Fresh colors, bold patterns, vintage chic, dark woods as well as new materials and shapes: the year 2024 offers us an exciting refreshment of our home. Get inspired here by the most beautiful living trends and cool interior examples from all over the world. With a bit of luck, you can also win one of two elegant Smeg toasters in the new hit color Chrome (worth CHF 160 each).
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Natural
The natural look with light woods as well as beige and cream tones is still very popular and – together with organic shapes – creates a wonderful oasis of calm in turbulent times. This year, the bright colors are also joined by warm brown, caramel and roasted tones, which you can integrate into your interior with accessories (cushions, vases, lamps, etc.) without spending a lot of money.
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Colorful hustle and bustle
Do you prefer something brighter and more playful when it comes to furnishings? Brave people can now bring fresh colors to life in their space – for example with a red sofa, orange pouf or a bright blue dining table. You can also have a lot of fun with patterns and shapes this year. In expert circles, the new trend is called “dopamine decor” – a reference to the feel-good neurotransmitter that gives us a feeling of warmth and happiness. So that the cheerful, colorful hustle and bustle doesn’t seem too chaotic, you should stick to a color spectrum when it comes to furniture and only create a cheeky outlier with individual accessories. So that the colorful individual pieces come into their own, it is also important to choose soft tones for the walls (white or pastel).
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Peach Fuzz
Optimus also represents the trend color Peach Fuzz, which was chosen as the color of the year 2024 by the Pantone Color Institute. Color enthusiasts and trendsetters are therefore increasingly turning to the soft peach tone for home accessories, wall paint and upholstery this year. Both as a living textile and as furniture, this conjures up a natural touch and elegance in your home in no time.
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Change of scenery
You can now easily bring a breath of fresh air with new colors into your home with wall paneling. The change of scenery in 2024 can be taken quite literally when it comes to interiors. We think it’s cool because wallpapers have an enormous spatial effect and give even the most simply furnished room an exciting highlight. Botanical, graphic and artistic motifs are particularly popular. To ensure that a room does not appear too busy, it is advisable to only wallpaper one wall in a colorful way and to choose furniture or textiles in a solid color that harmonize with the colors of the wallpaper pattern.
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Vintage look
Not only the shapes of many pieces of furniture are reminiscent of the 60s and 70s, but also the new trendy materials. For example, many manufacturers are now increasingly relying on corduroy fabrics with wide stripes. The cover with a retro touch shines with a soft feel and at the same time great durability. The elegant bouclé upholstery fabric remains in trend this year, and its cozy looped look goes particularly well with furniture with curves (these are still at the top of the trend barometer).
Maybe you can find an old corduroy sofa in a Brockenstube or on Ricardo or eBay. By integrating historical pieces into a modern interior, you are now outing yourself as an absolute trendsetter. At the same time, you give your home a very personal touch with this mix of new and old.
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Dark woods
Dark types of wood will celebrate a much-noticed comeback in 2024 and bring the strength back into our furnishings. They radiate warmth, ground our furnishings and appear as elegant as they are modern – especially when their shapes are straight. Instead of exotic materials such as mahogany and rosewood, many furniture manufacturers are increasingly relying on local woods such as cherry, walnut and walnut. The dark interior pieces go particularly well with metallic accessories in gold, silver and bronze.
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Shiny chrome
Shimmering chrome surfaces on furniture and accessories now give your interior a luxurious touch. Silvery elements that, like the new trend colors brown and orange, are reminiscent of the charm of the 70s, form a top combination, especially in combination with brown and natural materials such as wood and tactile fabrics. To get started with the new trend, it’s best to initially just buy a small accessory in chrome (e.g. a table lamp, candle holder or bowl).
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Handicrafts
Traditional craftsmanship will make a big comeback in 2024 in the form of hand-carved furniture, knotted carpets, textiles made of organic cotton and linen, rattan or straw baskets, dishes made of clay, ceramics and glass, as well as plant decorations with pampas grass, wooden branches and dried flowers. The carefully handcrafted pieces with their rustic and natural touch all ensure coziness and homeliness in our home.
You can also honor art by turning a wall into a gorgeous gallery of paintings. Just make sure that the artwork matches the color of the room and harmonizes with the rest of the interior.
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To win
With a bit of luck, you will soon be able to equip your kitchen with a trendy toaster in the color chrome from the cult label Smeg. We are giving away two elegant models worth CHF 160 each.
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