Interior design in 2025 is all about purpose, balance, and creating spaces that feel as good as they look.

Moving away from overly complicated aesthetics, this year’s trends emphasize simplicity with depth — designs that are functional, intentional, and effortlessly stylish. From warm, welcoming colour palettes to subtle nods to vintage styles, here’s what will shape interiors in 2025.

Less Is More: Intentional Design That Serves a Purpose

"Less is more" will be the guiding principle of 2025 interiors, but it’s not minimalism in the traditional sense. Instead, it’s about creating uncluttered, purposeful spaces where every element is considered and serves a clear function.

• Intentional Choices: Think fewer, better pieces that balance form and function. A well-chosen armchair with clean lines or a carefully curated piece of artwork can anchor a room without feeling excessive.

• Functional Design: Integrated cabinetry, furniture and layouts will prioritize usability and flow, ensuring homes are as practical as they are stylish.

Design Tip • Avoid trends for the sake of trends. Instead, focus on what works for your lifestyle, floor plan and home, ensuring all your design decisions and furniture pieces add value and make sense in the space.

The Rise of Feng Shui and Homes with Good Energy

Feng Shui principles are making a comeback, with homeowners seeking designs that feel good to live in, create positive energy and a sense of harmony.

• Optimizing Flow: Floor plans will emphasize natural flow and easy movement, ensuring clear pathways around furniture and balanced spaces.

• Connection to Nature: Biophilic Design and bringing the outdoors in remains key, with natural light, indoor plants, and natural and organic materials used to foster a calming environment.

Design Tip • Clear clutter and create dedicated zones for relaxation, work, and connection to enhance the energy of your home.

Monochrome Simplicity with Warmth

Simpler, monochrome-inspired colour schemes are high on the interior agenda for 2025, but they’re anything but cold. Warm tones are replacing cooler greys and black-and-white palettes, creating spaces that speak modern home-sweet-home and that are easy on the eye.

• Warm Neutrals: Shades of beige, taupe, and cream will dominate, creating a calming base for home interiors.

• Statement Stone and Textured Tiles: Expect to see bold stone benchtops with veining and patterned tiles with subtle textures that add depth and interest without overwhelming the space.

Design Tip • Combine warm pared-back neutrals with statement stone bench tops, splashbacks and features, to achieve understated sophistication.

Curves Take a Step Back

Curves have been a dominant trend in recent years, and 2025 will see them used more sparingly and intentionally.

• Purposeful Use: Curves will enhance flow or soften hard architectural lines rather than being the focal point or dominant style.

• Design Examples: Rounded corners on cabinetry and furniture, curved walls, arched doorways, or curved kitchen islands that serve a functional purpose.

Design Tip • Use curves to guide or optimise movement through a space or to balance out angular designs for a cohesive look.

Bold Colours in Furniture and Artwork

Walls, materials and finishes will lean toward less complicated, “less is more”, neutral tones, timber and stone, while furniture and artwork are where colour will shine in 2025.

• Rich, Muted Tones: Deep blues, forest greens, terracottas, and ochres are set to take center stage, adding warmth and character to simpler, neutral backdrops.

• Statement Pieces: Boldly coloured sofas, armchairs and rugs act as anchors in the room, complemented by abstract or textured artwork.

Design Tip • Balance select bold pieces with neutral furniture and surroundings to make a statement with colour without overwhelming the space.

The Subtle Resurfacing of Vintage Styles

Vintage design will make a quiet but impactful return in 2025, blending modern functionality with nostalgic charm.

• Modern Classics: Expect to see subtle vintage elements like mid-century furniture, patterns with a retro edge, and colours inspired by the 1960s and 1970s.

• Carefully Curated Pieces: A vintage armchair reupholstered in a contemporary fabric, a refurbished console or drinks trolley, or a classic coffee table paired with modern decor is a perfect example of this trend.

Design Tip • Incorporate one or two vintage pieces or artwork alongside contemporary furniture pieces in a room, to create interest, character and style — without overdoing it.

Bringing Interior Design Trends 2025 Into Your Home

To sum up, Z+S interior design trend predictions for 2025 are all about creating balance — combining the practical with the beautiful, the modern with the nostalgic. With trends like intentional design, warm monochrome tones, subtle vintage pieces, and Feng Shui-inspired layouts, you can except to see homes becoming more personal and functional than ever.

By embracing these trends thoughtfully in your own home design, you’ll create space that feel timeless, harmonious, and uniquely yours, that are more functional than ever before.