Interior Trends – Warm Glow – Flooring Fx

Conjuring a feeling of light-hearted optimism and energy, warm glow invites comfort and happiness into the home.

Warm glow

Cocooned in snuggly fabrics, cavernous cushions and curvy shapes, warm glow embraces the idea of unabashed comfort in burnished tones and soothing textures

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Hold the stark whites and choose from a spectrum of golden shades. Pantone’s ultimate grey and illuminating yellow combination, or the forecasted hues of mango sorbet and butter, will inject a splash of sunshine style to your interior. While sculpturally curvaceous furniture creates low-key drama and silky soft drapery entices with textural charm.

Design base

Creating the ultimate lived-in comfort requires a flooring of remarkable performance and durability. Bailey, in stoney grey, will serve to complement or offset the palest sherbert, zestiest citrus or richest ochre. With its luxurious cut pile twist, cushion like softness and accs residential extra heavy duty making it ideal for the test of time. Flooring Fx

 According to the oxford dictionary, a trend is, "a general direction in which something is developing or changing." more than ever in the world of interiors, we are looking at interior design trends for 2022 in this sense, rather than simply as, "a fashion." like it or not, the past twelve to eighteen months have forced a change in behaviour that was only slowly emerging - focusing on nurturing, comfort and calm.

The growing aversion to fast fashion translates to the home too, with a marked move away from quick wins and cheap, mass-produced homewares to furnishing and decorating our homes for a lifetime, not just a lifestyle. "people are keen to invest in timeless, beautiful quality items now more than ever," says interiors stylist and founder of chelon design, fiona gould. "we're also embracing vintage pieces. It's all about treasured investments that tell a story and make a home unique, rather than fast furniture."

With over a year of watching events unfold in the northern hemisphere, perhaps it's not surprising that many home trends for 2022 carry a european influence - colours, lifestyle and entertaining are all reflecting a particularly mediterranean aesthetic and, coupled with our climate and newfound yearning for freedom, things look set to remain outdoors.

1. Connection to nature

The emergence of the biophilic design movement encourages a closer connection to nature in the way we're building shared spaces. "humans crave connection with and access to nature in their daily lives," says jen rochford from porta. "bringing biophilic elements into the home is an efficient way to maintain that connection whilst indoors."

We are seeing this in natural timber finishes and furnishings in favour of man-made, or synthetic finishes everywhere in the home. Kitchen and bathroom spaces, including vanities, walls and ceiling linings are adopting finishes in raw timber, stone and concrete. "sustainable timber is a natural material that brings a sense of warmth and depth into your home," says jen. "bringing nature indoors with timber finishes adds texture, and movement to any space."

 While marble continues to dominate in bathrooms, kitchens and smaller-scale furnishings such as coffee tables and accessories, stone is having a big moment in furniture too, with warmer tones like travertine making a splash with a sophisticated, italian-inspired elegance. "the tactile and highly luxurious appeal of stone is a perfect way to elevate any space," says fiona.

"there is a growing awareness of the impact synthetic fibres are having on not just our planet, but on our health too," says creative director & founder of nodi rugs, olivia moon. "a lot of people are unaware of what their flooring is made from - be it carpet or rugs - and have been unknowingly filling their homes with polyester, which is in fact plastic!"

2. Colours of the earth

Colour trends for 2022 also reflect our need to be close to nature, ranging from eucalyptus and olive greens to ocre and clay browns. Even darker colours are set to make a comeback in timbers. "for years american oak and tasmanian oak has dominated interiors, so i am excited to see if darker timbers make their way into 2022," says director/founder of folk studio, mariah madder.

It doesn't stop at flooring either. According to fiona, brown is the new black. "especially caramel, tan and chocolate browns combined with soft creams," she suggests. "i'm also loving brown on brown, it's unexpected and beautifully retro." Warm Glow Trend

 

How hygge can inspire your winter home decorating ideas

There’s one danish word that perfectly encapsulates the sense of burrowing in for winter. Hygge is the feeling of contentedness, nostalgia or cosiness. It can be brought on by anything from mulled wine to a soft reading chair, to candlelit dinners. In an interior style sense, hygge points to anything warm and indulgent, so here are our rustic home ideas for this year’s winter interior design trends:

•             introduce lush textiles

Interior Trends – Hotel Luxe - Flooring Fx

 Interior Trends – Hotel Luxe -   Flooring Fx Displaying all the plush comforts and refinements of boutique accommodation, hotel luxe brings old-school glamour to contemporary design. Hotel luxe Replicating the indulgence of a luxury stay, the devil is in the detail; with specific lighting, furniture and fabrics all inspired by hotel décor, arranged for maximum impact

This year we’re seeing lots of decadent fabrics being introduced into homes, particularly in deep jewel tones of jade, turquoise, violet and blue. That doesn’t mean you need to cover your couches and beds with fluffy fabric. Instead, try including small touches of warm home décor such as tactile velvet cushions, a chunky wool throw or a bedspread with oversized tassels to add warmth and depth to the room. Anything that will make reading or watching a movie even more enjoyable is right on the hygge mark.

•             create a cosy kitchen

Laughter and discussions around the dining table with family and friends evokes hygge, as is having people hang out in the kitchen with the cook as they whip up the evening meal. Your cooking and dining spaces should be styled just as much for comfort as they are for function. If you are remodelling with winter home décor, choose cushioned chairs, soft rugs underfoot and a large table to create comfortable space for whiling away the hours over good conversation.

•             keep it warm and bright

The nights are longer throughout the cooler months, and that’s the perfect opportunity to focus on light in your home. Scandinavian countries tend to have a lot of light sources – in sweden that’s as many as 42 in the average home – so embrace the comforting warm glow of low-lit lamps in your living spaces. Better yet, collect a group of candles on your coffee table for dreamy evenings curled up on the couch.

•             bring bliss to your bathrooms

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What could be cosier than a decadent bubble bath as the rain falls outside? Get your hygge on by introducing fluffy new towels in bright jewel colours, soft bathrobes, natural wooden accessories and a bath shelf to hold a book and a glass of wine.