2025 Interior Design Trends That Are Making Waves

If you’ve been considering refreshing your home, 2025 is the perfect time to do it. This year’s interior design trends are all about creating spaces that feel personal, relaxing, and connected to nature, with a particular emphasis on sustainability.

1. Statement Artwork

Never underestimate the power of a great piece of wall art when decorating your home. In 2025, we're beginning to see the use of statement wall art pieces and decor as a means of creating focal points while highlighting colour schemes. 

These modern decor trends strike a beautiful balance between elevated comfort and individuality, focusing on organic materials, inviting textures, and timeless elegance.

If you have a multi-story space in your home (such as an open-concept living room with high ceilings), then a large piece of wall art can be a great way to fill space while drawing the eye upwards. Even if you don't have a multi-story living space, you might consider replacing an existing gallery wall with one or two statement pieces of wall art. Playing with the scale and proportion of your art pieces will create a statement!

2. Bold Area Rugs

Eye-catching area rugs with bold designs are also in for 2025, giving you an opportunity to display a work of art not just on your wall but as a floor covering. Adding a bold area rug to a larger space in your home (such as an open living room) is an effective way to better define gathering/seating areas while incorporating your own unique sense of style in the process. Plus, area rugs can serve the practical purpose of giving your home a cozier feel and simultaneously protecting your flooring from damage.

Not sure where to begin with choosing an area rug for your space? Start with the size. As a general rule, it's best to maintain roughly 18 inches of visible floor space surrounding an area rug. However, make sure to factor in the overall dimensions and layout of the room. The 18-inch guideline works for enclosed rooms with distinct boundaries. Smaller spaces, on the other hand, might benefit from more exposed floors.

Remember, if you go for a smaller rug, you can inadvertently make the room look smaller and disrupt the visual harmony of surrounding furnishings. With area rugs, you can go big.

Next, consider the colour scheme; from there, you can select a rug that compliments the colour scheme or contrasts it for an eye-catching look.

You can also get creative with unique patterns, such as this popular Zoe PW James Area Rug that's sure to turn heads.

3. Organic Materials and Shapes

This year, biophilic design—meant to build a deeper connection to the natural world, or “bring the outside in”—dominates interior design trends as people seek more and more time outdoors, as well as more opportunities to recharge. Incorporating organic materials such as wood, natural stone, bamboo, shells, and woven fabrics like linen creates a more tranquil, grounded atmosphere indoors. As an added benefit, these materials are eco-friendly, sustainable, and durable, playing on some other 2025 design trends. Expect water motifs to have a major moment this year, as well, with things like light fixtures in the shape of a flowing waterfall or walls painted to look like water. 

Tiny details like the unique knots in wood or natural imperfections in stone also make a big impact, adding both interest and subtlety.

Echoing this organic-focused trend, all the major paint company’s colours and colour palettes of the year are earthy. Shades of clay, creamy pale yellows, mauve-tinted purples, and muted grays, blues, and browns offer a fresh alternative to traditional neutrals that are just as easy to complement and work with. Some of the top trending colours for 2025 interiors include Pantone's Mocha Mousse, "evocative soft brown;" Benjamin Moore's Cinnamon Slate, "a delicate mix of feathered plum and velvety brown;" and Sherwin-Williams' 2025 Color Capsule of the Year, which includes dark brown Clove, pale wheat-coloured Sunbleached, and Rain Cloud, a moody gray-blue.

4. Velvet Comeback

Velvet’s timeless charm is enjoying a resurgence in modern home decor, offering a luxurious yet approachable softness. While velvet is often associated with rich jewel tones, the hallmark of 2025 is lighter, more neutral hues like taupe and lilac. Use velvet sparingly and layer it with other fabrics to make it a year-round staple and avoid creating an overly formal look. Think of seating options like this Counter Queen Stool, throw pillows, or this unbelievably soft velvet quilt.

5. Rounded Profiles and Upholstered Wood

Soft curves and arches are one of the year’s top interior design trends, quite literally shaping the future of home decor. From round-edged bookcases and kidney-shaped sofas to circular mirrors and arched cabinets, these subtle curves bring a sense of softness and fluidity to any room. This particular trend emphasizes gentle, understated curves rather than the bold, geometric mod-inspired designs from decades past. Check out our Luna Bookcase as the perfect example.

To keep this look soft and cozy, pick one major piece of furniture and one accent piece to be round. For example, a rounded sofa like this Heidi Sofa with a circle mirror on the wall or an arched armoire and a barrel-shaped coffee table. If you're going bigger with a remodel, a few ideas that fit this trend but are also timeless include arched fireplaces or built-in bookshelves, or arched walkways moving from one room to the next.

To keep this look soft and cozy, pick one major piece of furniture and one accent piece to be round. For example, a rounded sofa like this Heidi Sofa with a circle mirror on the wall or an arched armoire and a barrel-shaped coffee table. If you're going bigger with a remodel, a few ideas that fit this trend but are also timeless include arched fireplaces or built-in bookshelves, or arched walkways moving from one room to the next.

6. Eyelash Fabrics

Delicate and tactile, similar to fringe, eyelash fabrics are one of the hottest new trends in textiles. As the name implies, these fabrics offer a soft, almost fuzzy texture that resembles tiny lashes. While traditionally used as trim, eyelash fabric is making its way onto bolder decorative accents in the modern home, like pillows, throws, and even accent chairs.

7. Bouclè

This chunky, nubby material, which first gained popularity in the 1940s, has seen a tremendous resurgence in the last few years. In fact, many experts predicted its comeback would be a relatively short-lived trend, but it’s gotten even bigger since the latter half of 2024. It's versatile durability and cozy yet elevated vibe keep bouclè in the spotlight. 

Chairs remain the go-to piece, and its unique texture looks best when there’s just one or two statement pieces in a room. This Juncture Lounge Chair is an excellent example. With its elegant curves and luxurious bouclè upholstery, it effortlessly combines comfort and sophistication, making it the ideal addition to any modern or transitional space.

8. Stone

Stone has long been a staple of interior design, but in 2025, it’s stepping into the spotlight as a statement feature. In addition to tried-and-true stone countertops, flooring, and bathroom fixtures, expect to see marble, travertine, and granite used in furniture like tables and chairs and even cabinetry. While many people don't necessarily consider it stone, clay and ceramics fit into this category as well, and they're also popping up in unexpected ways. Decorative stone accents such as vases, trays, and picture frames offer an easy way to incorporate this elegant material into your home without a major financial commitment. This trend emphasizes the beauty and sustainability of natural materials while adding timeless sophistication.

9. Unique Lighting Choices

We anticipate that 2025 will also be the year of unique, sculptural lighting in home interior design. By choosing the right lighting fixture, you can add an artistic touch to your space without sacrificing practicality in the process. From pendants and floor lamps to statement chandeliers and table lamps, there are plenty of ways to get creative with your home's lighting.

Check out this contemporary Twin Floor Lamp, which adds a whimsical character that works well in just about any room.

Elevate Your Space with 2025 Modern Decor Trends

The 2025 interior design trends for modern homes clearly revolve around creating a space that’s inviting, calming, and uniquely yours. Whether you’re drawn to the organic textures and colour palettes of natural materials, the timeless appeal of velvet and bouclè, or the modern elegance of stone, there are countless ways to refresh your space with 2025’s top trends.

If you’re ready to transform your home, reach out to our interior design team at Domaine Furnishings in Calgary. We’ll help you craft a bespoke space that feels fresh and, most importantly, perfectly suited to your personal style. Schedule a consultation today, and let us help you bring your vision to life.