All the most unique of the interior fashion world concentrates at the annual exhibition in Milan Salone del Mobile more than half a century. This year, more than 2000 companies-participants from 160 countries showed their opinion on the new interior and design. Let’s highlight the brightest trends of the exhibition.

TOP-trends of the exhibition

• Porcelain stoneware

This is the undisputed leader of the last exhibition. Almost every exposition presented products made of porcelain stoneware. It surpassed even the natural stone by the popularity. Most actively, it is used in furniture, carrying out of sturdy slabs facades, countertops and decorative details. The material looks amazing and is very practical in everyday life.

• Marble pattern

Fresh design trends call for abandoning natural stone and using its elegant imitation. Even the porcelain is very popular in marble colors. Patterns printing on the glass is also actively applied. The first place in popularity goes to countertops in marble, behind them – facades and facing materials for walls.

• Red and orange palette

Milan exhibition 2018 actively promotes bright colors in the interior. Orange, terracotta, brick, rich pomegranate, wine. All these bright derivatives of vigorous red color are used in interiors, starting from walls and up to stitching on furniture upholstery. Along with the red as the background, gray color was used in various shades, dusty greens, and blue.

• Combination of different texture

Velvet with leather, loose metal with smooth glass, polished wood with a living stone. New apartments design trends welcome any combination with different textures. Interestingly, many exhibition interiors were presented in a monochrome palette with an accent on the texture. The main thing is that they are not only felt tactile, but also noticeable visually.

• The way for nature

It is not something new in interior design, but something very popular again. Vegetable prints: flowers, leaves, branches of trees and abstract patterns that resemble plants – are the brightest prints of the exhibition. As well as colors, designers used them on walls, in textile curtains and furniture upholstery. Plants in flowerpots are also were used.

• Wood everywhere

Any kind of wooden surface: deliberately unpolished, roughly trimmed and perfectly smooth like metal would be a hit of the interior. It can be combined with stone, metal or glass. Separate attention to the recycled wood. For example, one furniture company buys old sleepers and makes a veneer for facades. It looks amazing.

• The latest technology in kitchens

Built-in directly into the dining table induction cooker, lamps in the tenants of the chairs or a TV in the desktop. Today, against a background of high competition, manufacturers try to outdo each other in technical solutions and make everything as practical as possible. Any piece of interior should perform several functions. The purpose of such an association is to save space at home and minimize the number of objects in it.

• Oriental carpets

Traditions of the Oriental countries can be traced in patterns, simplicity of furniture and especially brightly – in carpets. Soft rugs with a thin fill, you can sit and even lie down to take a nap on – the real hit of the exhibition. Some studios offer mats complete with puffs and cushions as an alternative to soft headsets or as an addition in the form of an overhead mattress.

• The spirit of industrialization

New apartment design trends include the bright lines of industrial style. There were metal coarsely welded racks, and the frames of cabinet furniture are made of black untreated metal. There were even models of coarse reinforcement. The simpler and more realistic, the more fashionable. By the way, metal frames is one more huge plus in favor of strength and durability of furniture.

The Salone Del Mobile exhibition has given enough ideas for home updating. Many of the novelties are easy to implement in the apartment with your own hands. So create, and be in a trend.