4 Best Interior Decor Trends for Every Room in Your House

Discover ideas for colors, materials, DIY techniques, and more from current interior design styles with this guide to refreshing any room in 2022

If home is where the heart is, then your home should surely be a place where your heart feels happy and peaceful. With the interior design trends of 2022 so far, that means creating a fresh and calm atmosphere making use of elements from nature, without getting tied up in perfectionism.

Want to craft a unique, natural look in your living room, kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom? Here we explore four currently-trending interior design ideas, and combine them with tips from Domestika teachers to inspire you room-by-room for any renovation.

How to use these trends: build a space that’s authentically you

There’s no need to constantly keep up with every current interior design trend. Instead, when you come across a trending look, identify what you like about it. Is it the color, materiality, texture, light?

In her course on developing your own interior style, designer Charlotte Beevor (@charlotte_beevor) encourages thinking carefully about how you will use your spaces. What are your hobbies, interests, and daily routines?

You can also consider memories and sentimental objects, which might create a focus point in a room. Your most sustainable option is to keep hold of things you already have, perhaps upcycling or reinventing them, to accomplish a fresh look in an environmentally-friendly way. And when it comes to color, combine favorites with trends as accents, so it’s easy to rework when you want an update.

With all that said, let’s dive into four recent interior design trends, room by room, breaking them down by color, materials, and other expert tips.

1. Try "Japandi" in your living room

The living room is a place to relax, spend time with family, watch movies, and other social activities. So what could be better than a style that combines coziness and wellbeing with the acceptance of occasional clutter and imperfection?

Japandi fuses Japanese wabi-sabi (a philosophy that accepts simplicity, transience, and imperfection) with Scandinavian hygge (a cozy and happy feeling).

In her course on interior design tricks to renovate your home, decoration expert Cristina Larrumbe (@crislarrumbe) explains Nordic and wabi-sabi styles in more detail, highlighting similarities and differences.

For example, a coffee table in a Nordic style may be varnished for durability, whereas in wabi-sabi it is allowed to get knocked and scratched for a lived-in look. Then, she explores Japandi and how these sentimentalities can fuse together to create a home focused around “handicrafts and natural elements”.

So, what could a Japandi living room include?

1. Colors: neutral and earthy hues like browns and grays, and overall monochromatic palettes. Chalk paint has become a practical choice for a soothing, matte look.

2. Materials: jute, rush, bamboo, and other eco-friendly options. Combine wooden furniture with warm textiles like wool.

3. Layout: an open space with lots of light, focused around seating for a sociable and timeless look.

2. Customize a sustainable bedroom

While the living room is designed to be open and communal, a bedroom is a private space that can closely reflect its inhabitant, creating a personal sanctuary. This is where the trend for personalization can combine with another huge trend right now: sustainability and upcycling.

Why is sustainability important in interior design? The goal is to reduce old furniture going into landfill, and allowing pieces to live far longer lives. It’s also great to buy second-hand, keeping older pieces in circulation rather than creating new pieces (and therefore more emissions).

Think of your bed, for example: could you paint a headboard, or crochet new cushion covers rather than buying new ones? In her course on redesigning your home with upcycling, María Vázquez (@drlivinghome) will take you step-by-step through several methods of upcycling your bedroom, from restyling your bed to decorating cabinets.

Here’s what you could use in a sustainable bedroom:

1. Colors: anything you like! Use up old paint or find eco alternatives like climate-positive brands COAT and Eico.

2. Materials: try linen, wools, and abacà (a.k.a. Manilla hemp), which is great for weaving.

3. Layout: think about how you can frame the bed with interesting items that reflect your personality, like wall-hangings.

3. Decorate your kitchen with romantic elements

Another stand-out trend (especially for summer) is a romantic, Mediterranean-inspired look. This combines warm lighting and coziness with cool stone hues. Think arches, ceramics, and big communal tables for enjoying time with friends and family.

To DIY a kitchen influenced by the Mediterranean, why not try designing and decorating your own Portuguese-style tiles? With this course by Gazete Azulejos (@gazeteazulejos) you’ll learn clay-making and painting techniques.

Here are more ideas for your kitchen this summer:

1. Colors: terracotta, shades of brown, and bold accents like teal and orange.

2. Materials: marble, stone, ceramics, and wood.

3. Layout: center cooking and eating by framing the table with decorations, and having patterned tiles behind your cooking area.

4. Try a "biophilic" look in your bathroom

Nature is making a comeback in interiors, and one word you might begin to see is “biophilic”. It literally means “loving nature”, so when it comes to designing a space you might mimic nature’s shapes, or use sustainable natural resources like plants. This should encourage a sense of connection and inner peace—perfect for a relaxing bath!

Architect Ale de la Cerda (@aledelacerda) from studio LENPO teaches a course on decorating with plants, and stresses the importance of observing and understanding your plants so you can place them perfectly and watch them thrive. Tropical plants are adapted to warm and humid conditions, so a bathroom could be their ideal home.

Here’s how to make the most of this trend in your bathroom:

1. Colors: greens, browns, and other earthy hues.

2. Materials: wood, bamboo, tiles, plants, and green walls.

3. Layout: try to find or create curved and sculptural shapes, for example a circular mirror.

Start designing your dream home with these resources

If you’re ready to take the next step and learn a new skill to reinvent a space in your home, check out our full range of interior decoration courses, and these bonus resources.

1. In this course on vintage furniture upcycling, furniture artist Chloe Kempster will show you three painting techniques using chalk paint.

2. Watch nine free tutorials on decorating your home.

3. Explore these four online courses to learn Japanese design techniques.

4. Discover eight more looks for your home, with this explainer on classic interior design styles.