Five design predictions
set to shape 2026

Trends dialled to delight in 2026

With Christmas trees stripped bare, garlands resigned to compost, and the Tetris-like game of slotting festive trinkets into their boxes finally won – now’s the time to look at decorations of a different kind.

This is when we reveal our design predictions for 2026 – drawn from our work with private clients and developers, the themes journalists ask us about, and the lifestyle shifts shaping how we live at home.

So here we have it: our five predictions set to make a splash this year and beyond.

Rooms unplugged

As the world moves ever closer to resembling a Monty Python sketch without the laughs, people will seek shelter in calm, cosy, cocooning spaces blissfully disconnected from the digital world. These analogue rooms will be richly hued and warmly enveloping, full of well-padded, deep-seated furniture, quiet acoustics, traditional board games, and perhaps an instrument or two. Such spaces will help us to reconnect with ourselves – and they’ll look stylish to boot!

Touchy-feely spaces

We’ll be feeling our way around interiors in 2026. Whether it’s the slick glossiness of lacquered wood, the nubbly texture of a waffle throw, or the braille-like bumps of relief wallpaper, materials will be irresistibly tactile – grounding us and fuelling our sense of connection to our surroundings.

Transitional schemes

Transitional schemes are set to multiply in 2026. Why? Because transitional spaces embrace the magpie spirit of eclecticism and refines it through scrupulous curation. Think contemporary, capsule-shaped coffee table sitting happily amid an Arts and Crafts rug and a 16th century Basque tapestry. This is more than simply mixing old and new – it’s the pursuit of seamless harmony across different styles, genres, and eras.

Mural magic

While 2025 saw an explosion of brightly coloured and dynamically patterned ceilings, 2026 will take the baton and run with it – towards walls! Birds, garlands, star-crossed lovers: murals will transform otherwise unremarkable expanses of wall into dreamy, whimsical, escapist scenes that ignite our love of theatre and romance.

Artistic finishes

As our appreciation of materiality deepens, so will our knowledge of artistic finishes. Amid the ridges of fluted wood and the pebble-smooth gloss of polished plaster, you’ll find pearlescent paints, digitally embossed wallpaper, and custom surfaces made from stone buffed gesso and gold leaf, creating a starry cosmos of tonal variations.

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