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With 2020 on the horizon, home renovation and design platform Houzz has compiled a list of its top home design trend predictions for the year ahead.


With a community of millions of homeowners and home renovation and design professionals around the world, Houzz has unique insights into how people are renovating their homes. The Houzz team searched through Houzz data, browsed hundreds of home design photos, reread past articles and interviewed professional designers to produce a collection of materials, colours and other home design ideas that you can expect to see a lot more of in 2020.


Colour in the Kitchen


With homeowners starting to step away from the safety of a monochrome palette, kitchens look set to become much more colourful in 2020.


Houzz has seen an increase in uploads of colourful kitchen photos, showing that homeowners are choosing cabinets in a range of cheerful shades, from blues and greens to heathery purples. But it doesn’t stop there- surprisingly, one of the new search terms on Houzz this year was ‘yellow kitchen’; indicating bolder moves from homeowners. ‘Cream kitchen’ also made an appearance in the rising search terms list, marking a step away from the classic white kitchen.


Sustainability


Sustainability is becoming a more frequently requested feature by homeowners on Houzz, with 15% of renovators stating that ‘integrating green materials’ was a priority when completing renovations, according to Houzz research. The word ‘eco’ also made it into the 2019 most searched- for keywords on Houzz.


Many of the design fairs around the world this year saw designers rise to the challenge by experimenting with eco materials, recyclable products and putting a big focus on the life cycle of a product, and this looks set to continue to build in 2020.


— 34 — Back to Black


Dark colours are also becoming more popular among the Houzz community, and this looks set to rise even further with searches for ‘dark’ and ‘black’ interiors appearing in the most popular list for the first time in 2019, with ‘black kitchen’ in particular increasing 46% year on year. A surprising addition to the most popular search terms this year was ‘black bathroom’ which wasn’t in the charts at all in 2018. Some of the most popular photos at the end of 2019 back up this emerging trend, with images featuring black painted walls, black metal-framed screens and even black slate wall covering all finding their way onto the site.


◄ Black Interiors - Design: Gold Is A Neutral | Photo: Kasia Fiszer


Green Schemes


► Green Schemes - Design: Naked Kitchens


Statement Bathrooms


With Houzz research finding that bathrooms were one of the most renovated rooms in the UK last year, it isn’t surprising that homeowners are upping the ante when it comes to updating them. Gone are the days of the all-white bathroom and designers on Houzz are tapping into a desire for a bathing space homeowners can show off and, more importantly, retreat to for some quality relaxation time. Next year, Houzz expects to see more luxury finishes, statement tiles and bold colours in bathrooms. For homeowners looking to make a bigger statement, we predict we will


Another trend coming through strongly is the colour green, with designers calling this the ‘must’ colour in design for 2020. Perhaps inspired by the recent announcement of ‘Tranquil Dawn’ as Dulux’s Colour of the Year, searches for ‘green kitchens’ have risen by 50% since 2018, along with searches for ‘green bedrooms’ and ‘green bathrooms’ which both made their way into the most popular list for the first time.


start seeing more pastel-coloured sanitaryware, in soft pinks, greens and blues.


www.houzz.co.uk


◄ Bathroom - Photo: Rachel Loewen © 2019 Houzz


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