As 2010 draws to a close we can't help but wonder what 2011 will bring. After all, what could top 2010, year of the Oprah visit? In terms of interior design at least, we have a few ideas about where we're headed, and based on this year, we're in for some fun trends that might even have the staying power to turn into styles.
Here you'll find a trend guide to what's hot in 2011--from carpet to colour, read on to glimpse the future... Wallpaper on the Ceiling? Yes, Really. You heard correctly---there's a growing trend which is novel, fun and funky and we predict it's going to take hold in a big way. Remember the feature wall? Well, that little design feature (ahem, pun intended) certainly enjoyed its hey-day(s), and then when we'd done that trend to death it somehow morphed into the papered feature wall and enjoyed a brief revitalisation. After that, people got brave and began papering entire rooms, until the though struck--and spread---that those poor paperless ceilings must be mighty lonely and neglected up there.
Enter the papered ceiling, a twist on the feature wall that's oh-so-frivolous and just a little bit mad-tea-party-esque. Delightful! Yin and Yang Everything about our society is screaming out for a little bit of balance. We need more work/life balance, we need more production/consumption balance, and we certainly need more balance in our health and social lives.
The same is true for interior design. After years of 'bold' and 'clashing' and 'ironic' design trends, we've realised that what we really need, long term, is balance. Cool, calm, serene and oh-so-symmetrical balance. We want harmony with the environment, light and shade, raw material with dashes of colour. In a post GFC world, we're all about moderation and understated elegance. This one could be here to stay.
Here you'll find a trend guide to what's hot in 2011--from carpet to colour, read on to glimpse the future... Wallpaper on the Ceiling? Yes, Really. You heard correctly---there's a growing trend which is novel, fun and funky and we predict it's going to take hold in a big way. Remember the feature wall? Well, that little design feature (ahem, pun intended) certainly enjoyed its hey-day(s), and then when we'd done that trend to death it somehow morphed into the papered feature wall and enjoyed a brief revitalisation. After that, people got brave and began papering entire rooms, until the though struck--and spread---that those poor paperless ceilings must be mighty lonely and neglected up there.
Enter the papered ceiling, a twist on the feature wall that's oh-so-frivolous and just a little bit mad-tea-party-esque. Delightful! Yin and Yang Everything about our society is screaming out for a little bit of balance. We need more work/life balance, we need more production/consumption balance, and we certainly need more balance in our health and social lives.
The same is true for interior design. After years of 'bold' and 'clashing' and 'ironic' design trends, we've realised that what we really need, long term, is balance. Cool, calm, serene and oh-so-symmetrical balance. We want harmony with the environment, light and shade, raw material with dashes of colour. In a post GFC world, we're all about moderation and understated elegance. This one could be here to stay.
