Our design experts offer insight into the emerging indoor design trends for 2022.
While luxury home is not a specifically defined term, all luxury homes share a few characteristics such as prime location, premium interior finishes, high-end kitchen appliances, customized closets and cabinets, hotel or spa-like amenities, and much more.
Modern Luxury Interior Design: Kitchen & Bathroom Trends
Are you looking to remodel your kitchen or bathroom? Our design team gave us their professional opinion on what styles, colors, product features, materials, and technology will be popular in kitchen and bath designs for the next few years. According to our experts, people are wanting their homes to be more than just a place to live. Download our free guide for the inside scoop to help you make well-informed choices when planning your next project!
The Kitchen
The kitchen is nearly always the focal point of design trends, and 2022 is no different. The new standard is panel-ready refrigerators, which, with a system of brackets and screws, are designed to be customized to match the kitchen cabinetry, effectively camouflaging the fridge from view.
Not only are refrigerators becoming cabinets, though; cabinets are becoming refrigerators. This year refrigerator drawers are enjoying immense popularity: small, built-in cabinets, often located in kitchen islands, pull out to reveal additional refrigerated spaces to store extra drinks, wine, fresh produce, etc.
Multipurpose Kitchen/Dining/Living Areas
Separate kitchens and living rooms are not popular today; rather, designers are combining rooms, creating kitchen-living-dining rooms on the principle of a loft.
The pandemic and resulting isolation have proven that, in this case, attention should be paid to functionality and ergonomics, with well-organized kitchens to accommodate more at-home cooking, well-thought-out work areas to meet the work-from-home need, and a comfortable table for the whole family, all tied together in the combined kitchen-living-dining room for more shared space and more family time.
Comfort & Ease-of-Living Trends
The interior trends our design team is seeing — built around comfort, tech, and shared space.
| No. | Trend | What It Looks Like |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Luxury Home Traits | Prime location, premium interior finishes, high-end kitchen appliances, customized closets and cabinets, and hotel or spa-like amenities. |
| 02 | Panel-Ready Refrigerators | A system of brackets and screws customizes the fridge to match the cabinetry, camouflaging it from view. |
| 03 | Refrigerator Drawers | Small built-in cabinets, often in kitchen islands, pull out for extra drinks, wine, and fresh produce. |
| 04 | Combined Kitchen-Living-Dining | Designers merge rooms on the principle of a loft for more shared space and more family time. |
| 05 | Function & Ergonomics | Well-organized kitchens for at-home cooking and well-thought-out work areas for the work-from-home need. |
| 06 | The Must-Have Home Office | A bedroom closet turned tiny office or a living-room work-from-home zone — any style, any size. |
| 07 | Comfort-First Interiors | Updated color, lighting, and accessories put the focus on comfort in the spaces we use most. |
| 08 | The High-Tech Bathroom | Smart toilets, smart showers, automatic sinks, smart mirrors, voice-activated lighting, and built-in bluetooth speakers. |
The Home Office
Because technology has made the large, corporate office unnecessary in many ways, home offices are now considered a must-have.
For those fortunate enough to work from home over the past year, a home office or work-from-home zone has become essential. From converting a bedroom closet to a tiny office space to transitioning a living room into a work-from-home zone, many people have been creative in adapting their existing space to the new work demands. And any style can be incorporated into the new work spaces, regardless of their size.
In light of today s new normal that is, spending more of our time at home the best interior designed spaces have a focus on comfort. This also includes updating areas of the home to update key items such as color, lighting, and accessories.
The Bathroom
Last year we talked about smart toilets, but this year the whole bathroom is getting a high-tech upgrade. From seat warmers and automatic lid openers to built-in deodorizers and adjustable air dryers, the toilet is enjoying a major high-tech upgrade.
Other bathroom updates on the rise include smart showers (which can be remotely started or programmed), automatic sinks, and even the incorporation of mini fridges into the bathroom design. Built-in bluetooth speaker systems in the bathroom are on the rise, along with smart mirrors, voice-activated lighting and heating, and TV installments.
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Luxury indoor design in 2022 means comfort, clever incorporation of tech, camouflage and cubbies in the kitchen, and combined life and work spaces, all increasing the luxury and enjoyableness of the home. Download our free guide below for a closer look at these trends!
Modern Luxury Interior Design: Kitchen & Bathroom Trends
Are you looking to remodel your kitchen or bathroom? Our design team gave us their professional opinion on what styles, colors, product features, materials, and technology will be popular in kitchen and bath designs for the next few years. According to our experts, people are wanting their homes to be more than just a place to live. Download our free guide for the inside scoop to help you make well-informed choices when planning your next project!
Dion Lamb is the founder and President of CRx Construction, a luxury custom home builder and remodeler serving Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, Lewes, Bethany Beach, and Fenwick Island, Delaware. Since founding CRx in 2016, Dion has led the firm to a #1 Houzz ranking in Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach and a 5-star reputation, guiding homeowners through his trademarked “5 Simple Steps” design-build process. CRx is a member of NAHB, the Home Builders Association of Delaware (HBADE), and the Certified Luxury Builders Network, and a Regal Award winner for Best Luxury Custom Home Design.
