10 Timeless Interior Design + Home Decor Trends I’m Loving 2025

Hello everyone, welcome back to my channel. My name is Kristen and today I'm going to be sharing with you some of my favorite interior design and home decor trends I have been loving for 2025. I've shared with you all the upcoming design trends for this year, I've shared with you the trends that are out of style for this year, but here are the trends that I personally have my eye on for some upcoming projects. So I hope this gives you some ideas on what you can implement around your home if you're looking into new ideas as well. If you enjoy watching and find this video helpful make sure you give it a big thumbs up and hit that like button and let's go ahead and jump right into it. Now a cabinet detail I've been loving lately that just adds a ton of charm to every home are cabinet cutouts. Now these can be DIY'd into your existing cabinets, these can also be custom made, or you can do a little quick reversible very affordable method of just using black vinyl and sticking it onto your cabinets to give you the look of cabinet cutouts. Cabinet cutouts are decorative but they can also be very functional for ventilation. So I think these are perfect in mud rooms, maybe areas where you're storing coats and shoes and anything that you kind of want to air out a bit. Cabinet cutouts will allow your cabinets to kind of breathe a bit and have air flow throughout. So I think they're great for those functional spaces. I think they look great in homes that you really want to emphasize character. Cottage style homes, colonial, historic homes, anything that has a lot of charm already, this will just take it to the next level when it comes to your cabinetry. So sometimes cabinets can come off a bit modern and this is a way of really adding a cute decorative touch to your cabinets. This can be done in many different shapes, sizes, and patterns so you can really customize your cabinets to make them your own. I think it looks best on painted cabinets. There's just something about it that just brings the pattern out even more and it really stands out and looks super cute. So if you're planning on doing any kind of dramatic cabinets around your home, if you're finishing out your laundry room or mud room, think about incorporating cabinet doors with cutouts because it's going to give you that functionality. I think you're really going to love it and it can add so much detail to the vertical space around your home. Now when it comes to patterns, stripes have continuously caught my eye. There's so many ways of implementing stripes around your home and I think that it's a trend right now but I also think it's very very classic and completely timeless. So I think it's something that will never go out of style but I'm noticing striped rugs, striped wall details, striped tile, which is incredible. There's so many more permanent and decorative ways of adding stripes into your home and I think it just makes for so much simple drama. It can really elongate the look of your room, make your ceilings look really tall, and it definitely adds a charming touch. I'm currently working on transforming our staircase in a very budget-friendly DIY way and I'm implementing a striped runner right down the stairs. I think it's such a great way of implementing color into your home as well in a small way. So if you're doing striped tiles, striped wallpaper, even striped paint, you can implement a small amount of color in kind of a very impactful way. I love the way you can use a simple and affordable tile like a subway tile and make it look more custom and detailed by incorporating two different colors and putting it into a striped pattern. So if you're on a budget but still want that wow factor, this could be a really good method for you. Now a color that I've been absolutely loving this year has been a dusty powder blue, especially in a color-drenched painted room. It's such a calm, relaxing color but it also is so impactful and timeless. So I think it's such a great choice. It's not really on the list of trending colors for 2025 as those were a little bit more burgundy, purpley, browns. This is kind of going the opposite way. I've been noticing it in decor, in upholstery, and rugs. So it feels like this color that's kind of coming back. It is a classic color so I don't think it's anything too trendy that you can do to your home. It feels fresh for the summer but it also can lean cool and kind of cozy. So if you're looking for a color that's going to be easy to pair with, a dusty blue would be perfect. Now something I haven't incorporated a ton of but I'm really drawn to now are these solid colored rugs. I think it took me a while to hop on board but they feel chic and classic and timeless. They also feel a lot more dramatic than a patterned rug. I think a patterned rug is very expected and it's a way of kind of introducing different colors but going with one solid color rug kind of feels more impactful and almost a more confident move. So I love the rugs that have a bit of variation in them so that it's not just one exact color. I like the rugs that you kind of lean in different ways and you can kind of see it differently but I think these are such beautiful rugs and you can find them online. I've seen them all over HomeSense and HomeGoods so they are definitely out there. They also work with every design style so that is kind of hard to find in a rug. These rugs can look very modern in a space and really emphasize that style or they can complement that cottage historic style well because they can work well with existing patterns. So I think there's such a safe but bold design decision when it comes to picking a rug. So if you're looking for a rug for your home and you're struggling with the pattern and nothing's really feeling right, maybe try a solid colored rug because it might be the thing that really ties your entire space together. What's been really catching my eye recently has been hidden doors. Bookcases that open up and they're a regular functioning door. I've been noticing all of these manufacturers popping up everywhere producing hidden doors in different styles, different ways. I just think it's such a fun element that makes you feel like you're living in a magical castle. Maybe you have a ton of doors in a room or a ton of doors in a hallway. This is a way of kind of breaking that up, still incorporating that functional