Home Design Trend 2019: Natural Materials with Modern Lines

When it comes to crafting the perfect home, every design enthusiast knows that furniture can make or break a space. Choosing the right pieces–either custom-made or digging into that West Elm catalog–can elevate your entire home aesthetic.

In 2019, utilizing natural materials in new ways will be a huge home design trend, as our fascination with natural materials and the visual texture they add to our interiors continues. “Natural stones, quartzite, and, even terrazzo, used in unexpected categories, merge luxury and practicality in a way that makes indulgence a little more palatable,” says interior designer Michel Smith Boyd.  “I am currently coveting anything with a natural stone and a modern line. I love the idea of an all-Calacatta marble dining table mixed with a lighter weight dining chair to juxtapose visual weight in a dining space. Make that chair a vintage lightweight rattan piece, and you have a combination that feels refined, but still casual and cool,” ads designer Justine Macfee.

Oxidized Oak is another way to make something passé take on a whole new look. Says interior designer Kirsten Pena, “Out with the old, in with the oxidized oak. 2019 will bring more furniture and cabinetry that is a blackened version of our tried and true white oak. It will provide the comfort and grounding people are looking for in their spaces.”

Metals will also be used in more interesting ways and be more popular than ever this year, with a strong push towards art as function. “Whether it’s gold, brass or blackened metals, they will be used in lacy or massed ways,” says interior designer Joy Moyler. “They will definitely be more interesting and designed in a more sculptural based manner than in the past.”

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