One of the hottest trends for 2025 is “color drenching”—saturating a space with rich thematic colors. As the fashion bible Vogue put it, “This method involves painting the ceiling, skirting boards, doors and architraves in harmonising or contrasting tones—ergo, using anything but white.”
Neutrals are also big, in earthy shades such as “Mocha Mousse,” the Pantone Color Institute’s Color of the Year. Color is making a comeback in bathrooms and kitchens, taking the form of onyx, green marble, quartzite, and other colorful stones.
Classic patterns, such as stripes, are also having a moment, in what Better Homes and Gardens calls “pattern play,” and it’s everywhere, from wallpaper to upholstery and linens.
Lighting, too, is going big. But instead of large, stand-alone pieces, designers are taking a layered approach, by using recessed, ambient, and back-lit lighting to add dimension and instant calm to interior spaces.
Earlier this year, we discussed similarly emergent themes for interior decor. They included Earth colors, sustainable materials, dramatic drapery, upholstered walls, and Art Deco fixtures and finishes.
All these trends make 2025 an exciting year for luxurious decor.
Trend: Pattern Play
Deluxe design touches are on display throughout the 8,086-square-foot interior. Its palette of beachy hues and vibrant wallpapers creates a home that is both on trend and calming. Farrow & Ball lacquered bookcases in gorgeous greens and blues are offset by white Villa Blanca marble.
Trend: Colorful Stone
This interior, styled in the classic Gold Coast tradition, have a soft neutral and gray palette. Ornate details include exquisite millwork and floors of creamy Corsica marble and wide-plank walnut. Windows, shielded by impact glass, frame the ocean panorama.
Trend: Layered Lighting
Notice the tray ceiling lighting and subtle bookcase lighting that elevates the entire room already drenched in natural light from outdoors. The standout in this contemporary home is a glass-enclosed foyer illuminated by a custom fixture lighting the three-story floating staircase. The gourmet kitchen has recessed lighting above the dual island breakfast bar. Adjoining is an elegant dining space opening to a sunroom, family room, and covered terrace out to the infinity pool and rear gardens.
Trend: Color Drenching
The spacious, bright “great room” is open-plan under a double-height beamed ceiling. It flows to an elegant dining space and a fully kitted, contemporary kitchen. The mezzanine level offers a comfortable media lounge. The primary bedroom provides a dressing space adjoining an en suite bathroom. The second bedroom has its own shower and bath.
Executed in a relaxed tan and cream color scheme, the reception spaces look out to the pool terrace, basking decks, and landscaped gardens. Beyond lies the two-bedroom guest cottage with a mezzanine media lounge.