factor but you can use a door as a decorative piece. I also think murphy beds fall under this as well because they're one of those magical hidden elements as well. I love the murphy beds that are super multifunctional. It can just add so much to your home especially for those rooms that you need multipurpose in. Murphy beds are incredible. So if you haven't thought about hidden doors or murphy beds or any of these hidden elements, definitely think about them for your home because I think it just adds that little bit of charm, character and customization to your space. Now there's something about the English cottage style that really speaks to me. I love how historic it feels. It also feels very timeless. It just feels charming and cute like you're living in a storybook and there's one detail that I notice in English cottage kitchens and that's delft tiles. These are from the 16th century and I think they're coming back. I am seeing them everywhere pop up all over kitchen and bathroom design and they add this playful historic handmade touch. Now these are hand-painted tiles typically five by five and they're usually white and blue but you can also get them in different colors as well. They usually have florals or geometrics animals even full scenes painted on these tiles and I feel like if you pick the right design even if you just do the little corner designs it really adds a ton of charm to your space. So I think it's something that can be done tastefully in small areas of your home. You can use them on your backsplash, your fireplace surround or even your bath and shower tile. They definitely are for that cottage style home. I think that you really need charming elements around your home to integrate these into so that they feel like they've been there forever. They're very historic, they're timeless, they're not for everyone but I really do think that they can add a really cute charming touch to a new space. Now another tile detail I've been loving lately that you might like as well if you're into that character charm aged look is tumbled tile. A lot of different tiles are offered in a tumbled version which means the edges of the tile are not straight so you don't get that straight edge perfect look you get this purposefully aged weathered look. It makes your grout lines look imperfect, it makes it look like your tile's been there forever and it's actually a great way of hiding any kind of weathering that happens to your tile. It can definitely hide imperfections but I love the tiles that have that texture, have that movement to them because they feel a lot more handmade. Now I've always been somebody that chooses solid colored upholstery for all of my large furniture pieces. This is usually done for longevity purposes. I want these pieces to last a long time, I want to be able to layer different pillows and throws and change the wall color and for my furniture to still work with that space but there's something about pattern upholstery on all of these furniture pieces that is really calling my attention. I want a pattern bed, pattern dining chairs, pattern accent chairs, pattern sopas, all the patterns are really really cute and I think they could look very charming and make your space look extra special. So if you're bold enough to do pattern in your furniture I say go for it because there are some really fun options out right now. I'm loving the gingham upholstery beds, even plaid beds, striped sofas, striped accent chairs, they're really cute and I think layering more pattern into your space that way can make it look very decorative. I would really only consider this if the pattern is something classic like a stripe, a plaid, a gingham, or a historic looking floral pattern. You want something that's going to look timeless, something that you could probably find at an antique store that's still trending now. So it can be a bit difficult but they are out there and they are definitely on the rise. I'm noticing a lot more of it now and I'm definitely hopping on board. Now another detail that I'm loving because it really softens the space and makes your space feel a little less serious, a little bit more whimsical, is a scalloped edge. You can incorporate this into your paint, your bedding, your pillows, your rugs, there are scalloped details everywhere now. So if you want to soften up your space, make it feel a little fun but still timeless, a scalloped detail really does the trick. Just adding a nice wood scalloped edge really makes your space look custom. You can also incorporate scalloping into your stone backsplash or tiles. If you want to incorporate some wow factor into your space but also some softness and a whimsical touch, definitely think about incorporating a scalloped edge. Now I've always suggested a white cream or ivory lampshade. It's very easy to incorporate into your home, it brightens up your space and it's very easy to mix and match lamps if you have a consistent lampshade. But if you want to add a nice detail to your home and really make a lamp stand out, go for a pattern lampshade. These are becoming more and more popular. Some are a little hit and miss but I think with just like a cute gingham pattern around, it just feels super cute, cottagey, it just brings in a tiny wow factor to a space. So even if you incorporate one lamp in your home that has a pattern lampshade, I think it will do the trick. You can just swap out your lampshade. You don't need to go buy a brand new lamp to incorporate this into your home. You can wrap your existing lampshade with a fabric of your choice. You can also buy a brand new lampshade that has a pattern on it already. So it's a very budget-friendly way of incorporating this really fun trend into your space. Alright, so that's it for today's video. I hope you enjoyed watching and I hope this gave you some ideas that you can start thinking about using around your home as well. Let me know down below in the comments if you would use any of these design trends around your home this year. And if you enjoyed watching and found this video helpful, make sure you give it a big thumbs up and hit that like button and make sure you guys are subscribed to my channel so you don't miss the upcoming videos. Click that red subscribe button down below and make sure you guys have your notifications turned all the way on so you're first to see the next video. Love you guys so much, and I'll see you in my next one. Bye!