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Latest home design trends: Japandi, neon lights & shelfies will be hot in 2021

January 2, 2021 1 Comment

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With more than 400 million people around the world using Pinterest each month, it’s a great place to spot a trend. So when the platform’s annual ‘Pinterest Predicts’ report landed in our inbox we took notice. Based on emerging searches and search term increases compared to last year, the online platform has identified four key home décor trends for 2021.

Specialised rooms are the new open plan
With more people working from home than ever, people have had to get very creative about maximising spaces. And proving that human ingenuity can always be relied upon, many are transforming spaces in the home to work double-duty. 

We are particularly impressed by the emergence of the ‘cloffice’ where people have turned their closet into an office.

With a closet like this, why wouldn’t you turn it into a cloffice? Image source: Pinterest

Searches for ‘modern mudroom’, ‘home library design’, ‘bookshelf room divider’ and ‘computer gaming room’ are all up too.

'Bookcase room divider' is emerging as a popular search term. Image source: Pinterest
‘Bookcase room divider’ is emerging as a popular search term. Image source: Pinterest
Mudroom
Searches for ‘mudroom’ are up as people try to create order in the chaos of living and working at home. Image source: Pinterest

Japandi
In an unsurprising development, the Japandi trend endures and Pinterest is going as far as to call it the ‘new modern’ for 2021. Afterall, what’s not to love about the marriage between Japanese design details and the Scandinavian aesthetic?

A tranquil Japandi scene

With searches up by more than 100 per cent, it seems that homeowners can’t get enough of the look that is defined by sleek lines, neutral colour schemes and the sort of tranquil vibes that 2020 has demanded.

Searches for ‘modern minimalist kitchens’ are up 115 per cent. Image source: Pinterest
Searches for ‘minimalist bathroom design’ are also up. Image source: Pinterest

Neon lights
With staying at home more, perhaps we’re mourning the bright lights of the big cities with searches for ‘neon room’ ‘LED lights,’ ‘LED light signs’ all on the increase.

LED lights
Searches for ‘LED lights bedroom’ are up 155 per cent. Image source: Pinterest

Neon rooms will get the spotlight treatment as Pinners reinvent their bedrooms with bright, colour-drenched lighting for majorly moody looks.

Image source: Pinterest
Image source: Pinterest

Shelfies are the new gallery wall
The gallery wall finally has some competition in the shelfie; particularly the kitchen shelf which Pinterest is predicting will be the new favourite corner of the house in 2021. The prediction is based on searches for ‘kitchen floating shelves decor’ which are up 130 per cent,

Image source: Pinterest
Image source: Pinterest

And with searches for ‘coloured glassware’ up 135 per cent and ‘clay plates’ up 105 per cent, it seems that people will be collecting and investing in eye-catching pieces to display on their kitchen shelves.

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Image source: Pinterest


For more 2021 trends

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Trending on Pinterest: Round décor
Tired of all those hard edged, minimalist square interior shapes? Proof that the pendulum always swings back, round décor is having a moment on Pinterest with Australian searches for ‘round décor’…

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  1. AvatarAkkaara Aus says

    January 6, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    Sounds interesting!!! For a long time, I had been looking for a post like this. Absolutely helpful and beautiful blog.

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