Mauve, Outrageous Pattern and the '80s Are Big Trends at This Texas Show House

The Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Dallas brings together some of the top talent in the interior design industry. See what new decor ideas they are currently obsessing over.

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Get Ready for Mauve and More in the Coming Year

There's no better way to find out the trends that will be trickling down to a store near you than touring an incredible show house like the Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Dallas. Top-of-their-game designers pull out all the stops and create rooms where new design ideas are on gorgeous display. If there is an official color of the Kips Bay Show House it would certainly be mauve, which looks incredible paired with green in Christina Kim Interior Design's main staircase and landing shown here. Read on for more design trends.

Naturalistic Landscaping

Landscape architect Harold Leidner created the landscaping for this lovely home, emphasizing natural design.

Landscape Design That Harmonizes With the Land

Landscape designer Harold Leidner allowed multiple water features, including a lake and a creek, and the trees and undulating shapes of the home's siting to dictate his designs.

Funky Color Combos

An eighties-style tropical vibe defines this very on-trend room from designer Christina Kim. Inspired by hotel lounges, Christina's design is all about "wrapping yourself in a mood," she says.

An Edgy Spin on Preppy

Though the color palette is pink and green, Christina Kim's staircase entrance to the home's second floor feels fresh and modern.

A Hallway Worthy of an Art House Film Set

Inspired by the film sets of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai and his "dreamy moodiness," designer Christina Kim went for drama in her design. As she says, "It's a big house with a big staircase and I needed a big gesture." She brought that grand gesture into the space with a custom carpet with waves of lavender throughout.

Scale and Interest Matter When Designing Around a Grand Staircase

The ombre carpeting on these dramatic steps creates a staircase that is all about impact.

Sculptural Details

Designers are including lighting elements and wall treatments that have a sculptural look as with this white-oak fluted wall covering from Jean Liu Design in the Kips Bay entry foyer.

Bring In Art When You Can

"It used to be you had to be established to use original art" in home design, says Jean Liu of Jean Liu Design. But no more. There are plenty of emerging and local artists that both designers and the general public have access to whose work can be used to bring bespoke details to the home. Here, Jean brought in Mexico City-based artist Emma Boomkamp to create a sculptural rope work in the home's entryway in a room that Jean says is "warm, modern, inviting and dramatic."

When Your Inside Feels Like the Outside

Designer Alessandra Branca leaned into green — another key color of the moment — when designing this living room. With 24-foot ceilings, this room definitely needed a human scale, which Alessandra delivered with tall trees.

Moments of Nature Everywhere

From the vibrant leaf-green color scheme to the botanical wallpaper and this adorable moss vignette, designer Alessandra Branca blended elements of nature into her living room design.

Comfort Is Key

Alessandra wanted this living space to be composed of relaxing and comfortable materials and used performance fabric to increase durability.

Look for the Light

Alessandra's advice for a welcoming and comfortable space? "Look at how you live in a space. Make use of what you have." In this case, the tall ceiling and epic windows meant that this room had a surfeit of light, which Alessandra made a central focus of her design.

A Luxurious Hallway Sets the Mood

Jessica Davis of Atlanta's Atelier Davis brought a lush mood to this primary suite hallway. Inspired by Texas sunsets, Jessica created "a place to pause that would feel enveloping and calm." The room features an entire wall of drapery as a clever way to hide the unsightly HVAC.

A Wallpapered Ceiling With a Natural Influence

Jessica Davis wallpapered this foyer ceiling to evoke natural Texas limestone.

Earthy Terra Cotta Is an On-Trend Color

Terra cotta is used as a color theme in this powder room "to evoke the hues of a Texas sunset" says Jessica Davis.

Layering Materials and Textures a Growing Trend

A mosaic-clad wall and marble floor continue the terra-cotta color story in this powder room by Atelier Davis.

Original Artwork Adds Depth and Interest

Atelier Davis used artwork by artists like Atlanta's Shanequa Gay to add visual interest to this hallway leading to the primary bedroom suite.

Artwork Is Factoring Into More Rooms

Southern California-based interior designer Huma Sulaiman incorporated plenty of contemporary artwork into this gorgeous primary bathroom. A calming space with a glamorous feel was the designer's objective, achieved with the use of various styles of marble, custom cabinetry and a vanity that looks like a piece of furniture.

Fluted Details Are Key

Fluted designs as seen on this stunning custom vanity from Huma Sulaiman Design are becoming a signature high-end look in current home decor.

