7 Interior Design Trends for 2026 You Need to Know

With 2025 coming to and end and 2026 just around the corner, it is time to start looking at what top interior design trends we could see dominating our living spaces in the new year. 2025 was the year of colour-drenched and monochrome designs, but as the new year looms, what can we see changing for 2026?

In this article, we delve into the 7 interior design 2026 trends that you need to know! Let's go!

Related blog: Interior Design Trends 2025: What’s Next?

 

Biophilic Style: Nature-Led Interior Trends for 2026

With Spring on the way, biophilic design is a trend we will see early in 2026. It refers to the idea of incorporating nature into built environments to help improve health, comfort, and sustainability.

Some examples of bringing nature elements into the home include: 

• Blurring the boundary between outdoor and indoor living - moving your interior furniture and pillows out onto your patio/ bringing your plants into the house.
• Natural light - Opting for bigger windows/ sky windows and doors to let natural light in instead of artificial lamps/ lights.
• Wooden touches - Using raw materials like wood in kitchens, living rooms, and bedrooms.

 

Curved Furniture and Architecture

The curved architecture trend found its way into many homes' magazines, inspo, and Pinterest boards in 2025; now it is time to incorporate it into your home. This trend involves moving away from the rigid, sharp-line geometry and embracing softer forms of curved design. Archway hallways/doors, curved windows, and rounded sofas are all popular curved architecture features that will be incorporated into living spaces.

But it is not just because of the look. Curves are perceived as softer and more welcoming, which reduces visual harshness and overall makes your home feel a lot more relaxed. Sometimes it really is those little touches that do it. 

 

Earthy Tones

Very similar to the previous, nature-led trends and earthy tones are set to be big in 2026. Gone are the Matt Black, White, and Beige living rooms and in with the natural hue of sky blue, green, brown, and earthy clay. They are grounded and organic and feel like natural earth materials rather than overproduced, glossy and oversaturated.

Earth tones blend in very well with our previous point of adding wooden touches to the home; the natural brown of the wood would perfectly match a terracotta, yellow cream, or muted green earth tone. Earthy clay tones age very well; they are the ideal choice for a long-lasting interior.

 

Smart Homes: Tech-Savvy Designs Leading New Interior Trends

This trend has been getting increasingly popular as time goes on; it was only a matter of time until tech-savvy furniture became a full trend in 2026. It refers to incorporating the tech into our décor instead of having it as an add-on. Tech that can alert, adapt, respond, and control our living space... and we do not even have to move!

Now this trend sounds expensive, but you can introduce it into your home slowly and cheaply.

• Integrated wiring into walls/flooring to make floors clearer.
•  Smart lighting
• Smart heating
• App-controlled home features

And over time, you could develop to the pricier suggestions:

• Hiding the TV in the wall
• Hiding the TV in the bed
• USB chargers in furniture

Though it sounds like a lot of work, we rely on tech more and more every day. This is a 2026 trend that we can see becoming a permanent fixture in daily life, a trend that will never stop trending.

 

Sustainable Interior Design Trends

The term sustainable has been floating around online a lot in recent years. And sustainable design is not just an option, it expected in everyday living. Homes and spaces are now being designed with sustainability in mind. 

Indoor air quality, non-toxic finishes, natural materials, natural lighting, upcycling décor, and smart lighting are all sustainable choice that we can try to aim for in 2026, we can see a lot of interior design companies opting to create sustainable, friendly furniture to keep customers with peace of mind.

 

Adaptive Spaces

Adaptive spacing refers to designing a room or space with multiple uses in mind. With remote/hybrid workers surging in popularity, the home office is no longer a make-shift desk. It needs to be a dedicated space. 

Ways to incorporate adaptive spacing in your home:

• Sofa bed - Turns your living room into a bedroom.
• Ruckley Wall-Mounted Desk - Turn your office desk into a vanity space.
• Convertible Dining Table - Turn your office desk into a dining room.

 

Retro and Maximalist

And finally, a slight contrast to our previous 2026 trends. Moving away from the clean-cut, curved trend and moving onto colour, pop, and maximalist. Designs, contrasting colours, floor patterns, and pieces from the retro era of the 60's - 70's will become very popular.

The art of 'more is more', layering of textures and patterns, mixing and matching fabrics to create a sense of chaos, yet individuality. The maximalist retro trend is not about piling fabrics up and causing an 'organised mess', it is about telling a story with the art, creating a sense of nostalgia and emotion to rooms and adding character and soul to a home. A great way to do this is by mismatching your patterns and textures, stripey bedding alongside a plain wall, patterned wallpaper next to coloured carpet, it creates a sense of organised noise in your room.

 

Conclusion

In conclusion, there are many other interior design trends and popular colours that are set to be huge in 2026:

• Neutral colours
• Oiled bronze colouring
• Statement decor
• Freehand artwork
• Frame silhouettes
• Plum colours
• Wooden touches
• Painted ceilings
• Terracotta
• Muted rose
• Minimalist
• Patterns

As we look to 2026, interior trends are leaning towards a more personalised direction. The bold return of colour craftsmanship, textures, and architecture spacing reflects a deeper meaning to create a space that is meaningful.