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Four directions we expect interiors to take next year
July 14, 2026
Every year somebody publishes a colour of the year and every year most people ignore it, correctly. What actually shifts is slower than that. Four things we are seeing in the briefs coming through the studio: neutrals are getting warmer, stone is getting heavier, built-ins are receding, and colour is coming back as one decision per room.
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