Trends in the field of furniture and interior design do not stand still. The coming year 2023 develops both the directions already started last year and prepares new approaches to housing improvement.
Consider the leading furniture trends 2023 in a brief overview format.
Minimalism
The austerity of the interior is still in fashion and is becoming more and more emasculated. If earlier bright color accents were used as an accent in minimalist interiors, now the sphere of color goes into neutral natural shades. Gray, beige, brown – these non-contrasting tones set the mood and form a single space of a meditative nature.
Now the accent details of minimalism should be objects of unusual shape or texture:
- Round and radial shapes are at the peak of popularity: round pouffes, rounded sofas, radially rounded walls, round mirrors.
- Furniture and interior items made of natural materials without polishing treatment. Stone sinks, slab countertops, concrete furniture.
If you want to implement modern minimalism in your home, then pay attention to the following two trends.
Organic materials or their imitation
The fashion for everything eco-friendly and organic continues. The house is conceived as a certain human habitat, where it should be surrounded by safe materials of natural origin: stone, metal, wood and concrete.
From this trend comes the fashionable interior palette of 2023, in which there is no place for bright flashy colors of artificial origin. Shades that are popular this year should meet the request “the eye rests”, that is, be muted and neutral.
Invoice comes to the fore:
- Raw wood, maximum – oiled. Unhewn stumps as bedside tables, slabs with jagged edges firmly enter the interiors. But even slats on the walls are no longer comme il faut.
- Stone on backsplashes and kitchen and bathroom countertops, porcelain stoneware floors. Finishing stone walls (for example, using decorative plaster).
- Concrete and terrazzo on the floor and walls. It is not necessary to repeat the technology exactly; you can use, for example, tiles with imitation of these surfaces.
The use of natural materials creates a certain feeling of a modern cave, and also comes into contrast with modern technologies and equipment.
Glass in the interior
Separately, among other environmentally friendly materials, glass should be highlighted. It is used in the creation of furniture, creating the most lightweight designs in terms of visual perception. Showcases and even sideboards have returned to glass tables. Equipping them, do not forget about the internal lighting and beautiful arrangement inside the glass furniture. The play of light when refracted through glass creates special visual effects and mood.
Another area of application of glass in the interior is partitions. Solid glass structures or frame options allow you to zone the space, but maintain the feeling of a single room, let in light and do not weigh down the interior.
The squeak of interior fashion is smart glass (smart glass). This is a composite structure of glass and liquid crystal film under low voltage. At the user’s command, such glass can become transparent or frosted, varying the degree of privacy of the space. The solution is expensive, but with a WOW effect.
In the wake of the popularity of glass, good Soviet glass blocks also returned to fashion. Their use is justified not only in retro-style rooms. This material will perfectly fit into a modern interior, including minimalism.
Smart furniture
“Smart” technologies continue to capture humanity. Turning on the light from a smartphone is becoming a habit, and accordingly, our requirements for furniture are also increasing. For example, countertops with built-in sockets and chargers have already gone out of the category of know-how. In 2023, designers propose to move in this direction even faster and build alarm clocks into bedside tables, for example. Why not?
This trend is based on the desire to maximize the space around and make life in an apartment or house as comfortable as possible. For example, while lying in bed, ask Alice to heat the kettle or turn off the lights everywhere.
Numerous furniture transformers should also be included in the category of smart furniture: beds disappearing in the closet, small tables turning into huge tables and other miracles of engineering. Against the backdrop of a trend towards a decrease in consumption, many people are deliberately refusing large apartments, preferring studios or small-sized housing. Transformer furniture can make it as comfortable as possible. Most often it is developed and created to order according to individual drawings.
Hidden kitchens
Since we are talking about studio apartments, let’s remember her biggest pain – the desire to hide the kitchen. Solution found! In 2023, designers propose to completely cover kitchens with accordion-type sliding doors. If you make them in the color of the walls, then the amazed question from the guests “Where is the kitchen?” could be the start of an exciting show.
Structurally, this is solved with the help of guides on the floor and ceiling, on which the panels are hung. Depending on the configuration of the room, the design may be different. The disadvantage of this idea is that it is quite expensive and bulky for a small room.
In principle, it is not necessary to camouflage the kitchen completely. Modern design offers other options for a kitchen upgrade. Let’s move on to the next trend.
Sliding backsplash in the kitchen
In 2023, there is a real chance to finally say goodbye to all the visual noise on the kitchen countertop. Boards, coasters, kitchen accessories… All this little things spoil the appearance of any headset, and it’s inconvenient to put it away in drawers and cabinets every time.
A sliding or lifting backsplash is in a hurry to help. With a flick of the wrist, you reveal your Narnia, where all the kitchen utensils are stored. And after cooking, just close the doors, leaving perfect cleanliness on the countertop.
To implement this idea, you need:
- select a zone behind a regular countertop, that is, make the headset a little deeper than the standard one;
- separate the secret area with compartment doors or with a lifting mechanism. It can be mechanical or electrical.
Kitchens without upper modules
The trend for sets without upper cabinets will also help to visually free the kitchen. In Europe, it has already ceased to be mainstream, but in Russia it is just beginning to gain popularity. The rejection of the usual top row lockers makes it possible to lighten the kitchen area. In their place, you can place open shelves with decor or lay out an accent backsplash up to the ceiling (a solution at the peak of fashion trends).
By the way, technological progress has reached unimaginable heights – hobs with a built-in hood began to appear on sale. This means that in the near future we can look at the usual hood boxes hanging over the tiles as a relic of the past.
The advantage of a hob with a built-in extractor hood is that it can be safely placed on a kitchen island. But you will have to get confused with the supply of the air duct, since completely wireless technologies have not yet been invented here.
Kitchens with mezzanines
Not all of us are ready to easily give up the upper cabinets in the kitchen. The reason for this is obvious – we need somewhere to store all the kitchen utensils. For those who do not elevate minimalism to the rank of their own interior religion, there is good news – kitchen mezzanines are still in trend.
An additional row of upper cabinets in the kitchen set is equipped up to the ceiling. The result is not only a great place to store rarely used things, but also the ceiling visually rises. In the same mezzanine, you can perfectly hide the air duct, if your kitchen has not yet known the joy of a hob with a built-in extractor fan.
Furniture and interior trends 2023, in principle, do not revolutionize our understanding of the space around us. Development is moving gradually, and all of the listed novelties have already been noted in the interiors of leading brands in one way or another over the past couple of years.
Perhaps the main trend of our time is the creation of a comfortable and functional space for a particular person or family. Therefore, approach the presented trends solely in terms of their benefits for your home.