Home Interior Trends of Today

Do you want to know about new home interior trends for 2009? Maybe you are trying to get your home ready for sale, building a new customized home, relocating to a brand new office complex, or it could be that it is just time for a change of scenery. There are a lot of different styles, themes, and tastes in interior design trends today, allowing customers to choose from many options that are customized by builders. This year, the popularity of open floor plans will continue to grow, together with the tendency of homeowners to incorporate energy efficient features in their homes, but in an aesthetically pleasing way.

Houses in the 1800s to early 1900s were special, such that the house designs of big family estates were internally divided up to make distinct environments. For example, the servants' rooms were usually found on the first floor near the kitchen, while the family's bedrooms were almost always upstairs. An en-suite bathroom was found by the parent's master bedroom, with a powder room located downstairs. The parents' desire for privacy and a quiet retreat usually meant that the children's rooms were situated down a hallway in a separate part of the house, away from the master bedroom suite. A carriage house might have housed guests or in-laws. A trend in home interiors that has increased in popularity, returning for 2009, means that homes today have a second or third bedroom suite with additional bathrooms. Buyers prefer their master bedroom on one side of the house and the kids' bedrooms on the other so that they have a quiet retreat. Found in a part of the house, set apart from the main areas, are secondary suites, usually 300-400 square-feet, containing occasional sitting rooms and full bathrooms.

Family spaces should continue to be popular through 2009, according to home interior experts. Today having the family room and kitchen to the back of the house, referred to as rear living, is becoming the norm, so that mom can cook and watch the kids playing in the family room or she can keep an eye on the kitchen but still entertain guests in the living room. A lot of modern designs have less walls in common rooms with an "open concept" feel. Half walls that join dining rooms, dens, and kitchens are popular. Moreover, the European idea of backyard living rooms has finally arrived in America, bringing with it such amenities as full outdoor kitchens, brick ovens for pizza and bread, fire pits, chandeliers, even artwork and comfortable furniture all beneath a covered overhang.


Home interior designers usually look to create a sense of timelessness. Blue and greens are popular in rooms like bedrooms because they offer a calming feeling. Many times designers employ bright hues in their kitchen interior designs, such as startling splashes of yellow, red, and orange, as they are often centers that are very busy. There is a lot of versatility with living rooms from white and modern to elegant and dark. Bathrooms are designed to feel like a spa with light coming through crystal blocks, rich browns with accents in pastels, and peaceful hues on the floor tiles. A custom design will pull all of the rooms together for a unified feeling.

About the Author:
When Camella Trevors was redecorating her home she researched Valencia interior design specialists. She found Tami Smight, who revitalized her home using stunning fabric designs for her custom Canyon Country sheers, window treatments, and bedding.