2020 is all set to channel some really cool design trends. Here’s a compiled guide for revamping your home or spaces if you are thinking of sprucing up!
#1: green
GREEN is going to be this year’s color best friend at home. Anything, everywhere…green. From furniture to objects, to linen and plants, you have got to incorporate some green in your pad. Not to mention the different shades of green like moss, emerald, olive, seaweed or army which you can mix and match to play around to add richness and diversity in the green effect.
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A white stairwell and a coffee table on a grey carpet is heaven against an olive green wall and sofa. To add a jungle effect, gather more plants around this living area. For simplicity in minimalism, leave floor items uncluttered and generously spacious so harmonious green can bring out an invigorating feeling. You may contrast green with some beige or browns for enhanced warmth.
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An interesting trend now is having green furniture paired seamlessly into the wall’s green paint. So they look totally “blended in” and obviously, quite the neat feat. Here, a simple green wall bookshelf adds simple, identical refinement to the green wall and produces a depth of contrast for the decor objects on the shelf itself. Things on the shelf appear more in sharper focus with interest.
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Look out for any green decor articles such as pots, mugs, vases, or bottles that can highlight the rich green-ness of your home. They make wonderful statement objects for this green year.
#2: organic materials (rattan, seagrass..)
The organic movement is going stronger in 2020’s home design trends. Lots of beautiful, natural elegance not to be overlooked. More reasons to pick up an extra basket or two with some hanging rattan shelves. Think about the mix and match of wicker, rattan, seagrass, wood textures and with other neutral-tones furnishing for an offbeat, handmade design.
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Seen from this season’s Singapore IKEA Extra Catalogue, incorporating organic materials into your home invites that extraordinarily cozy and sustainable effect. Rattan chairs and ottomans, seagrass lampshades paired with wood and black furniture is just house perfect here!
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Of course, do feel free to get more rattan baskets of any design, shape and size to textualize your organic-looking home. They are not only practical for storage but are super cute and chic.
#3: monochrome extravagance
For the highly accomplished individual who would think nothing less and is high on fleek cool. Screaming a tonne of wealth while sticking to the classicism of black, white, grey monochromality, this is 2020’s rich interior for anyone wanting to boast. Any dapper gentleman or a fair lady will find themselves on a date in a room like this and be guaranteed a really successful dating outcome.
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Here, you can expect the proper sophistication in professional monochrome with luxurious chairs and designer pieces combined with long floor-touching curtains and huge windows. Ornamental ceiling mouldings create regal opulence. The smart match of round and oval tables and irregular shaped sofas allude a modern but highly visual aesthetic which is further accentuated by a wide openness of space.
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There are no limits to space and monochrome extravagance here. Talk about an all-star Coco Chanel bathroom and vanity! Here marble takes the front on the walls and black marble is stylistically used for the sink. Sleek push glass doors, herringbone floors, mirrors, and black faucet fixtures complete the entire polished look. Black and white is cleverly, RICHLY deployed in every corner. Great touch with Byredo’s perfumes on the counter. Go ahead to add an Aesop bottle too.
#4: japanese scandinavian
2020 is all set for the merger of the two design styles - Japanese and Scandinavian coupled together for zen simplicity and hygge character. Here, the interplay of both creates a kind of tension and symphony of the senses. Straight and clean lines when jostled with slight touches of colour, shape and pattern can bring forth a different degree of calm and vibrance.
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Above, concrete walls and floors next to a shoji screen bring forth interaction between different tonal environmental elements that allows mood resonation. Here the woody blue sideboard centerpiece creates a statement of balanced fun and collectedness with black/white vases that tie in to the theme of minimalism and quiet respite.
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And of course, IKEA is all in this year for Japanese-Scandi vibes. This showroom display above has pumped me up motivated and inspired to change my entire bedroom space now. Look at that outrageously gorgeous new bamboo dressing table/desk which can fit into any shoebox apartment! That matching side table too. Slot in with any white furniture pieces and you are all set to go.
#5: color-blocking colors fittingly
This year, there’s more color-blocking themes occurring than ever, because color contrasts and multiple dashes of color exemplifies bursts of energy, individuality and youth. However, the key aspect in this is that you should pair different colours so well so that they fit in to a T (like they were meant for each other) and there is synchronisation with your furniture, objects, walls and floors. Learning about different color palettes is important to make the most out of a good decision in color blocks.
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Top and bottom > Note the different color blocks that go well with each other. Warmer tone colours like auburn and amber tend to go well with each other. Lighter tones of pastels do too, creating a different mood and interjection. In doubt, do choose a few color palettes first or an atmosphere that you have in mind. Visualise and select various colored furniture pieces that go well with opposite color objects or walls to unify the aesthetic. However, the exception is that you can insert any shiny metallic objects to elevate any space, because irons, bronzes or golds tend to be on the neutral side of things (similar to black or white).
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