As we crack open a brand new year, full of possibilities and opportunities, I love to look at the decorating trends designers are promoting for the coming season. Every year when I go to the big home furnishings markets to scout for furniture and accents I want to order for Nell Hill’s, it’s fun to see what’s new and hot and exciting.
Looking forward to the design trends in 2015, lots and lots of looks are big right now, and designers are venturing out in many different directions, experimenting with color, styles, shapes and textures. Just about everything seems to be in, and there is no one look they are all touting, which I love.
Holly Blalock, the vice president of marketing with CR Laine, is one of my favorite trend makers. So I want to kick off the new year of blogs by sharing her design forecast:
Before I jump in, I want to start by sharing my personal view on decorating trends. I love to explore what creative interior designers are doing. But at the end of the day, there is only one style that matters: yours. Be true to yourself, and fill your home only with the things that make your heart jump for joy. When I see new styles that grab my fancy, I like to weave a few of my favorite elements into my home to keep it fresh and ever-evolving. But I’ve found a look I love for me, and that doesn’t change year by year or trend by trend.
Here is what Holly is liking for 2015:
Denim Revival: True Blue
Home interior trends follow fashion, and what you see on the runway models will eventually make its way to the living room. For this style trend, Holly took her cue from the various interpretations of denim that the fashion industry’s top designers were showing in their new collections. She noted this about denim’s resurgence: “At Milan Fashion Week, the casual wear staple re-emerged as a sophisticated choice in collections by such luxury labels as Bottega Veneta and Armani.”
In her trend report, Holly says: “Denim demands to be taken seriously this season. This time around, the look is less about rugged fabric and more about luminous, inky blue hues and multi-toned textiles.”
Holly took the different hues of blue, from indigo to winter sky, and wrapped them around traditional and more contemporary furniture silhouettes for this collection. I’ve long been a lover of all things blue, so I’m happy to see my favorite color embraced by the top designers!
Glass Menagerie
Holly looks for inspiration for her furniture designs from all sorts of places. This time, the gorgeous glass creations of artist Dale Chihuly captured her imagination.
This collection is inspired by his work, and seeks to translate the organic movement and vibrant colors of Chihuly’s glass art into home furnishings.
Holly says this about her Glass Menagerie collection: “Our Tangled Indigo and Medici fabrics mimic the mesmerizing tide-like swirls created by glassblowing, a tradition that dates back several millennia. Like their molten predecessors, the designs express a vibrant fluidity.”
Citrus Punch
“Overflowing with juicy color, the fruit bowl has stirred countless painters to put brush to canvas,” Holly says.
I know at Nell Hill’s, we can’t get enough color this time of year, when the Midwestern sky is gray and the trees are bare. A lot of designers are showing white, white, white right now, but we are still feeling the love for color. We’re filling the stores with rich, vibrant color, from the furniture in the showrooms, to the accents and artwork. But we’re balancing this saturated color with lots of neutrals. Come in this winter for a B12 shot!
“Tangerines, lemons and limes are spilling into home décor, where their vibrant bounty is inspiring fresh new strokes of genius,” Holly predicts.
“No longer limited to the kitchen, these naturally radiant hues are ripe with possibility for any room.”
“For a surefire burst of sunshine, pick a pattern featuring the brightest muse in the bowl: lemon yellow.” Love it!
I’m so excited to head to market this year and see what Holly and all the other designers have in store for us. You’ll be seeing new furniture and accents arriving soon at Nell Hill’s!
Next Week … the right chair can change your life! I’ll share my new favorite.
P.S. Our upholstered furniture sale begins in just a few days! Between Jan. 15-Feb. 15, all our upholstered furniture – even custom orders – is 20% off! This is the time to get the gorgeous Nell Hill’s furniture you love at a discount.
Marge Cesta says
January 5, 2015 at 5:06 pmhow interesting I just purchased a denim chair and
a denim sofa with metal trim.
Zuo Modern – I do some designing and am interested in
trends – guess I picked it .
I enjoy your articles – however I am in Hollywood, Florida
I came upon your article in the Miami Herald a few months ago
where you talked about trays – couldn’t believe I have always
loved that.
Okay you want to know my age 85.
still going strong.
Marge
Marge Cesta says
January 5, 2015 at 5:08 pmguess I left more than a comment I hope you receive the above
that I wrote.
franki says
January 5, 2015 at 6:03 pmI had to smile…that is almost “verbatim” what you said to me when I met you in your store last June…”make it your own,” you said…when I was “bemoaning” downsizing from my beautiful Tudor to a cabINN. And…so I am. franki
DiAnn Grimes says
January 5, 2015 at 9:10 pmDear Mary Carol,
Although I do not get up to your store anymore, because my sister moved from Kansas, I do love to read what is going on with you in Kansas City and at Nell Hill’s (my favorite store). One of these days I will be back in your “neck” of the woods. I promise–whether my husband wants to or not!!!! I LOVE your ideas for decorating–it lets us know that we can use what we like in a way that works no matter the color or style–it is what one likes!! Thank you for being so talented and sharing your decorating talent with the rest of us!!
Sincerely,
DiAnn Grimes
Stephanie Nickolson says
January 6, 2015 at 7:31 amGreat uplifting report Holly, thank you! I’m going to share on my page today for #tipsfortuesday.
Best regards~
Stephanie
Tschurke says
January 6, 2015 at 9:33 amWe’re getting ready to redo our living room. Picking out new carpet & paint hope to come down to Briarcliff to buy a couple chairs so the upholstery sale is fortuitous.
Mary Carol says
January 7, 2015 at 10:25 amIsn’t it fun to hear what designers are up to? I’m in Atlanta this week at a big home furnishings market. So much to drink in! I’ve got my order sheet going and can’t wait for all the goodies to arrive at Nell Hill’s!
Marilyn McKenzie says
January 9, 2015 at 12:17 pmLove that shade of blue. Fact–my couch was covered in that same blue all thru the ’70.s My 2 side chairs were in a narrow stripe, same blues, creams, soft light brown. Still beautiful. My youngest son has the couch. I’ve recovered the chairs (3rd time) in beautiful dark raspberry.
Diane Stewart says
January 10, 2015 at 10:52 pmSO glad to hear you speak about being true to your own style! I still love an earthy, muted color palette, but am constantly hearing that it’s so over and dated. If I decided to follow the gray trend and go with bright, fresh colors, I’d have to gut my house and get rid of everything! I think the palette I prefer goes with the style of my house and the Midwestern landscape.