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Find Your New Season Style (my piece in Grazia)

Things are beginning to take on that back to school feel and in honour of that I wrote a piece in last week’s Grazia magazine looking at the key trends that will be coming into the stores in the next few weeks. I have reproduced the pages here with a few of my favourite pieces pulled out and linked. You can read the captions to find the others.

find your new season style with madaboutthehouse and grazia

Curves started to be seen in force at the Paris and Milan trade shows earlier this year and it always takes a while to filter to the high street. Three years ago you couldn’t find a curved sofa for love nor money and now they’re everywhere. This blue media console is a great piece that doesn’t just have to be used for the telly.

The brass console from Audenza has a real 1920s feel to it and that fan shape will be everywhere this season while velvet fan sofas, chairs and beds are no longer hard to track down.

perforated media console blue from westelm
perforated media console blue from westelm

A few months ago the canny style spotters started flagging up line drawings and now they’re really taking off. There’s a whole collection of plates and platters at made.com while small designers have been working the trend in more one off type pieces.

salo faces collection from made.com
salo faces collection from made.com

The earth tones trend shows no sign of slowing down. Mix with navy and dark green to keep it fresh as well as plenty of rich textiles and curves for maximum cosiness.

find your new season style with madaboutthehouse and grazia
find your new season style with madaboutthehouse and grazia

This velvet Tress chair from Oliver Bonas didn’t feature in my feature (as it were) but it’s a great piece and I predict may well achieve a certain fame on instagram if you were looking to invest in a chair. I haven’t sat in but it might work really well at a desk or as an extra dining or seating chair if you need to double up in an open plan space for example.

pink velvet tress chair from oliver bonas
pink velvet tress chair from oliver bonas

Next up it’s the Japanese minimalist trend, which has been done brilliantly by Sainsbury’s and Argos, making it super affordable. It’s a new take on monochrome, minimalist and geometric patterns.

Japanese minimalism at Argos and Sainsburys
Japanese minimalism at Argos and Sainsburys

Finally, if you loved all the rattan this summer but worry about how it will fit into a more wintery decor then take a look at its grown up cousin – cane. This works for all climates and all seasons and is just a little more refined than rustic rattan. This one is from H&M but it sells out all the time so you may want to look for the similar Zara version, which I can’t see at the time of writing but that doesn’t mean it won’t be back. It’s more expensive though.

cane chair from h&m home
cane chair from h&m home

So there you have the key trends for the new season. As always, buy only what you love and need and disregard the rest. This is not about encouraging you to shop but showing you what is out there that you might like and want.

 find your new season style with madaboutthehouse and grazia
find your new season style with madaboutthehouse and grazia

And I’ve add this page for your reference. All favourites of mine.

find your new season style with madaboutthehouse and grazia
find your new season style with madaboutthehouse and grazia

 

Kate Watson-Smyth selects some key products from the new season's trends, including cane furniture by H&M. #madaboutthehouse #newtrends #canefurniture

Tags : AudenzaCurves trendgrazia magazineinterior trendsLine drawing trendMade.comWest Elm
Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.