Tips for decorating your home: all the 2020 interior design trends

Home decor: a connection between materials and habits

When we think about the meaning of the word "home," we realize how deep the connection between material and immaterial is:

"It refers to environments built with masonry, wood, prefabricated panels, or other materials, arranged within an architectural structure that meets the specific needs of its inhabitants" (from the Treccani Dictionary - casa s. f., lat. casa, originally 'rustic house')."

This allows us to talk about how important it is to connect our lifestyle with our living space, from materials to, as we have seen in the past, the choice of wall art, with the aim of creating a comfortable place.

However, this is not always easy. That's why today we will discuss the 2020 interior design trends for the summer, taking a more functional and empathetic approach.

If you are renovating your entire home or just a few rooms, you may have fallen victim to a fear of empty spaces in your decor or, worse, being influenced by multiple conflicting solutions. That's why we invite you to sit down, stay calm, and focus on visualizing the room you want to renovate in harmony with yourself and your habits.

Kitchen decor: vintage design trends

With the opportunity to visit flea markets during the beautiful summer days, you can find inspiration for your renovation project in the vintage style, a design trend that has been consistently successful this year.

We recommend opting for this style, especially in the kitchen, for its warm and sophisticated characteristics. Among the most popular vintage-inspired products, you could choose the stylish Smeg Electric Kitchen with Oven to add a truly unique touch, even in a small space. It is an efficient and beautiful kitchen, reminiscent of the 1950s American dream.

But who said that vintage kitchen decor can't be mixed with other styles? In fact, to maintain a certain freshness and modernity, minimalistic elements using materials like steel complement the Smeg electric kitchen very well. This style, especially in summer, regains popularity due to its simplicity and versatility. It can easily extend to the adjacent garden, terrace, or veranda, as we have explained in the article on "Mediterranean-style garden decor."

Remember not to overcrowd the space and play with lighting, both natural, given the beautiful season, and artificial, as it is crucial in the kitchen. This way, you will have a kitchen that embraces the latest interior design trends while remaining functional.

Contemporary style for living room decor

Sustainable Materials for the Living Room, Combating Global Warming

Among this year's interior design trends, especially after this lockdown, we have the revival of contemporary style. However, unlike in the past, this style is completely rethought: the clean and sometimes even cold lines of modern furniture are accompanied by increasingly urgent green demands and a deeper attention to the environment around us. Even in home furnishings, global warming becomes a theme.

In contemporary-style living room compositions, it is interesting to see how some manufacturers have made efforts to create furniture from recycled wood to address one of the most powerful issues of this period. Furnishing a living room becomes an ideal principle, as in the case of the Dialma modern sideboard with five doors, completely made of recycled wood brought back to life.

The same can happen with the indispensable bookcase to be placed on a free wall in the living room, such as the Dialma wooden bookcase, also given new life, connecting the unmistakable style of weathered wood with modern design.

For the relaxation area of your living room, you can meet style expectations with the Industrial Dialma two-seater sofa, a very distinctive sofa whose structure is made of antiqued wood with an ecru-colored fabric covering. This piece of furniture is a perfect synthesis of contemporary furniture and sustainable materials.

2020 Interior Design Trends: The Revolution Comes with Bathroom Colors

So far, we have talked about sustainable materials, vintage or contemporary styles, but we haven't mentioned that the real 2020 interior design trend is in the bathroom! In particular, it's the colors that dominate the composition, harmonizing all the elements of the decor.

Small or Large Spaces, Colorful Bathroom Decor

In the cutting-edge bathroom decor, we can say that the era of neutrality has passed. In fact, those who want to follow the new trends, especially of the summer, have to deal with colors. In addition to the use of special materials for wall coverings, such as colored concrete, color also becomes predominant in the elements of the decor. For example, the ArBi Bathroom modern bathroom composition comes in many colors, including blue and aqua green.

Even in small spaces, color is not to be feared; on the contrary, it enhances the walls and makes spaces that could otherwise appear cramped look more streamlined. Round or rectangular mirrors will do their best to give a broader look to the whole ensemble.

However, if you have any doubts about brightly colored furniture, don't worry. You can always choose neutral bathroom solutions and have fun with the walls, perhaps by painting them in stripes or applying tiles with various patterns inside the shower enclosure.

In the summer, don't forget to accompany the explosion of color in your bathroom with plants and flowers suitable for the environment (such as plants that require more humidity, like orchids), which always bring great mood. Good moods, like more or less vibrant colors, are also a 2020 summer trend!

In short, the bathroom confirms itself as the place where creativity historically originates, even in bathroom decor. To delve into this topic, you can also read "How to Decorate a Small Bathroom".