2024 Interior Home Design Trends to Try

Embracing each new year’s interior design trends can provide a fresh update to your living space while still enabling you to portray your unique style. Fortunately, home design trends in 2024 leave plenty of room for personalized touches and custom charm.

It’s no longer just about aesthetics; functionality, sustainability, and authentic character are all popular trends in interior design for 2024. Here’s a look at some upcoming trends to explore to keep your home both fashionable and cozy.

Sustainability and Eco-Friendly Design

Sustainability is no longer just a fashionable buzzword but an emerging need. Interior designers are predicting increased interest in eco-friendly design elements in 2024. Expect more “upcycled” furniture pieces and decorative accents made from recycled materials, repurposed items, and sustainable wood.

Statement Ceilings

Some interior designers are now referring to the ceiling as “the fifth wall” to highlight the importance of this major design element. Though often overlooked, ceiling details can transform your interior space in surprising ways. In 2024, look for trends like textured plaster, brightly colored paint, and even some unexpected elements like wallpaper ceilings or “shiplap” interlocking wooden panels, which could both be big game-changers in-home aesthetics this year.

Contrasting Colors

Color trends for 2024 are all about bold blocks of color and daring contrasts. It doesn’t have to be as dramatic as it may at first sound. Hints of vibrant hues pair well with neutral colors and natural wood tones for a lively yet balanced and surprisingly serene visual statement.

Biophilic Design

If you haven’t heard this word yet, you will in 2024. “Biophilic” (literally “a love of living things”) design refers to any effort to invite nature indoors. It’s been gaining popularity in the last few years, but many designers say 2024 will be this trend’s big moment. Expect to see a surge in indoor plants, larger windows, nature-inspired wallpapers, more natural wooden surfaces, and nature-centric hues to make your living spaces more calming and serene.

Functional Spaces

The shift toward remote and work-from-home culture has made functional spaces necessary, and it’s becoming a well-defined and intentional trend this year. Multi-use rooms and flexible home layouts will continue to evolve, with elements like desks that double as dining tables. One surprising trend to watch for is (yet another) return of the Murphy bed, which folds into a built-in wall space when not in use.

A Return to Vintage

Antique furniture seldom goes out of style, but 2024 promises to bring about an even greater desire to capture the charm of simpler times. Antiques and vintage elements will make a strong comeback this year, with both the adoption of sturdy antique pieces throughout the home and repurposed elements like sinks built into “rescued” furniture like bureaus.

Authenticity

This year, it’s all about keeping it real. Faux finishes are on their way out, with more natural treatments, especially when it comes to wooden surfaces, replacing them. Natural materials and wood will continue to reign in furniture, flooring, and cabinetry.

Caring For Your New Interior Looks

Styles may come and go, but hardwood surfaces have a beautiful, timeless quality that’s always in fashion. This year is no exception, with trends that promise an even greater inclusion of natural wood. It’s important to protect and enhance its appeal by relying on quality care and cleaning products.

That’s where WOCA comes in. Whether it’s a new-to-you vintage piece, a freshly installed or refinished hardwood floor, or an heirloom piece of furniture that’s been in your family for generations, WOCA has a product perfect for safely and effectively caring for your wooden surfaces.

Explore the wide range of WOCA woodcare products such as Natural Soap Spray, Master Color Oil, or Worktop Oil, perfect for butcherblock or other wooden work surfaces. All WOCA products are safe, all-natural, and designed to pamper your wood, showcasing its natural beauty while offering long-lasting protection and enhanced durability.

Ready to embrace the new 2024 design trends and learn more about caring for wooden surfaces both in and outside your home? Keep reading for more about interior and exterior woodcare, sustainable and eco-friendly living, and other tips and tricks to help you make the most of this year’s emphasis on natural surfaces.