Furniture trends 2022: colours, styles, materials for home décor

Since the pandemic broke out, all areas of our life have been affected. The house could not be an exception. Indeed, the domestic walls have become even more protagonists of our daily life. It goes without saying that even the 2022 furnishing trends are influenced by the times.

 Suffice it to say that one of the styles on the rise in recent times is called homefulness, a name that refers to the concepts of home and mindfulness, which has become a symbol of familiarity, peace, hospitality, tranquillity. Let's see some tips for decorating your home following the hottest trends.

Just as mindfulness is a practice that aims to achieve a state of awareness and well-being, the homefulness style aims to bring these sensations back into home furnishings and beyond. The home environment must increasingly become a place of regeneration. Starting with the spaces, an atmosphere full of relaxation dominates: minimal furnishings, cleanliness, soft colours and references to nature. In two words, simplicity and light.

Even beyond homefulness, among the 2022 furniture trends there is certainly a strong inclination to minimalism, balance, simplicity of lines and shapes, also referring to another very popular value: that of sustainability. The minimalist style of furniture - which much of contemporary design follows - also has another advantage for those who have to experience the house more and more, that is practicality and functionality.

Reconnecting with nature is another of the most felt needs in 2022 furniture trends. At the term sustainability we add the small but significant suffix and it becomes eco-sustainability. Thus, we enter the world of natural materials: wood, wicker, bamboo, rattan, wicker, jute. If in recent years it has sometimes been difficult to go out into nature for long periods, this trend brings nature indoors.

A trend that began in 2021 has all the credentials to continue with the 2022 furnishing trends. The latest Global Trend Report by TaskRabbit, a community that connects professionals and those who have to renovate their homes, highlighted a significant increase in the purchase of quality materials: marble, granite, quartz and Venetian terrazzo, the most popular items. A figure that signals the desire to live your home more and more in luxury.

There are colours that never go out of fashion, shades that accompany us throughout our life. Others experience true moments of glory, such as Very Peri, a new shade of periwinkle blue that tends to purple, named Colour of The Year 2022 by Pantone. A more traditional blue is also back in vogue for the walls of our home: relaxing and imaginative and above all very versatile. In navy shades, but also lighter ones like cyan sky, it gives positive emotions in all rooms of the house: from the living room to the bedroom. Among the colours destined to fill the houses in 2022 also ochre in its various shades, and green, especially olive green and petrol green. Also, in this case they are relaxing colours and with different combination possibilities.

Living the house more, living it all together, studying, working, having fun with your hobbies. This is increasingly a necessity. Hence the need for shared spaces and versatile furnishings, in order to allow the same environments to coexist for leisure or work activities. Transform a coffee table into a desk, move a piece of furniture according to the required light. More and more proposals for functional and modular furnishings.

The trend in vogue in one of the most lived-in rooms in the house - the kitchen - is the boiserie. Via the tiles, panels of any colour and with the most diverse motifs arrive. There are many positive aspects, but above all the ease of cleaning. Often the latest generation panels are in pendant with the kitchen top, making a sure optical effect. No more escapes that blacken, then. The boiserie also has another advantage: the panels can cover an entire wall, creating more different colour and design effects, but above all by hiding the wall units and creating a very pleasant continuum effect.