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How to Decorate

Ep. 346: 2024 Trend Report

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4838 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It’s all about trends this week as we forecast what will be “in” for 2024, and what things we are happy to leave behind in last year. We are joined by Will and Hillary, both part of the product design team at Ballard Designs, who are on the frontlines of seeing all the upcoming trends in design. We discuss the resurgence of classic colors navy blue, the growing interest in environmentally conscious design, and the emergence of new trends like celestial yellow and pink. We also chat about materials used in furniture making, with a focus on personalization and blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor living. Watch the full video version of this week's episode now on YouTube. What You’ll Hear On This Episode: Is beige no longer the go-to neutral? The trend alert for finishes, wallpaper, patterns, trims, and color. Will the explosion of soft colors carry over in 2024? The trend of bringing nature indoors through plants, materials, and decor. A few of our favorite “trendy” color patterns. The use of natural materials like bamboo, wicker, and even mushroom leather helps expand our eco-friendly options. How technology is also helping design - hello mosquito repelling drapery! What are some on-trend items that surprise us to the core? A few of the trends we are over and feel are so oversaturated. Also Mentioned: Ballard Designs Coloro: The Design Color System WGSN: Industry Trend Forecaster Please send in your questions and decorating dilemmas to podcast@ballarddesigns.net so we can answer them on our next episode!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a podcast all about the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home.

0:08.9

Each week will help you unleash your inner decorator.

0:11.6

I'm Caroline, and I'm on the marketing team.

0:14.0

And I'm Taryn and I'm a product designer.

0:16.0

And I'm Liz.

0:16.8

I head up the Ballard creative team.

0:18.4

We're your host.

0:19.9

Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tales from interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world.

0:26.1

Plus, we'll answer our listener question at the end of each show.

0:29.0

So don't forget to send them to podcast of Ballarddesigns.net.

0:32.1

Yes, we love answering them.

0:33.8

Now on with the show.

0:36.6

So for today's episode, we are going to be doing trends for 2024.

0:42.3

Last year, one of our most popular episodes was the episode with Taryn, Hillary, and Liz,

0:48.6

where you all talked about the 2023 trends.

0:51.1

So we're going to do it again this year with 2024 trends.

0:55.0

And we also have Will here.

0:57.0

So we've got our entire design, product design team here altogether.

1:02.0

And yeah, y'all have, y'all are like the experts in-house because you go on inspiration trips, you go to market, go to High Point, Round Top.

1:14.8

Y'all are always kind of out there looking and then bringing sort of all the ideas together

1:20.0

and kind of condensing that down into product.

1:23.3

So I'm excited to kind of hear what you're seeing going on out in the design world.

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