We are only in 2025 for a few months, but interior designers already have enough of some of this year's trends – and strive to welcoming new looks to the scene. Here three professionals comment on five of the 2025 -Design hits that you would have no problem saying goodbye immediately while sharing what you would rather see instead.
Excessive neutral rooms
Several designers are ready for houses that are filled with color and personality instead of gaining a foothold in ultra-bland rooms, which they find less than inspiring. “Houses should not feel like empty exhibition rooms or generic, simple rooms,” says Michael Graham-Smith, the founder of Graham-Smith Designs.
Molly Solich, the founder of Molly Solich Design, announces that she is also tired, “excessively neutral rooms that feel cold, hard and violently minimally”. Instead, she says that she is interested in “adding personality with soft texture, layers of paint and interesting furniture in order to give every room unique”.
Generic art prints
It is a good idea to hang out works of art in your home to add a certain personality, but it is so fed up to look at mass producers from large box stores on the way to the walls, especially if there are so many ways to obtain unique work without breaking the bank these days.
“The support of original artists through art fairs, galleries or even talented manufacturers on Instagram is a nice way to bring a unique piece to your home with thoughts, inspiration and intention,” she says.
Curvy furniture
Graham-Smith notes that sculptural furniture has led large waves in recent years, but he sees this trend a little bit.
“While organic forms always have a place, the overlapping of excessive curves and scallops has to be trendy everywhere at home,” he says. “Designers use a balance of clear lines and structured silhouettes for timeless aesthetics.”
Too much white oak
Go ahead and hug darker wooden tones at home and demand Audra Samnotra, the founder of social Swan Decor. “Lighter tones have their place, but this overuse of the white oak throughout the house can be felt flat like an overexexposed photo,” she says.
Darker forests, on the other hand, are “particularly clever and timeless,” said the designer and adds that a large number of rich wood tones are ideal.
Curved accents
Samnotra is also ready to see that arches take on a new role in the household. “Arch reflections and small decorative accessories had their moment, but now they feel overplayed,” she says.
Nevertheless, the designer only revolves around a vaulted door and would like to see more about the fact that they are woven into today's rooms. “This is one forever – architectural, elegant, classic,” she adds.