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5 RATTAN AND CANE

Rattan designs at French Connection

include pantry shelves, £350, and pantry

unit, £1,250 frenchconnection.com

Get your interior up to date with rattan, soft colours, recycled glass and more

10 TRENDS FOR 2022

KATRINA

BURROUGHS

@Kat_Burroughs

2 ANCILLARY ROOMS

Artisanal ancillary interiors from Artichoke, which specialises

in crafted joinery. Kitchens start at £60,000

artichoke-ltd.com

4 HAPPY HOMES

Recycled cotton cushion covers in

spring-inspired colours, at H&M from

January 20, £12.99 hm.com

3 STATEMENT HEADBOARDS

Headboard covered in A Rum Fellow’s handwoven Scoop

Stripe, in Neptune blue, £115 a metre

arumfellow.com

6 CURVES

Lower-cost curves coming to Dunelm

next month include the Arlo accent sofa,

a bouclé two-seater, £399 dunelm.com

1 GREEN KITCHENS

AND PINK

BATHROOMS

X A Serpentine

green kitchen

from the Devine

Collection, from

£20,000

tomhowley.co.uk

V Blush bathroom

featuring Bert &

May’s Luna Rose

tiles, £240.75 a

square metre

bertandmay.com

MARVELLOUS

MICROTRENDS

8 METAL BATHS

Drummonds Wye bath, in

cast iron with a Burnished

Copper finish, £11,940

drummonds-uk.com

7 MARBLING

Round and oval trays in

marbled jesmonite by

Emily Marlin, £40

limelace.co.uk

10 CLUTTERCORE

Open shelves, such as the

classic Billy bookcase, £25,

make a good backdrop for

curated clutter ikea.com

9 GOOD VIBES

Hippicurian, a new spring

range at George Home,

features Seventies-style

florals george.com

T

he headlines sound

eerily like last

Christmas, and in

interiors trends

too it’s a case of

déjà vu decor — but for more

positive reasons. Many of the

looks we loved in the past

couple of years will be sticking

around for next season: the

soft colours, the curves, the

rattan and recycled glass, the

nerdy luxe of a fabulous utility

room. And these will be here

to stay, because our homes

have been tweaked until we

have become experts at what

makes a happy and practical

backdrop to our daily lives.

The message of the

moment is buy less but better,

reflecting the focus on

sustainability. The refrain

designers are repeating is

escape, whether that means

homeware recalling hotel-

style luxury, hippy festivals

or Mediterranean holidays.

A look through the new

collections, due to hit high

street shops and high-end

suppliers from January, is...

calming. The serenity doesn’t

stem only from muted colours.

The pandemic has slowed

down the metabolism of the

interiors trade, and with it the

turnover of trends. The real

message is: you have enough

worries right now, keeping

your decor bang up to date

with the most directional

accessories need not be not

one of them.

RIGHT ON STUDIO LTD