The auction rooms are becoming the new design centers. Now the dealers are side by side with the general public as the auction house has become a very fashionable place to shop, and that will increase enormously in 2024. People want an unusual find, with a storied past and provenance, that an auction house provides , along with the amazing bonus of sustainability that vintage, antique, and second-hand furniture brings. –Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Futuristic Materials
Contemporary pieces and fixtures developed with innovative materials, like recycled plastics and fibers grown from fungi, will continue to break through the noise. –Kelly Wearstler
What’s Out
Instagram Design
Design copied from Instagram and Pinterest. There will be an emphasis on unique finds and curated spaces rather than replicating what you see from others online. –Jake Arnold
We’ve all had it with stage set interiors, with wafer-thin bricks and uncomfortable furniture designed to look good only in an image. Our clients are craving real places not just photo ready. There is a movement away from flawless. The emphasis is now on creating interiors that don’t just stand by daily life and be connected to those who live there. –Vicky Charles
Ivory Boucle
Love the texture, but it’s time to bring some richness back with colors and patterns. –Heidi Caillier
It was so ubiquitous for a couple of years that it was inevitable that it would go out of fashion. –Timothy Corrigan
Boucle will be used less. Still a wonderful textural fabric, but other types will become more prevalent. –Brigitte Romanek
Fast Furniture
Clients want to invest in pieces they can keep forever, and there is a continued eye towards sustainability. –Heidi Caillier
No more cheap imitations and instead the designer piece that’s built to last as an investment vs. good for now and disposable. –Vicky Charles
Homeowners are growing weary of mass-produced furniture that quickly falls apart or looks generic and dated. –Timothy Corrigan
Fake Fur Throws
No more fake fur throws! Instead of woven textures and knits… anything that shows the hand of the craftsman, always. –Vicky Charles
Wicker Lamps
For 18 months wicker lighting fixtures were being sold at every price point from high-end UK furniture maker, Soane, to mass marketers like Pottery Barn. They came and went. Goodbye. –Timothy Corrigan
Ruffles
Anything with a ruffle edge and skirted tables… all are so dated! –Kathryn M. Ireland
Minimalism
Bland uniformity and minimalism are out. –Robin Standefer