Seasonal Style: Interior Design Trends for Summer

Looking for the best interior design trends this summer?

In this blog, we’ll look at the top trends you should consider ahead of shaping up your home’s interior, whether you want a more soothing, warm living room or looking to add a splash of opulence to one or more spaces.

Let’s dive in!

1. Let In Nature and Light

A timeless trend that is set to continue in summer 2024 is that of nature and letting light into a space to brighten it up and make it feel larger.

Starting with nature, some of the ways of introducing a more botanic, wild and pristine look to your home’s interior include natural flooring (e.g. natural stone tiling, softwood flooring or hardwood flooring), using Earthy tones like pale shades of blue, green, brown, red or/and yellow.

To let the light in, you should first and foremost consider how you can introduce more window space, whether in the form of skylights or replacing your existing, conventionally placed windows with larger window units.

Other ideas worth considering include:

Consider reflective wallpaper if you’d rather this than paint
Include light glossy paint to make the room more reflective
Ensure your windows are cleaned well every 3 months or so

You may also want to add houseplants to provide a literal introduction of nature to your home. Just be sure to opt for the right plants for you and your home, including those that are safe for pets if you have any. Certain houseplants are poisonous to pets, even if they might be okay for people.

Pantone’s Colour of the Year ‘Peach Fuzz’

It’s also worth looking into using Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2024 ‘Peach Fuzz’ to enhance your home’s interior design.

Peach fuzz is a soothing peach gradient that offers a heartfelt and cosy aura that is both timeless and modern. This colour goes well with gentle terracotta, pale pink and other muted shades like lavender and faded blue. It can also work with a range of gold and purple tones.

As you might imagine, Peach Fuzz is likely to work best when added to a living room or bedroom. While you might want to introduce it by having the walls painted with this tone, it could also be implemented through Ultimately, finding the best way to include Peach Fuzz will depend on your needs and preferences.

Cherry and Similar Variants of Red

Red tones like cherry, tomato red and crimson are popular right now with gradients like these expected to trend through summer 2024.

Whether it be deep red cabinets or/and kitchenware, cherry wallpaper for your living room or a combination of red artwork, ornaments and even books for a bookshelf, introducing these variants can greatly enhance your interior design with a sophisticated mood and plenty of character.

Combining Various Patterns

Along with the ideas discussed so far, this Summer it’s set to be popular to combine different visual patterns as a way to boost an interior design.

Here are some visual patterns you may want to combine this Summer:

Chevron
Floral patterns
Geometric patterns (e.g. hexagonal)
Nautical stripes
Polka dots

Lemon and Lime

This zesty summer trend involves adding lemon and lime hues to an interior space. Mixing in white or another neutral tone can work well with these zesty gradients.

Lemon and lime usually work best as suitably added accent colours. However, this may not always apply and will depend on your preferences and the other colours and overall design of the space in question.

Among the best ways to add lemon and lime to your home include: