Every year, new design elements become popular according to trends that are happening in other aspects of culture. For many years, technology, eco-friendly, sustainable, and organic have been themes in modernizing your home. Here are a few trends that are adding in natural elements that will be popular in 2020.
Barn Doors and Reclaimed Wood
Many trends hit home design each year and one that has increasing popularity is the sliding barn door. Even more popular is to find them reclaimed and antique. This often requires being able to replace hardware. DIY bypass barn door hardware can be found so that any reclaimed piece can be properly rigged in your home. The benefits of including sliding barn doors and reclaimed wood into your modern home include flow and added useable space.
With barn doors, you can make small rooms appear bigger, allow for wider door frames, and create space that is modular and moveable. Inviting reclaimed wood into your design adds a warmth to the feeling of the room and is better for the environment. If we can, it is better to recycle and reuse building materials. Sliding barn doors also help small spaces feel larger, as well as saving swing space. It can give the illusion of large sweeping doorways as well as create spaces that are modular and have the ability to change shape.
Eco-Friendly Building and Materials
With the ever-increasing issue of climate on everyone’s mind, using eco-friendly building materials can have a huge impact on style and design. Using natural materials in the structure can prevent off-gassing from synthetic materials, as well as provide an organic feel. Insulation has been, historically, very toxic. Many varieties offer healthier qualities that won’t degrade over time. Many of the building materials in modern times have become increasingly toxic to people and planet, so choosing green options often supports more than just your family home.
Many paint companies have started to provide more organic options with less fumes. Along with the less toxic levels, the colors and style tend to be more natural as well. Another huge impact has been on the utilities chosen in your modernization. Solar panels and efficient heating and cooling systems have changed the game with how we interact with our environments. Magnetic stovetops and efficient technology is taking up less space as well as fulfilling its purpose.
Smart Homes
Smart homes are perhaps the biggest trend in modern home design. The technology mixed with design aesthetics continues to innovate and make functionality intuitive. Automatic mutable glass makes curtains and window shades obsolete. You will be able to dim the glass remotely and controlling views in and out. This modernizes the style by cleaning and minimizing excess decorating, maintenance, and cleaning. Much of the smart home devices help rid the house of excess items used to solve analog problems. Smart homes are about freeing up time and space in one’s days by taking care of the mundane tasks of home, even when you are not there. Nature communicates remotely with mother nature, and now our homes can too.
Work From Home Environments
As trends in culture lean toward more and more people working from home, starting their own businesses, and using multi-use spaces, making spaces suitable for work becomes popular. Furniture that is light and easy to move, along with variant lighting capabilities, is very important in today’s home office. This again leans toward the popular modern minimalism. Modular and moving walls can open and close off public and private space as well as function as eating and sleeping spaces.
Organic Design Elements
The more urbanization becomes a trend, the more the polarity of organic natural design does as well. The industry of home building prefers functionality and which has a huge impact on final design aesthetics. If a natural route is taken, the square becomes rounded, and the genius of nature’s design is far superior. Bathrooms can be created to feel more like bathing in the outdoors and couches inspired by winding rocks.
