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7 Home Decor Trends to Look for in 2023 According to Interior Designers

January 20, 2023 admin

It’s a new year, which means an entirely new round of predicting which trends will weather another 365 days and which trends are officially cringe-inducing. Thanks to the Washington Post, for instance, we now know that FaceTime is horribly passé (voice memos only) and that those in-the-know would rather eat nails than admit to going full goblin-mode (it’s chaos cooking now, thank you very much).

But what about the land of home decor—what’s in for 2023? Here, we speak to three DC-area interior designers about which trends they predict will be big this year.

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The 12 Biggest Interior Design Trends for 2023, According to Designers

January 7, 2023 admin

Nickolas Sargent (Sargent Photography)

While we tend to eschew design trends in favor of more timeless and personal furnishings, it’s still fun to hear what designers think will be trending in 2023 and beyond. Over the last few years, most of us have spent more time at home and it’s changed the way we view our spaces, both aesthetically and functionally. For example, white kitchens and neutral spaces had their moment, but designers are predicting that people want to have fun with their interiors and create a more personalized space now that they’re spending more time at home (after all,

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How Do Designers Decorate for the Holidays? We Invited Ourselves Over to See.

December 6, 2022 admin

It’s that time of year again. Go ahead and get a little carried away with decorating your home. No one is likely to accuse you of bad taste.

That’s one of the gifts of the holiday season: the opportunity to go all out with color, lights, greenery and flowers. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the changing of seasons or some combination of traditions, there’s no right or wrong way to go about decorating.

But a little inspiration is sometimes helpful. So we asked a few top interior designers — Ken Fulk; Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer, the founding

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Interior Design Hosts 30/30 Event in 3 Cities for Young Designers

November 25, 2022 admin

What does it mean to be a young design professional today? Designers under the age of 30 gathered in Chicago, Dallas, and New York City this fall to delve into this question during Interior Design‘s 30/30 events, a new initiative meant to honor the work of early career creatives and facilitate new connections. Roughly 30 designers, nominated by their respective firms for their dedication and stellar work, attended each 30/30 event in addition to manufacturers and established professionals.

From theMart in Chicago to the SOM office in New York City to the office of HKS Architects in Dallas, engaging

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5 Side-By Side Photos Showing The Reality Behind This DIY Home Designer’s Aesthetic Videos

November 21, 2022 admin

Having a house or an apartment that feels like a home might be trickier to achieve than it seems. And even after doing everything that is possible to have that dream home where every corner is perfect and up to our standards, another problem arises – being able to live in there and keep that perfect tidiness. This is primarily challenging if you aren’t living alone and have kids. And scrolling through pictures and videos that other people love to share revealing their beautiful and tidy homes doesn’t make us feel better, does it? This is why TikTok user @dwellaware

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Should you have open shelving in a kitchen? Designers way in

November 12, 2022 admin

Open shelving is everywhere right now. The latest interior design trend is all about curating a display of ornaments and artifacts on your shelves as part of your overall decor, adding personality and character to your space. Now, having been embraced in virtually every other room of the home, the trend has found its way into the kitchen.

Praised as a way to show off items you’d typically store out of sight, open shelving has become a popular choice for displaying luxury cookware in the modern kitchen. Others also hail its functional qualities; in such a fast-paced environment, they argue

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2023 Home Decor Trends Interior Designers Are Pumped About

November 5, 2022 admin

When TZR asked interior designers a year ago what their trend predictions for 2022 were, they gave kind of a wild mix. Maximalism! Vintage! Grandmillennial style! In came the predictions, and all things seemed to point to vibrancy and extremely loud self-expression. But while it was a fun run, it seems, for the most part, people may have had enough. The forecast for 2023 trends is officially in — and surprisingly, the experts say things are about to take a very subdued turn.

Sure, joy-filled design will still be around. Next year, though, designers expect to see a lot more

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