The Styles Shaping American Homes Right Now
Style is what remains after the trends pass. Six design movements are doing real work in designer projects right now — some ascending, some consolidating, some quietly exiting. Here’s the honest state of each.
Quiet Luxury
Not minimalism — minimalism with money. Neutral palettes, museum-grade materials, zero logos. The rooms cost a fortune and refuse to announce it.
Read the full reportWarm Modernism
Mid-century’s second act. The lines are still clean, but the surfaces have softened — more oak, more plaster, more wool, less chrome.
Read the full reportGrandmillennial
The chintz-and-millwork revival that refuses to go away. It’s not growing like it was in 2022 — but the best of it is aging into a new American traditionalism that should.
Read the full reportJapandi
Past the hashtag moment. The best Japandi projects now look less curated, more specific — and they’re no longer all oak and white.
Read the full reportModern Mediterranean
Plaster walls, arched openings, terracotta floors. The Spanish Revival of the 2020s, done with contemporary restraint.
Read the full reportRefined Traditional
Symmetric, serious, furnished. The old-school traditionalism that exited in 2010 is quietly coming back — edited for 2026.
Read the full reportHow We Actually Measure This
Style reports shouldn’t be vibe-based. Ours pull from four sources: a quarterly survey of seventy working designers, showroom purchase data from five major wholesale-trade vendors, save-rate data from our own 12,000+ photo archive, and manual field visits to thirty designer studios per year. If a style is in our report, it’s because it’s measurably happening — not because it’s trending on social.
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