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are you wondering what the interior designtrends are for 2017, and how to realistically incorporate them into your house? if so, stick with me. i'm going to break down some of the top 10trends and how to incorporate them into your home. the first trend and probably one of my favoritesis there's a real east african influence, and in mud cloth, and you're seeing it nowin places like restoration hardware, and it's sort of popping up at a lot of the big boxretailers, but i absolutely love it. the designs are blacks, and white, it hasthis tribal influence.
one of the best ways to incorporate it ispillows, but i've also seen it in linens. i've also seen it in curtains, bedspreads,all types of things. trend number 2 is green is ... i don't know. the new grey, maybe? green is huge. pantone choose it as the 2017 color of theyear. i have to admit, i wasn't a green fan fora long time, but i'm coming over to the other side. where i actually like it is, i've seen somereally cool green furniture.
so, some velvet green couches or chairs arereally fun, but if you don't want to go there, again, just bring it in in your accessoriesor just greenery, in general. having live plant or tropical plants in yourhome is really a great thing to add. trend number three, and this is sticking withthe color theme, is dark colors seems to be where it's at, and i'm really loving it. so, whether it be like dark purples or black,and painting your walls this color. i think it's something we call all be a littleafraid of, but i think it's something we can incorporate into our home, and it actuallymakes a huge difference. one thing to think about though, is when youdo add black, if you do have black and white,
contrast does make a room look smaller. something to keep in mind, but that beingsaid, if you want to space that's just warm and cozy, making it a dark color is a greatoption. painting your bookshelves this color, i think,or your doors, is maybe a way to ease into it. trend number four, and this is less a trendthan something i think actually that's becoming just the way it is, is mixed metals. mixed metals seem to be where it's at andthey are not going away. people are afraid, just like they're afraidto wear mixed metals, to put them in their
a little rule of thumb with it, is just mixit a couple time. if you have gold, say with silver, just mixit a couple times, and then you've got chrome. they all can go together. the black, it all goes together. it's just maybe add it a couple differenttimes within your space. one of the metals that i predict maybe isgoing out, is a little bit of the rose gold and coppers, but that doesn't mean it won'tbe back in again, so mix your metals. number five is cork. yes, you heard that right.
cork. like a corkboard, it's back in. this is an interesting one, and i think thesafest way to do it is in cork boards. maybe off your kitchen, or in your office,or in a hallway, but i think you will see actually cork walls come back in, cork floors,so this is an interesting trend. i think that it's something, again, i thinkfrom a functional point of view, we all have used cork for different reasons, but you'llsee it coming in in 2017. number six is going back to colors again,is black. i love this one, so again, i was talking aboutpainting your walls black.
accessories in black. black marble is beginning to be, i think,more popular than the white marble. also, black fixtures, so your faucet, or agreat way to incorporate it is your hardware on your kitchen. maybe changing up your hardware, your doorhandles, to a black door handle would look great, but you're going to see this one fora while, and i think it going to again, become one of those things that's less of a trendand more here to stay. okay, trend number seven is velvet. actually, i'm love a lot of these trends,so every time i'm saying this, i'm saying,
"i love it," and i do love velvet. a lot of the trends we see in fashion comeinto home, so we're seeing a lot of velvet in fashion, and it's definitely in home. i think, velvet couches, i love it. i think that it's something that you're safeto do. a velvet chair, if that's too much, again,go for the cushions. velvet cushion, you could not go wrong. looks great on your bed, as well. number eight.
pattern floors. yes. another trend to mix in with this is tiles. tiles are really in, in really cool patterntiles, so you're going to see this a lot in kitchens in the back splash, but where i reallylove it and using it, is on floors. in particular, bathroom floors. i think this is a fun and a relatively safeway to do it. little bit of moroccan influence. i love the black and white ones that are outright now.
really, once you've got a pattern tile onyour floor of your bathroom, you don't need much else. just keep the rest of it black and white. maybe add some wood tones, or a little bitof greenery, and you're good to go. this is a trend i'm loving seeing and i thinkyou're going to see more and more of. trend number nine, and i'm seeing how theseall relate to each other as i'm saying them here, but black windows. again, this has been around for a little whileand is continuing to stay. one of my personal favorites.
black window frames. so it's making your windows more of a focalpoint, so it's something that you want to make sure that you want to make a focal pointif you're going with a black-framed window, but it really adds a lot of depth. a lot of character and a lot of interest toyour space. trend number 10. i saved this one to the last, because it'skind of almost like a public service announcement. statement lighting. i really want you to think of lighting asthe jewelry of your room and it really can
make and break it. it's like they say in an outfit, "if you havea great outfit and then you have bad shoes, it doesn't look good." you can have a great house and great furniture,and you got bad lighting. it doesn't look good, so really think of lightingas a place to splurge if you want to splurge, but you don't always have to. there's other great lighting choices, butstatement lighting, pendants above your kitchen, above your dining room, above your bedroom,cool lamps, it's just a really great way to update your space.
i hope this helped, giving you a little glimpseinto the trends. to make things easier for you, i created alittle cheat sheet of all the trends and how i would personally, as a designer, incorporatethem into a home, and you can link to it below. if you liked this video, i'd love it if youcould like it, make sure to subscribe, and share it with your family and friends. make sure to hop on over to karladreyerdesign.com,because i do send a weekly newsletter with dã©cor tips, and tricks, and diy's and thingsthat i only share to my subscribers. see you there.