DESIGN 101
6 Design Trends That Will Be Everywhere In 2020
Each year ushers in a fresh crop of interior design trends—but this year, as we welcome a whole new decade, we’re seeing some extra exciting ideas to integrate into your home.
Below, Havenly senior interior designers Stacy Harwood, Lyndsi Lee and Karen Richani share their expert insights on what they think will define chic, at-home living for 2020. Go all out by incorporating all ten trends, or pick a few to pepper into your existing design scheme. And remember, if you need a stylish hand experts are at the ready.
Warm Tones
The unequivocal top design trend for 2020? Warm tones. Pantone may have selected Classic Blue as its 2020 Color of the Year, but Harwood, Lee and Richani all say they’re most excited to embrace warm tones. In particular, Harwood will be cracking open cans of a tawny, muted peachy brown—to add warmth and depth to walls. Richani plans to incorporate tones of terra cotta, orange and mustard with warmer grays across paint colors, furniture and decor.
“I think warm tones will work nicely with rich browns cognac accents and even pops of blue,” Richani says. Lee concurs: “We don’t have to say goodbye to our beloved grays, but we should prepare to make some room for warmer tones to move in and cohabitate.”
Conversational Layouts
“For years, the layout of American living rooms has been centered around the TV. Now, people are watching less and less television,” Lee says. “Many of us still heavily rely on our electronics as a means of communication, but we’re also trending toward appreciating the value of good, old-fashioned, real-time conversation, and our homes reflect this trend as well.”
That could mean incorporating two smaller, facing settee rather than a large sofa, or placing chairs and other furniture on the diagonal to foster conversation IRL.
Texture
Boucle, mohair and velvet are all rich ways to usher a room into 2020. Think about swapping out more expendable items like throw pillows, blankets and non-custom curtain panels for these types of textured pieces instead. You’ll also see natural, raw materials like wood popping up in unexpected places—such as on the ceiling or as a kitchen hood, for example.
Visual Breathing Room
A focus for 2020 is on visual rather than a particular interior design trend, Harwood says.
“I repeatedly hear, ‘I like how open this feels’ from my clients,” she says. “It’s not a reference to the structure, but how the room is visually balanced and not overly. Clients send me inspiration images from every imaginable style genre, and that’s the one singular comment that unifies them all.”
Chameleon Colors
Surprising, shape-shifting paint shades top Lee’s list for what’s trending in 2020. “My favorite colors this year are conversation-starters, the ones that make you stop and look while thinking, ‘What exactly is that color?”
Three of her go-to colors —Sequoia Glade by Valspar, and Weekend by Magnolia—will have you (and your guests) asking, is it green or is it blue?
Traditional — with a Twist
“Designers like and are making us feel like it’s OK to admit we’ve actually always liked traditional style,” Harwood says. “They’ve made it cool again by sliding it in with current popular styles like mid-century modern and Scandinavian.
Rule-Breaking Designs
“The metal mix is here to stay, and I hope it never goes out of style,” Richani says. That particular trend gives rise to a larger focus for 2020: rule-breaking and
“I think in general we will see a lot of mixing things that we haven’t seen mixed in the past,” Lee says. “Warm and cool palettes mixed together; mixing vintage pieces with modern furniture; mixing patterns and genres and materials. People are becoming more comfortable with breaking the rules, and I love that mindset
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