From the growing importance of sustainable materials to elegant elements and a celebration of individuality and uniqueness, our 2021 trend edit will provide you with a curated look that will bring your home into the New Year with sensational style.
1. RUSTIC VOGUE – A SOPHISTICATED TAKE ON COTTAGECORE
This look is a crowd pleaser, appealing to anyone who loves their modern home comforts but wants to inject some character details into their living spaces, too. It works ideally in homes that already have some interesting features, such as exposed beams, original floorboards or panelled walls, but can equally be re-created with a considered balance of old and new pieces that work together in harmony.
2. YELLOW AND GRAY
This year, Pantone took the unusual step of naming two colors as their shades of the year: Illuminating, a zingy yellow, and Ultimate Yellow, a pale gray.
The selection of two independent colors highlight how different elements come together to express a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting, conveying the idea that it’s not about one color or one person, it’s about more than one,’ says Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute.
3. CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY
A wander through warm amber tones, mellow meadow prints and beautiful embroidery. Mix and match natural textures for a cozy and inviting look that lift both home and spirit.
Mix muted colors with folksy and characterful prints for a more modern country kind-of-vibe.
4. FOCUS ON LIGHTING
For a home office that feels like a luxurious space rather than a commercial one, skip the standard office lighting.
Pendants and chandeliers combined with table lights, wall lights, niche and bookshelf lighting and some spots.
5. USE ENERGETIC COLOR
Choose a paint shade that gives you the get-up-and-go you need for a home office area and green for this work space because it’s the color of life, renewal, nature and energy.
6. MAKE IT PERSONAL (AND TREAT YOURSELF)
Choose a paint shade that gives you the get-up-and-go you need for a home office area and green for this work space because it’s the color of life, renewal, nature and energy.
7. THE HOME OFFICE AS FOCAL POINT
A home office must be designed as a space to induce thought. It wants to have crisp, clear lines, comfort and creative inspiration by way of artwork or patterned wallpaper.
A desk light is a good way to add style and design-led angles to an office as well as being imperative for spot lighting.
Another great way of making yourself feel happy while at home is to bring the outside in. Keeping blinds and curtains open to allow natural light into your home is a great way of doing this. And, as we continue to spend a lot of time at home this year, positioning your home office space in a room that has a view to your garden or the outside can really help boost productivity and focus.
If you don’t have that luxury, use house plants help to clean the air, improve concentration, and reduce anxiety.