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Home Decor Trends 2008

Submitted by Editor The Decorating Diva.com on Thursday, 13 December 2007

Design Trends 2008 - Home Decorating trend for 2008

The top 10 design trends for 2008 are:

1. Home Design Style with a Conscience – it’s all about eco-friendly design, products and implementation – focus on organic, natural, recycled and re-purposed products. In the past eco-friendly or Green design could be summed up in three words: ugly, dowdy and boring. That isn’t the case anymore. Eco-friendly design has met stylish interpretation proving that earth friendly decor can at the same time be elegant, beautiful and exciting as well as Green.

2. Contrast Makes The Difference – high contrast color combinations such as robin egg blue set against dark cocoa or white and black. Contrasting textures like smooth against rough such as man-made steel juxtaposed with the roughness of natural shell or wood against steel. Add a touch of the unexpected to your decor by pairing up accessories or furnishings of mixed media – a soft chenille sofa dressed with a rough textured horsehair or zebra pillow or velvet against metal.

3. It’s All About the X – The “X’ is everywhere in furniture and accessory design. It was spotted at Highpoint, the European Shows and has been slowly making itself available in furniture and decor stores.

4. Multi-Purpose Furniture and Accessories – Beautiful design is simply not enough for today’s discerning home decor shoppers, they want utility driven, multi-purpose furniture and decorative accessories that will make their everyday life easier, less hectic and more organized.

5. Leather with a Feminine Touch – Leather is still a hot trend however this year expect to see the softer side of leather, furniture in smaller scale, earthy golden warm tones such as caramel, cappuccino, cocoa and cinnamon as well as what are considered more “traditional” feminine colors ranging from pastel pinks to robin egg blue with contrasting accent colors of dark chocolate.

6. Understated Luxe – 2008 is all about “whispering” luxury and elegance via your home decor, furnishings and accessories.

7. All Shades of White – from the purest whites to the softest ivories, the white color family will be seen everywhere from walls to sofas to lamps to picture frames.

8. Really Big Furniture and Accessories – it’s all about design drama, over-sized lamps, chandeliers, florals, mirrors, decorative accessories and other design elements.

9. Cool Metals – gray tone metals such as silver, pewter, brushed nickel, aluminum, steel, charcoal and platinum.

10. Zen at Home - we want peace at home and furnishing your home with design elements that make you feel at peace and grounded are the keys to achieving a home sanctuary.

Interior Design Sources (image from left to right): PH Collection Elsee Arm Chair, Archatrive convertible console (into dinner table) with re-purposed gate legs, Thomas Boog Shell Mirror, Saro Trading Company table linens, Ogetti Silver Vases, FTF Design Studio “X” motif table, and Pasha Home Cordoba chair in Spa.

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6 Comments »

  • Home Design said:

    [...] Home Decor Trends 2008 [...]

    - 14 December 2007 at 9:36 am
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  • Rowan Gates said:

    I loved this post – very helpful for planning.

    I’m in the process of remodeling my bedrooms (four) in my home (California) … and for some reason I was stumped when it came to keeping in line with the above trends with window treatments. Drapes and curtains can be a tough one.

    However, after some careful Net searching … I found a store that incorporates the above trends of contrast, understated luxury, all shades of white, and cool metals – it’s called DrapeStyle (www.drapestyle.com). Do you know how hard it was to find an elegant, rich looking plain white drape in silk that didn’t look chintzy? It took me exactly two weekends. They also have wonderful “metal” hardware accessories for the curtains. Not the cheapest … but then again … probably the most luxurious I found.

    - 2 February 2008 at 2:35 pm
  • Rich Silverman said:

    Extremely inciteful but with the recession how does this affect, the move to those oversized and statement pieces?

    - 6 April 2008 at 2:54 pm
  • Rich Silverman said:

    Extremely inciteful but with the recession how does this affect, the move to those oversized and statement pieces? Like the products of Arkahdia Arts (i.e. Large Picture Frames, Statuary, Candle Sticks).

    - 6 April 2008 at 2:56 pm
  • Daniel said:

    Very interesting, I enjoy seeing the eco-friendly trend growing being so popular. I’ve been seeing more and more people refurbishing and recycling old furniture as well, maybe thats also because of the economic crisis, but its also green friendly. 2 birds with one stone.

    - 4 March 2009 at 6:33 am