Interior design trends for 2025

Some interior design trends come and go, while others leave a lasting legacy on our homes. Who could have predicted that grey kitchen cabinets would become so enduringly popular, or that wallpaper would re-emerge as the preferred wallcovering in contemporary homes? We’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and yet the homes of 2025 look broadly similar to the homes of 2000 – barring the welcome passing of fads like burgundy bedroom carpets or dado rails.
Some interior design announcements are little more than speculation, nonetheless, some broader trends are likely to be more enduring, and are worth bearing in mind if you have a new home to customise this year…
Terracotta
We’re referring here to both the ubiquitous Mediterranean tiles, and also the colour, which is making a comeback as decorators and designers embrace stronger hues once again. Even brown is staging a resurgence, helped by Pantone nominating a curious shade of mocha as 2025’s colour of the year, supposedly ‘answering our desire for comfort’. Other colours staging a comeback include earthy yellows and burgundy – though not in carpets.
Stainless steel
Despite historic associations with butchers’ shops, stainless steel worktops are growing in popularity. We wouldn’t necessarily recommend these in a new home, but stainless steel lights, utensils and accessories are certainly on-trend this year. It’s easy to add a few splashes of steel to your kitchen, with polished chrome a more attractive alternative. The corollary of this is a marked decline in the popularity of bronze, copper or brass accessories.
Colour drenching
You don’t have to peruse many lifestyle and interiors magazines or websites to notice the growing trend for flooding a room with a particular colour. From upcycled and painted dining tables to block-colour walls and even matching artworks, this can extend from the ceiling and doors to integrated cabinets and freestanding furnishings. Accent walls are giving way to a single paint across every wall and surface, so choose your primary colour carefully…
Vintage furniture
Not so much a new trend as an enduring one. There have been predictions that upcycled or reclaimed furniture would fall out of vogue, but it remains a welcome counterpoint to mass-produced flat-pack items with pictorial assembly instructions. Numerous social media accounts show how to recover cushions, repaint timber and restore cabinets, while vintage furniture remains highly sustainable as it requires no manufacturing or distribution.
Outsized sofas
Recliners are out, and sprawling L or U-shaped sofas are taking over the nation’s (larger) living rooms. Their modular design makes delivery and repositioning easier, while the ability to have either left or right-handed sofas means they can extend along a main wall and under a window. A comfortable outsized sofa is also great at bringing families together in one place, which is a rarity in many households these days.
One of the many advantages of buying a new home is being able to place your stamp on it prior to taking ownership. At Cruden Homes, we offer a range of customisation options, enabling buyers to ensure their new home has some of their personality imbued into it from day one. And once you’ve moved in, you can be as creative, radical or eclectic as you wish in terms of interior design…
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