Design Trends in California Architecture Projects
Trends come and go and California has always been a trendsetter, in architecture and interior design. As architectural designers we see all of the changes in style and taste. Today we will explore what we are seeing for 2022 design trends in California architecture projects.
5 Design Trends in California
If you have been thinking about having your California home remodeled, or designing a new one, these trends could really inspire you.
White, White, White
We have seen a huge return to white interiors. White with white trim is so common now we have two standard Benjamin Moore colors as a result: Cloud White walls with Simply White trim.
Dean commented, “We did a tour of other architects’ projects recently and I can’t tell you how much white on white we found. Even traditional white. And that’s what they are doing the architecture in now.”
Color
This sounds like a contradiction to what we just said, but we have also seen a huge resurgence back to color. The color could be on walls, but we are seeing it more in furnishings, as a pop. This trend is opposed to doing everything in neutrals like we saw a few years back.
Dean noted, “In projects, like our Latimer project, you’d see all the interiors were these peaceful shades of mushrooms, grays, creams, and hints of gold and black. Nope, not anymore. We’re just seeing a huge return back to color. And people are expressing it in the furnishings and the accessories. Not so much in the paint and architecture.”
Combined with the return to color, we are seeing a big return to wallpaper, and bold wallpaper at that. At Dean Larkin Design we love a company called Walnut. They have beautiful custom-made abstract patterns for your wall that are like art. They custom make them for your wall and they are not too expensive.
Dean commented, “This is not like normal wallpaper you’ve seen. It’s not your traditional stripes. It’s very abstract, very textural, very contemporary.
The impact they make is amazing for a bed wall or accent wall. They are very unusual because wallpaper has a pattern and these don’t. We did a project where the powder room wall that you face when you come in was done in wallpaper because of course nobody shuts their doors and it was a tiny powder room, but a really pretty powder room, and we wanted people to come see it. So we did one of their wallpapers in these shades of blue. It just makes a huge impact because what is not in style right now is accent walls, and these are sort of taking their place.”
