‘Most-Googled’ Home Design Styles From The Recent Year To Rejuvenate Your Crib

Long-lived interior design trends like rustic and farmhouse styles are slowly giving in to the earthier Japandi look, it appears. Maximalism—popularized by Gucci, perhaps—is also returning, encouraging people to express themselves in dramatic ways.

These are the styles that have been quickly growing on people as they look to give their home-and-office setups a makeover, according to apartment search platform RentCafe.

Citing the most-searched keywords on Google depicting 35 design styles, the blog has revealed the reigning trends whose popularity saw the greatest uptick in 2021. The numbers, covering average monthly search volumes from January to November 2021, were measured against data from January to November 2020.

Below are the top trends according to state:

Preview some of the most prominent interior design styles from the past year, according to Google search data, and learn more here.

Japandi

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Japandi, a marriage of cozy Japanese and Scandinavian styles, is the “number-one trendiest style” with “the most remarkable rise in popularity,” boasting a net increase of 3,530 monthly search queries, says RentCafe.

The look is characterized by clean, natural textures, neutral tones, and open spaces, and is deemed as a “more dynamic version of the classic minimalism.” 

As people spend more time in contemplation at home, the holistic aesthetic calms them with its reminders of nature.

Dark Academia

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Inquisitive minds might revel at the next most popular trend, Dark Academia, a dramatic blend of nuances from literature and art. It’s got a gloomy, antique feel, accented by heavy materials like velvet and metals, as well as ornate pieces, along with a color palette of dark browns, crimsons, and purples.

Grandmillennial

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Millennials are keeping Grandma’s bustling home close by adorning their apartments with bold colors, floral patterns, trinkets, mismatched furniture, and more. This burst of nostalgia has been coined the “Grandmillennial” style, and echoes a trend in the sustainable activity of thrifting. 

“This style also has a very organic feel to it, allowing people to use it as a means of telling their own stories,” says the blog.

[via Apartment Therapy and RentCafe, images via various sources]