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Michelle Lamb, Editorial Director, was in High Point for the semi-annual furniture market. Her top trends are below.
COLOR
- Neutrals created relaxed, peaceful and comforting settings
- Shades of blue worked in layers and with neutrals
- Greens shifted cooler
- Blush pink was hot, yet pale orchid felt newer and fresher
- Truffle updated browns
- Ochre emerged in key assortments
- Ultra-deep hues became punctuation marks
MATERIALS AND TEXTURES
- Textiles felt thick, bulky and masculine
- Shearling moved ahead
- Reptile-embossed leather added 3-D texture
- Gray stains and cerusing led the must-have list of wood treatments
- White marble was unstoppable
- Plaster emerged, providing yet another on-trend matte/dry finish
CONCEPTS
- Fractured, optic and abstract geometry was key
- So were ethnic motifs that vendors called Aztec
- Flowers went for oversized scale
- Boho looks crept ahead
- Tropical leaves persisted
- Textures and interruptions made stripes relevant again