Each year, clients planning significant remodels or new luxury builds ask Studio Garrison founder Garrison Hullinger where design is moving next. For 2025, we're seeing a confident return to personal character, craftsmanship, and performance-driven details—homes designed with purpose that look beautiful and live even better.
If you're beginning to plan your fall or winter 2025 project in Lake Oswego and the greater Portland area, or in Palm Desert and La Quinta, here are the trends we're implementing now for kitchens, baths, and the spaces that complete your home.
2025 Interior Design Trends
Hipstoric Home Decor: Mixing Old and New
Design with purpose means honoring what's worth keeping while elevating daily function around it.
How to embrace this trend:
Lead with one bespoke or vintage focal point—perhaps a statement range, heirloom cabinet, or sculptural chandelier. We recommend a 75/25 mix: roughly 75% new materials to meet performance needs, 25% preserved elements to maintain soul. Classic millwork like crown molding and wainscoting pairs beautifully with clean, modern lighting. Be intentional with color, pattern, and texture—layered, not loud.
As shown: An early-1900s Arts & Crafts kitchen where restored leaded glass windows and original Douglas fir floors meet mint green cabinetry, a brass bridge faucet, La Cornue range, and an Italian blown-glass chandelier—heritage architecture edited for modern life.
Cottagecore Home Decor: Casual Livability
Collected, cozy, and quietly refined—spaces crafted for how you actually live.
How to embrace this trend:
Prioritize livability first through durable finishes, welcoming seating zones, and layered lighting. Draw your palette from nature and let wood and metal develop a graceful patina over time. Beadboard or vertical cladding adds a gentle dimension without overwhelming.
As shown: Our Willamette Valley new build features warm woods, a hand-hewn metal hood, a rolling library ladder, furniture-like bath vanities, oversized sconces with paper shades, and a claw-foot tub framed by layered drapery against harlequin tile—comfort meets craftsmanship.
Breakfast Pantry: Clutter-Free, High-Performance Kitchens
A discreet hideaway that makes your main kitchen feel calm and intentional.
How to embrace this trend:
Conceal coffee stations, baking centers, and small appliances behind pocketing or full-height doors. Scale the pantry to your kitchen's footprint and vary work heights for task-specific ergonomics. This approach replaces the rigid "work triangle" with specialized, efficient zones.
As shown: Hidden baking and espresso stations behind beautifully crafted doors keep counters clear for cooking and conversation—perfect for Lake Oswego entertainers and Palm Desert hosts alike.
Saturated Blue/Green: Peacock Depth
A sophisticated blue-green envelope that simultaneously calms, enriches, and visually enlarges a room.
How to embrace this trend:
Drench walls, drapery, and upholstery in a single saturated hue for composure and cohesion. These tones create the perfect backdrop for warm woods, burnished metals, and meaningful art.
As shown: Our Lake Oswego dining room fully wrapped in peacock blue, and a hidden billiards lounge featuring peacock cabinetry against rich wood details—proof that bold color can feel both relaxing and invigorating.
MCM Wallpaper: Rule-Breaking Personality
Mid-century-inspired prints add instant dimension and intelligent wit.
How to embrace this trend:
Choose patterns with metallic or foil accents to bounce light and create depth. A single feature wall makes a memorable moment in dining rooms, entries, pantries, or kitchen nooks.
As shown: A Saarinen tulip table vignette with bold modern art, and David Hicks pattern energizing a contemporary kitchen window wall above gold-grey glass backsplash—mixing design without following rules.
Modern Mancave: Design-First Retreats
Hospitality-level amenities with technology and durability built in.
How to embrace this trend:
Think full kitchen, not just a wet bar. Integrate A/V systems and specify commercial-grade flooring for durability. Express individuality through lighting, custom millwork, and distinctive seating arrangements.
As shown: An expansive oak-clad bar with ample seating and exposed beams, plus a moody card room featuring a custom leather banquette—design-focused spaces that celebrate individuality.
Quiet Luxury: Edited, Enduring, Effortless
Understated elegance through elevated basics—spaces that feel calm and confident.
How to embrace this trend:
Invest in solid wood flooring and real stone—marble or travertine—for natural depth. Keep forms simple and materials tactile. Choose fewer, better pieces that will age beautifully.
As shown: A sun-washed living room featuring silver travertine and dark granite fireplace surround, a textural monochromatic rug, and tailored taupe leather seating—luxury without effort.
Introducing Beige: Warm Neutrals with Strong Contrast
Beige returns—but layered, architectural, and decidedly modern.
How to embrace this trend:
Combine creamy stones and taupe sidings with crisp black accents and natural wood. Highlight trim and architectural features in deeper tones. Consider copper accents for subtle warmth. Green, blue, or brown work beautifully on doors and shutters.
As shown: Creamy stacked linear stone, deep taupe horizontal siding, strong black eaves, and a natural wood entry—timeless curb appeal that works from Lake Oswego to La Quinta.
Seamless Backsplash: Stone as Architecture
Slab backsplashes simplify visuals and maintenance while adding architectural presence.
How to embrace this trend:
A single stone slab eliminates grout lines, visually opens the space, and speeds cleanup. This approach works beautifully in both traditional and contemporary kitchens—often proving more cost-effective than intricate tile layouts.
As shown: A classic kitchen with built-in banquette featuring a dramatic, high-movement stone slab backsplash behind white cabinetry—quick, clean, and impactful.
Adding Texture: Depth Without Noise
Texture brings quiet complexity, improved durability, and better acoustics.
How to embrace this trend:
Let your surroundings inform materials—limewash, plaster, ribbed wood, and nuanced textiles. Texture naturally masks minor wall imperfections while adding instant soundproofing through denser material layers.
As Shown: Regional intelligence: In the Pacific Northwest, incorporating texture adds warmth to interiors during the gray and damp seasons, in desert environments, matte finishes help reduce glare, creating a calm and serene atmosphere.
How We Tailor These Trends to You
For Lake Oswego and greater Portland: We balance historic character with high-performance kitchens and baths, creating spaces that elevate daily rituals while protecting long-term value.
For Palm Desert and La Quinta: We design for desert light and scale, ensuring materials stay luxurious under bright sun while maintaining comfortable indoor-outdoor flow.
Our process centers on designs with purpose—architecture-aligned planning, custom millwork, and refined furnishings that complete your vision.
Ready to Begin Your Project?
These trends are ideal starting points as you plan your fall or winter 2025 luxury remodel or new build. Whether you're reimagining a kitchen, transforming a bath, or completing your entire home, we're here to translate inspiration into spaces designed specifically for how you live.
Schedule a discovery call with Garrison to discuss your project in Lake Oswego and greater Portland, or in Palm Desert and La Quinta.
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