with your seatmates.
- Soft Curves and Rounded Edges
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- Sculptural Silhouettes
Sculptural furniture is another strong trend this year. Not as soft as the shapes above, but still graceful lines and curves in these distinct beauties.
- Sculptural Silhouettes
- Geometric Designs
You’ll also find geometric designs galore, both in the shape of the furniture piece and in designs applied to or carved in the surface. Hexagons (also called honeycomb) are especially popular this year.
Touchable Textures
Textures from oh-so-touchable soft to coarse and nubby are popular too.
- Velvet
Velvet is most popular texture, often with a sheen, especially in the soft, round shapes. (Naturally! If you’re being hugged by your chair it should be as cuddly as possible.) Admit it, you kind of want to pet the top one don’t you? Adding throw pillows and throws with additional textures is on trend too. - Mixed Feelings
The first couch in this grouping is a mix of textures – smooth, supple leather seat, slightly nubby upholstery fabric with metal nail head trim, and pillows in a mix of textures that come with the set and all meant to appeal to your sense of touch. The Coronado Seagrass chair mixes rough natural fibers with smooth white teak. Mixed textures add depth and makes your room design pop as well as being a treat to your senses.
Au Naturel
Hand in hand with mixed textures, adding natural elements to your furniture is highly popular. Stone, wood, leather, fibers – all add more of that touchable depth we just discussed. They also blend with the popular Wabi Sabi trend, embracing the art of imperfection and respecting natural objects as they are, including asymmetry and roughness. If you go au naturel in 2018 you’ll be right on trend.
The Party’s Back Here!
Surprise detailed chair backs are quite popular too. Blogger and staging expert ‘The Decorologist’ creatively termed the trend “party-in-the-back” and you can see why.
A Touch of Glam
Whatever shape and texture your furniture, glam lighting is the “IN” accent. And just look at the geometric shapes, metallic accents, and natural accents to choose from! If you’re looking to add just a bit of the latest trends, you can likely find a lamp to fit your current room design.
A Smidgen of Spice
Let your inner eccentric play a little with a quirky accent or two and you’ll be right on trend.
Just remember the most important rule in furniture selection – comfort! Make sure you and your family will enjoy using the pieces you select above all style considerations. Check out our pinterest board for more examples of the current trends in furniture.