Lazzoni Modern Furniture (lazzoni.com) recently compiled a list of interior design trends for 2023 from various sources. Here’s what’s brewing:
Nature-inspired furniture and spaces
We’ve all experienced the calming effects a walk outdoors can provide, so why not bring a little outdoors back indoors with you? Furniture trends would include sustainable materials such as wood and stone, living plants, and even stumps as a unique coffee table. Live-edge tables preserve the original shape of the tree beneath its bark along the edge of a piece of furniture by not cutting or sawing the wood but preserving the wood’s natural and raw look.
Convivial seating
The pandemic found most of us avoiding intimate, social spaces with friends and loved ones, so perhaps as a response to the isolation of the past couple of years, interior design trends include smaller spaces in which to gather with others. Convivial seating should be comfortable, inviting, and encourage conversation. New furniture designs of bold curves are an option for face-to-face spaces, but doing something as simple as turning a chair a certain way or facing one seat towards another can create the sort of inviting space we all want to relax in – whether we are sharing the space or not.
Personal or meaningful objects or art
Minimalist settings, so popular in the past, are giving way to the display of objects that hold personal meaning. Based on the idea that meaningful objects play an important role in easing our anxieties, keeping these objects within arm’s (or eye’s) length feels like a “no-brainer” to us. These objects are typically uniquely “you” and not duplicated easily elsewhere. So, go ahead and proudly display your grandmother’s paintings or that funky glass cat statue you kept in your bedroom as a child.
The class and color of Art Deco
For those of us who appreciate an interior full of color and plush, welcome back the never-goes-out-of-style influence of Art Deco. Art Deco is another way to wave goodbye to the minimalist trend and say hello to deep, fun colors, whimsical furniture pieces, and geometric shapes. Hearken back to a little Gatsby-esque glamour by incorporating a leather chair, a plush couch, or animal print wallpaper. Art Deco shapes include trapezoidal or triangular shapes and zig-zag or chevron patterns. Colors of the era generally include deep yellows, reds, greens, blues, and, of course, pinks.