Naturally Inspired Interiors

H e l l o!

Up on the blog this week, the call of nature has been heard in the interior design world. The tendency to search for sustainable designs, organic materials, shapes, and colors inspired by the greatest artist Nature has become more popular with big and small brands for architecture and interior design when composing a space to inhabit or work in. This tendency is picking up speed for the last decade, but the latest pandemic reality enforced some intriguing tendencies that took root fast and steady. This season the search for nature in our daily life is quite visible in some of the most celebrated design spaces worldwide.

In the light of new sustainability needs and more conscious and delicate aesthetics in interior design that will search for a stronger and more respectful connection with Nature, here are some intriguing trends emerging on the world’s design scene.

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Natural and Cozy

One thing that the pandemic and the shutdown showed us clearly was the need for a natural hint integrated into the home – from small balconies with flowers and herbs where we can enjoy the air and sun to elaborate backyards or living rooms with seamless connection to patios and gardens. Modern interior designers search to introduce as much natural light and fresh air as possible into our everyday lives through dynamic architectural connections between in and out. Thinking about the materials and the sustainability of our home elements is also a question on order for this post.

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Reuse & Recycle

Another aspect of our home design that needs to be addressed is quality, safety, and durability – it is finally clear that a good product remains useful for a long time and is possible to repair if needed. That tendency and search in the furnishing style of modern homes are particularly visible in the renewed love for retro style.  Repaired iconic pieces of design are gracing the new home stylistics artistically.

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Natural Texture

More than ever, our interiors are enveloped in soft materials and textures. Clay, terracotta, wooden surfaces, recyclable or sustainable materials are preferred not only by visionary interior designers and architects but also requested by the homeowners and manufactured by renowned brands. 

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Brass Beginnings

From the materials selection for modern interior design – the return of the brass is quite strong. It indeed reappears on the design scene periodically from the 1970's with solid comebacks. But there is a good reason for that. Its golden sunny shine gives brightness and charm to any premises. An amalgam of copper and zinc, this almost noble metal grounds the décor with its raw structure and honest presence.  The touch of this material, applied in interior compositions, can vary – from delicate presence in door handles and small decorative elements to functional defiles (faucets, lamps, and kitchen islands). Creating a sophisticated atmosphere by its simplistic stand, this material is quite a character to be explored by interior designers and home owners alike.

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Marble Dreams

The presence of marble in our bathrooms is also a key natural element. Its luxurious natural presence creates the character for this intimate space. And although luxurious, marble is also quite practical, easy to maintain, durable, thriving in wet environments, with minimal emission in the ecosphere, this beautiful earth stone is noble and character-defining. A perfect artistic choice for vitalizing the bathroom premises – both timeless and hot and trendy. And as we know, marble has an intriguing variety in colors, nuances, veins, and textures. Another plus to choosing this unique natural material for your bathroom design composition is that it combines beautifully with lots of other noble materials – wood, brass, copper, metal or matte black ceramics – anything goes.

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With these interior design trends , I want to remind you that there are much more important things in life than material processions, but still the art of creating a home is a drive embedded in our archetypes. So, enjoy creativity, search for stability, sustainability and safety and utilize in full consciousness and care these ideas.

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In addition to being a Philadelphia Multifamily Interior Designer,  I also design boutique hotels, fitness centers, office spaces, residential development projects, other commercial spaces such as office and retail spaces, and the senior living community throughout the tri state area.  We work here in Philadelphia, the main line, and even Nationally!