10 Design and Decorating Trends for 2019
Forecasts from international design fairs combined with user favourites tell us what's in for your homes this new year
The new year usually brings about plans to refresh your home, whether it’s a full-on renovation or a refresh for the coming Lunar New Year festivities. Brush up on 2019’s design and decorating trends to inspire you, picked out from design fairs, expert forecasts and Houzz data gathered from popular photos and stories.
2. Black frames
To tie in with Cersaie’s trendy black tapware, black-framed walls, room dividers and windows are still going to be in demand. The black-framed trend gained traction in 2017, but it will still go strong in 2019.
To tie in with Cersaie’s trendy black tapware, black-framed walls, room dividers and windows are still going to be in demand. The black-framed trend gained traction in 2017, but it will still go strong in 2019.
3. Blue rooms
Singapore homeowners are embracing the cool hue, and want them in large amounts throughout their homes. Blue kitchens became popular in 2018; now we’re starting to see blue invade other rooms in the house.
Ideas we Love: 31 Scrumptious Blue Kitchens
Singapore homeowners are embracing the cool hue, and want them in large amounts throughout their homes. Blue kitchens became popular in 2018; now we’re starting to see blue invade other rooms in the house.
Ideas we Love: 31 Scrumptious Blue Kitchens
4. Kitchen organisation
It’s no longer just a question of ample storage, especially in the kitchen, for the foodie Singaporean. Custom-designed kitchen organisation to stash away – in good order – kitchen gadgets and gourmet ingredients is something that homeowners are seriously looking into.
It’s no longer just a question of ample storage, especially in the kitchen, for the foodie Singaporean. Custom-designed kitchen organisation to stash away – in good order – kitchen gadgets and gourmet ingredients is something that homeowners are seriously looking into.
5. Japanordic
Designers are cleverly marrying our penchant for Scandi style and passion for anything Japanese, with a fusion that gives a fresh twist to both influences. With the popular colour palettes – millennial pink was all the rage in 2017 and 2018 – added into this East-meets-West mix, Japanordic is getting a touch of Singaporean as well.
What is Japanordic?
Designers are cleverly marrying our penchant for Scandi style and passion for anything Japanese, with a fusion that gives a fresh twist to both influences. With the popular colour palettes – millennial pink was all the rage in 2017 and 2018 – added into this East-meets-West mix, Japanordic is getting a touch of Singaporean as well.
What is Japanordic?
6. Nature
This year, nature creeps into the home in the form of earthy hues like sage green and plant motifs.
This year, nature creeps into the home in the form of earthy hues like sage green and plant motifs.
7. Living Coral
Speaking of nature, Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2019, Living Coral, is also nature-inspired. While it may be too hot in terms of visual temperature for most Singapore homes, expect to see the warm, vibrant hue as an accent colour or in accessories.
Speaking of nature, Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2019, Living Coral, is also nature-inspired. While it may be too hot in terms of visual temperature for most Singapore homes, expect to see the warm, vibrant hue as an accent colour or in accessories.
Coral, in fact, appeared in a big way at the Milan Furniture Fair earlier in 2018, way before Pantone announced it as the colour for 2019.
8 Trends to Embrace from the Milan Furniture Fair
8 Trends to Embrace from the Milan Furniture Fair
8. Spiced Honey
Paint company Akzonobel, maker of Dulux, meanwhile, named their warm honey-hued brown, called Spiced Honey, as the Colour of 2019.
Paint company Akzonobel, maker of Dulux, meanwhile, named their warm honey-hued brown, called Spiced Honey, as the Colour of 2019.
A neutral that recalls smooth peanut butter, it’s a lot easier to use with other colours and design styles.
9. Marble tabletops
Also at the Milan Furniture Fair, lightweight marble made a stunning statement in furniture. Whether it’s indeed a lightweight tabletop or a digitally-printed pattern on glass (another trend that debuted at the Italian fair), this look adds luxury without bulk to any space.
Also at the Milan Furniture Fair, lightweight marble made a stunning statement in furniture. Whether it’s indeed a lightweight tabletop or a digitally-printed pattern on glass (another trend that debuted at the Italian fair), this look adds luxury without bulk to any space.
10. Luxury: Bespoke, not branded
In many houses we featured in 2018, Singapore interior designers have successfully blended a mix of several design trends with personalised touches for their clients, and we’ll be seeing more of this in 2019. Case in point: this gorgeous blue kitchen framed by black cabinetry, with luxurious rose-gold details.
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What’s big on your design list this year? Have you spotted the next big trend of 2019? Give us your predictions in the Comments!
In many houses we featured in 2018, Singapore interior designers have successfully blended a mix of several design trends with personalised touches for their clients, and we’ll be seeing more of this in 2019. Case in point: this gorgeous blue kitchen framed by black cabinetry, with luxurious rose-gold details.
TELL US
What’s big on your design list this year? Have you spotted the next big trend of 2019? Give us your predictions in the Comments!
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