2025 Houzz Home Design Trends: These Are The Top 10 Predictions

This is the time of year for 2025 home design predictions. The prognosticators may or may not be right. However, since Houzz has a community of over 70 million homeowners and home design enthusiasts – along with over 3 million construction and design professionals, they know a few things about design trends. So, I was excited to learn about the 2025 Houzz Home Design Trends.

Mitchell Parker, Houzz senior editor, walked me through the top 10 home design trend predictions for 2025 – and provided photos to illustrate the trends.

English-Style Kitchens

Parker says classic English country style can help to create a cozy and welcoming feel in the kitchen. “Think cabinets in rich woods, and historical paint colors like moody blues and deep greens,” he says. In addition, Parker notes that natural elements are being used. “This includes countertop materials like soapstone and butcher’s block, large range alcoves, wood ceiling beams, and collected looks that appear pieced together over time.”

Rounded Furniture Forms

You may have noticed an increase in furnishings with gentle curves and rounded forms - and this is another one of the 2025 Houzz home design trends. Parker says rounded and curved furniture is having a serious design moment. “Circular coffee and dining tables with cylindrical legs, bulbous sofas and accent chairs, and oblong mirrors are showing up everywhere,” he explains. Organic modern style is growing in popularity in just about every room – bedroom, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and living room. “It incorporates natural, organic materials, colors and shapes in a modern way, and we expect this trend to continue.

Arches

Arches are another trend showing up often in the Houzz community, which is no surprise since they’re also an extension of organic modern style. “Arches add a touch of playfulness, and help soften harsh angles to generate a welcoming, cozy feel,” Parker says. “Design and remodeling pros are incorporating arches throughout the home for doorways, windows, niches, cabinets and millwork details.” In 2025, he says we can expect to see more elaborately arched mirrors, and also ogee and trefoil profiles on headboards, as well as scalloped silhouettes on chairs.

Shower Rooms

While light and airy showers with frameless glass enclosures continue to be popular, Parker says some homeowners prefer more privacy. “The shower room style of shower has a glass door leading into a fully enclosed space that creates an intimate, spa-like look and feel,” he explains. And the beauty of this type of shower is the ability to incorporate such features as a steam or sauna, as well as aromatherapy and chromotherapy. “With a powerful ventilation fan, a shower room can keep moisture contained, instead of it spreading to other areas of a bathroom,” Parker says.

Range Alcoves

Parker tells me that kitchen range alcoves are appearing in numerous new photos being uploaded to Houzz – and he notes that they’re an extension of the 2025 Houzz home design trend of English-style kitchens. “For a range alcove, the range is set within a recessed alcove or niche area, sometimes arched, and often flanked by countertops and side walls.” As a design element, it adds architectural details. “It creates a focal point and allows for a natural stopping point for, and containment of, a striking backsplash design,” Parker says.

Woven and Mesh Cabinet Fronts

Parker says he’s saying woven and mesh details being used to break up expanses of cabinets – especially in kitchens – as they add texture and visual interest. “Natural woven materials also soften hard edges and provide a warm counterpoint to cold surfaces, two effective strategies for creating a cozy and welcoming space.” However, he says woven textures aren’t limited to kitchens, noting that they’re also showing up on bathroom vanities, furniture, and window treatments.

Narrow Wet Rooms

While homeowners are bracing for home maintenance costs that could exceed $10,000 a year, they also have an eye on creating a luxury bathroom experience. Wet rooms are increasing in popularity, and consist of a set up that combines a separate shower and tub in one combined space. While wet rooms have historically been used in large layouts, the 2025 Houzz home design trends report reveals they’re becoming more popular in smaller, narrow spaces as well. “Placing a tub at the back of a long room, with a separate shower in front, gives homeowners with tight spaces a wet room arrangement that looks and feels more luxurious than the standard shower-tub combo,” Parker explains.

Wood-Infused Architectural Warmth

There’s been a shift from cool whites and grays to off-whites, beiges, tans, creams, and browns, and Parker says this represents a desire for warmth - especially as homeowners try to incorporate fall decor trends to create a cozy autumnal home. “Paired with warm neutral palettes, earthy tones and organic colors, we're seeing wood elements used as ceiling beams, trim, millwork, wall paneling, posts and cabinetry to add architectural warmth to spaces throughout the home,” he says.

Layers Of Color, Pattern, And Texture

“We’ve also noticed that designers are getting requests from homeowners for a more-is-more approach that layers bold color, pattern and texture,” Parker says. “Whether you call it maximalism or ‘cluttercore,’ this design approach celebrates abundance and allows homeowners to furnish their homes with pieces that reflect their personalities.” This includes grooved wall and ceiling paneling in a bold color. Parker says it also includes woven materials and patterned drapery, furniture, rugs and pillows.

Multiple Outdoor Cooking Options

While 2024 was the year of the backyard, going into 2025, homeownwers will still focus on creating a great outdoor entertaining space. Whether relaxing with family or entertaining, Parker says the vast majority of homeowners they surveyed installed a grill during an exterior renovation. “But we’re seeing homeowners embrace other outdoor cooking methods as well: in addition to traditional grills, homeowners are adding pizza ovens, smokers, ceramic kamado-style barbecues and Argentinian-style gaucho grills that use wood or charcoal,” he says.