How To Bring The Spring Trends Of 2022 Into Your Home

April is here and we are close to waving goodbye to the cold, damp and bitter winds. While you may have brought your spring wardrobe out of the darkness, we want to focus on how to make your home fresher and brighter too. The spring trends for this year are really focused on open spaces, nature based decoration, a touch of newstalgia and bold patterns, colours and textures.

Nature Based Interior Therapy

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It’s no surprise that plants flourished in popularity during the past few years, a way to bring the outside in, but this trend is not going away anytime soon. Instead, it’s adapted itself to be easier to manage than a houseplant, while bringing in the same benefits. For spring/summer 2022, green is the dominant colour trend, with a fresh, harmonious, and revitalising effect on our houses. In addition, botanical prints are a terrific alternative to actual houseplants, as well as bringing in wooden furniture pieces, such as oak side tables. Whether you prefer jungle prints, delicate flowers, or more subtle shades such as olive, sage and jade, your interiors can harbour the same benefits and relax the mind and soul without the stress of keeping a plant alive. If this feels like too much green, try pairing it with some stone grey or wooden materials.

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Biophilic Design

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Continuing with the natural trends, biophilic design is taking over people’s homes. By increasing natural light and ventilation, as well as incorporating greenery and nature-inspired colour schemes and materials, biophilic design connects a room to nature and has therapeutic benefits. Our indoor environments are typically artificial and lack any relationship with the environment and connecting ourselves with nature by incorporating natural features into our homes can help us feel more comfortable.

Using natural details, such as greens, browns, greys, and wood-like materials combined with whites and creams throughout the home can be a quick way of bringing biophilic design into your space without knocking down walls. Pictures or posters of your favourite natural places help to bring the outside in, especially when combined with plants, or mini water fountains on table tops. Even fake flowers and plants can be used, and as an extra tip you can spray your fake flowers with your favourite perfume to bring you further comfort.

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Regency Core / Bridgerton

Pop culture provided the inspiration for this trend. This fascination in the royal style of the late 1800s has been spurred on by Netflix's Bridgerton, which takes place in London during the late 1800s.

Ornate gold accents, detailed wallpaper, and bright, airy hues characterise this style, paired with plush materials and patterned furniture.

Large, ancient objects are ideal, yet light, airy decoration and features are preferred. Using big, upholstered furniture and heavy drapes in light and bright colours are essential to bringing this trend into your home.

If you want a recency core influence, rather than a full regency makeover, try using velvets and accent decorations with creams and whites.

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Dark Academia

On social media, members of dark academia upload images and videos which romanticise their love for education and the arts. One may imagine themselves immersed in a Beauty and the Beast style library, wishing they were hiding in Oxford and Cambridge study rooms; wearing knit jumpers, plaids, and tweeds like academics in the autumn.

Dark academia is inspired by old academic institutions with an emphasis on lots of books, deep nature-inspired colours, William Morris-esque wallpaper and vintage and antique treasures. The colour palette uses browns, whites, creams, blacks, mahogany and other deep rich colours. For materials, dark wooden furniture and luxurious fabric like velvet, leather and fur also help to emphasise those dark themes.

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Light Academia

Taking on similar inspiration and themes as dark academia, light academia romanticises education and history in a lighter, brighter way. Colour schemes derived from nature and vintage accents are prominent, taking some inspiration from cottagecore styles.

Light academia focuses on beige, cream, light brown, white, plaid, dim shades, the occasional mint or light pink. Continue the decoration through nature-inspired patterns, like butterflies and flowers, as they aid in tying the look together and keeping a vintage yet bright environment.

Decorative mirrors, flowery artwork, and patterned dishes may help complete the theme.

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Whimsigothic

Whimsigothic was most prominent in the late 1980s and early 1990s, at the height of gothic pop/appeal with influence from Tim Burton and Margo Chase. The main features of this trend are vibrant, patterned walls, stained-glass windows and embroidered velvet or chiffon curtains.

Combining celestial blue with gold and yellow, purples, silver and earthy tones for a magical yet witchy theme. For decorations and features think sun catchers, candles, stars and mirrors.

For those who want a brighter version, it can be combined with light academia to maintain the gothic, but keeping the whimsical features.

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Bold Patterns & Colours

The future is colourful and vibrant. Bold colours and patterns in brilliant hues are the interior design trends for 2022.

Brightening a room is as simple as changing the colour scheme or adding new furnishings. Championing a joyful colour palette will also tip over into a more experimental use of print and pattern.

The colours that are hot this spring are lime green, fire-engine red, canary yellow, teal, hot pink and tangerine orange, the brighter the better.

If you’d rather your colours stay natural, go for more bold patterns such as stripes, houndstooth and geometric to bring colour and life back into your home.

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Sustainability & Upcycling

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The environmental benefits of upcycling are huge, aside from minimising the volume of discarded materials and waste being sent to landfill each year.

It also reduces the need for production using new or raw materials which means a reduction in air pollution, water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and often a conservation of global resources.

This spring trend is excellent for all ages, from thrifting youth to retired people who want a new hobby.

Try yourself at a small upcycling project, or focus on using more sustainable materials such as wood for your own DIY experiments.

To summarise

Ultimately, both spring and summer 2022 are all about keeping things close to nature and bringing back bright colour themes. Whether you go for a nature inspired home or you want to focus more on the whimsical, the trends all revolve on eliminating stress and focusing on what you want. As we approach the spring and summer of 2022, it's time to welcome the new and start focusing on what brings us happiness. We would love to see what you do with your home so don’t forget to tag us on your socials!

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