With the summer in full swing, households across the UK are putting their overdue home improvement plans into action. There is something about the warmer months of the year that brings out the inner DIYer in all of us. From minor touch-ups to major interior and exterior makeovers, August tends to be prime DIY season up and down the country.
Each year brings its own popular design trends, and 2022 is no different. Once again, this year’s most prolific interior design trends are focusing on mindfulness, comfort and oneness with nature. Not to mention, the incorporation of practical yet beautifully presented features, like high-quality splashbacks.
Ideal for kitchens and bathrooms alike, bespoke splashbacks can be just the thing to bring a touch of style and personality into the home.
With this in mind, here is a brief overview of five top interior design trends for 2022:
- Biophilic Design
First up, biophilic design is really just a fancy name for the kind of interior design that brings the outdoors indoors. Or more accurately, connects the interior of the home with all things natural. Allowing interior spaces to bathe in natural light, incorporating as many plants as possible, decorating in nature-inspired colours and so on – all fantastic for achieving oneness with nature.
This is also where a custom splashback can be finished with almost any imaginable design. Go for a plain coloured splashback in a nature-themed hue, or a panel that features a floral print, a green leafy effect or any other nature inspired design that takes your fancy. Your splashback can be anything you want it to be, so even the sky isn’t the limit where biophilic interior design is concerned.
- Simplicity and Practicality
Increasingly, interior designers are finding that their clients are more concerned with simplicity and practicality than presentation. They want their interior spaces to look good, but what matters most is a tidy, orderly and completely clutter-free lifestyle. Not to mention, interiors that are as easy to keep clean and pristine as possible.
Intelligent storage solutions and those that keep clutter out of view are particularly important. As are surfaces, fixtures and features that are easy to clean, including glass splashbacks in the kitchen. Research has shown how the orderliness of the environment around us has a major impact on our psychological and physical wellbeing. The more orderly and ‘calm’ our surroundings, the better we feel when spending time indoors.
- Nature-Inspired Colour Schemes
Even when the full biophilic theme is not the desired effect, more homes than ever before are incorporating nature-inspired colour schemes. As the name suggests, this is where the colours of nature play the leading role in a room’s design and décor.
From pale greens to gentle yellows to browns to greys and more, nature-inspired colours can be incorporated into a room in a variety of ways. Painting a feature wall, refreshing your kitchen cabinets, painting trim for a pop of colour, or perhaps enhancing the appeal of the kitchen with a beautifully coloured splashback – all options to consider.
- Open Plan Design
A slightly more extensive home improvement to conduct, which may involve major structural alterations. But if there is a viable way of creating an open-plan feel, perhaps by simply removing partitioning doors, the effect can be truly transformative, particularly when a high-end splashback is used to create a stunning point of focus for the entire shared space.
Open-plan layouts are all about creating a sense of togetherness and community. With an open-plan layout, the occupants of a household naturally spend more time in one another’s company. No separation when one or more occupants are busy in the kitchen – everyone is together in a shared open space.
- Affordable Luxury
In today’s economy, most people simply do not have enough money to lavish themselves with the kinds of luxuries they would like. Instead, the focus for many households has become affordable luxury. What this means is the kinds of decorative and practical features that mimic their sophisticated counterparts, only at a fraction of the costs.
Examples of which include granite-effect worktops, marble-effect splashbacks, hardwood-effect flooring and so on. Practically indistinguishable from the real thing, the best of all worlds is available to those who take a more creative approach to interior design.
For more information on the benefits of high-end splashbacks or to discuss any of our product lines in more detail, contact a member of the team at DIY Splashbacks today.