Designers embrace ‘new feminine’ trend in home decor
A year ago, menswear-inspired decorating was wildly popular. Interior designers hung sharply tailored draperies alongside furniture covered in pinstripes. Sophisticated shades of grey were everywhere, as was navy blue.
But “since the pendulum always swings, we’re starting to see fresh feminine spaces,” says interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn, “regardless of who lives in them.”
The trend that designers are calling “the new feminine” isn’t a return to an excess of florals, shabby-chic lace and other cliches of feminine decor from a decade ago. Instead, “feminine style” has evolved into “an esthetic that’s classic with a soft, eclectic spin,” says Flynn, founder of Flynnside Out Productions. More…
