FLOORING TRENDS OF 2024
In the world of interior design, 2024 is seeing a shift towards more personal, curated looks. People are romanticizing their homes and creating spaces that evoke elevated comfort. Accessories and art will be heirloom style pieces and paint colors are becoming richer and bolder. The flooring industry is supporting these trends. Patterns in rugs and tile are cycling back to traditional looks, and wood is darkening to feel timeless. Towards the end of January, the designers of RnR Flooring & Design attended TISE, The International Surface Event in Las Vegas. Here are our observations of this year’s new releases.
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CARPET
The trending style for carpet this year is texture, texture, texture. While there is still a market for plush carpets, berbers or LCL’s (loop-cut-loop) feature the most prominently. Wool effortlessly achieves the textured look, but Engineered Floors has created a few beautiful polyester pieces that give the wool look without the price. Patterns vary from bold to subtle, but the most popular release this year is plaid. Whether it’s wool, polyester, or nylon, all major carpet manufacturers are rolling out their versions of plaid. In every pattern, we are seeing more and more color options for carpet. Stanton is leaning into a bright mediterranean theme with pastel blues, pinks, and greens. As a counterpart to that collection they are also releasing old-world Persian styles as broadloom and rugs. Anderson Tuftex echoes with more bold patterns and rich colors.
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TILE
Tile in 2024 is all about making a statement, whether it’s in the color, pattern, or texture. Continuing the trend from last year, zellige tile, handmade clay tile with rough edges and high color variation, and zellige-style tile are prominent. Subway tiles are given a face lift with bevels and texture, and colors overall feature soft, rich tones. The most popular tile pattern you’ll see this year is black and white checked tile. This classy, traditional look has been making a slow comeback in the past couple of years, but this year it will be huge.
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HARDWOOD
As interior design heads farther into warmer hues, rich, mid-tone browns are becoming the trend for hardwood. White oak remains the leading species, followed with hickory, walnut, and pecan. The majority of products still feature wider and longer planks, but in an unexpected turn Mozaik carries a line of hardwood that comes in both a 7.5 inch plank and a 3.5 inch plank. As people get used to the wide look of hardwood, we might see a turn back to the thinner, traditional width. Keep your eye out for that in the next year.
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LVP & LAMINATE
Waterproof wood looks like LVP and laminate are also seeing a shift to mid-tone browns, although lighter, white oak is still popular. The biggest change in LVP this year is the advancement of technology. Engineered Floors’ newest line of LVP comes with 35 plank images per style, a significant amount compared to the average 5-10 plank images. This means their product has a drastically smaller chance of having repeating planks, giving you a more authentic wood look. Mannington’s new line of LVP has a pillow edge to mimic hardwood, and their LVT has a chiseled edge for a more textured tile look. Mannington and Revolution Mills are also producing more stair treads for their products, for those that want a cleaner transition than the standard stairnoses. Their treads have a square profile instead of a rounded profile.
As excited as we were to see these new trends at the show, we are even more excited to see the samples in our showroom and in your homes. Are there any trends you’re excited about? We’d love to chat!
Holly Mickelsen