HOME INTERIOR
The Inside Story 2022 INTERIORS TREND REPORT By Lisa J. Gotto Now that 2021 is in the review mirror and we have a fresh slate of 12 months on the horizon, it’s a good time for an athome lifestyle check. Does your home-base aesthetic inspire and drive you? Do its functional aspects help create synergistic convenience and a sense of organic flow? If not, and you’re considering an interior re-boot, here is the latest expert advice when it comes to fresh colors, furnishings, aspects that inspire, such as pattern and texture, use of the space that you have, and the special touches that make a house a home.
Color In the fall of every year, color experts associated with paint manufacturers using data derived from Pantone Color Institute research and other influences including the fashion industry, determine which colors they feel will have the most influence in the home for the year to come.
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Each manufacturer will announce a color of the year and a palette of additional colors developed to coordinate with it. This year, for instance, Sherwin-Williams touts Evergreen Fog as the color of the year. Described as a versatile and calming hue, Evergreen Fog is said to combine green with gray and just a hint of blue to create a chameleon-like shade that works so well across the décor spectrum.
Shape
Rounding of the corners is specifically seen in large-scale pieces like sofas, but has also extended to tables, chairs, coffee tables, and smaller décor elements such as vases and candlesticks.
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All manufacturers are still pulling inspiration from earthy, natural aspects of our world that play into a soothing narrative, one of comfort and tranquility. Photo courtesy of elledecor.com
In particular, when we are discussing shape as it relates to home furnishings—here we go, round and round! This smoother, curvier look in furnishings actually started taking “shape” several seasons ago and has now reached macro-trend status. There is a softness and femininity seen in this trend, as well, that counterbalances strict lines in layout and design by using furnishings sans corners.
Behr’s interior color of the year is also a pleasing calming green called Breezeway. It, however, has substantially more white in its base creating a much creamier tone.
Shades of gray that have been very popular as a solid base color over the last few seasons, will begin to take a less prominent role in the palettes going forward, according to industry experts. Perhaps, a somewhat subliminal nod that our “gray days” are now behind us?