A Peaceful Sanctuary Created With Women in Mind

Designer Lucinda Loya with Lucinda Loya Interiors created a bedroom and bathroom inspired by femininity in keeping with a trend for highlighting women designers and decor that speaks to women's needs. This restorative bedroom is a feminine sanctuary, says Lucinda, defined by soft, undulating shapes and shades with an on-trend pink and a soothing blue dominating. The soft-pink headboard, circular forms and hand-knotted Tibetan rug lend a restful air, and much of the decor was created by women designers.

Embracing History With a Fresh New Eye

Chad Graci of Graci Interiors was inspired by New York supper clubs of the 20th century to "create a glamorous hideaway of sorts" in this transitional space. Wallpaper ties together with the tile in the adjoining bathroom.

Rich, Bold Colorways

Graci Interiors created this handsome powder room decked out in a rich eggplant wall color, warm wood and classic details.

A Bright and Cozy Study

Designer Shelley Johnstone of Shelley Johnstone Design created the garden-view study and bath for Kips Bay in Dallas. She used a favorite color, brown (many designers are calling it the new gray), for the ticking-stripe wallpaper and a custom-tufted banquette to bring a timeless look to the space.

A Serene and Tranquil Bathroom

Designer Shelley Johnstone created a bathroom with a sophisticated blend of tile and wall coverings that exemplify the trend for mixed textures to create an enveloping, soothing effect.

Look for More and More Pink in Design

More and more designers are gravitating toward pink as a warm, inviting color, as designer Shelley Johnstone did in this bathroom.

Ceilings Have Become a Fresh Focal Point

Shelley Johnstone used pink and brown throughout her study and bath and included a warm pink on the study ceiling as well as integrating it in the pink-tinged marble in the bathroom.

A Sumptuous Dressing Room and Closet

Closets have become design focal points, whether they are envisioned as social spaces or as a private oasis as in this Schooler, Kellogg & Company-designed room. Touches of pink and rich wallpaper create a sense of luxury and retreat.

Chinoiserie Details Bring Classic Style

The beauty of chinoiserie is its ability to work in both traditional and contemporary contexts. Here Schooler, Kellogg & Company used decadent details like this chinoiserie-detailed mirror and strawberries worked into the flower arrangement to lend old-world European elegance to this space.

A Change in Ceiling Height Makes a World of Difference

Bringing the ceiling down in this ladies' dressing room from Schooler, Kellogg & Company makes the space feel more intimate. As an antidote to expansive, open architecture, many designers are embracing ways to make rooms feel more comfortable, inviting and warm.

Using Color and Moody Lighting to Great Advantage

The definition of wellness is shifting and so is how designers approach rooms focused on meditation and mindfulness. Rather than using white and bright light for this wellness space, New York City-based design firm Project AZ used color to joyful ends and created a cocoon-like space for meditation and rest.

A Clever Design Trick Also Shows the Impact of the Eighties

The graphic, curvy style of the eighties has made a major comeback, as in this room from Project AZ, a Manhattan-based design firm which uses Cambria-quartz slabs in organic shapes to create a stylish coffee bar that leans in to the odd shape of the room.

Earth Tones and Fluted Details

The wellness retreat and bathroom created by Project AZ incorporates graphic wallpaper and a bespoke marble vanity and sink with trending fluted details.

A Fresh Spin on Wellness

With wellness such a central theme of contemporary life, more and more people are embracing wellness spaces. Project AZ created this unconventional wellness space in shades of mauve and lilac and featuring curvy furniture to show the possibilities of incorporating wellness into various aspects of design.

Cozy Bedroom Details

Designer Patricia McLean used an oversized paisley pattern on these curtains to create additional softness behind the bed's upholstered headboard in this plush bedroom.

Add Balance and Coziness With Drapery

Instead of being limited by your architecture, you can follow designer Patricia McLean's lead and create your own. She used drapery to create several faux windows in this bedroom and balanced them on either side of the room. The theme of this cozy bedroom is travel, an idea the designer played out with French antiques, antique maps and travel books.

Laundry Room High Design

Rather than a home feature seen as strictly utilitarian, laundry rooms are increasingly becoming creative design opportunities. Dallas-based designer Noel Pittman used classic details like cafe curtains, brass hardware and a library ladder to make this multifunctional laundry room with a desk a place in which the homeowner would want to spend time.

Multifunctional Spaces

Designers like Noel Pittman are looking for more ways to make rooms do double duty. The bookshelf here makes this laundry room a great home office or place to stash cookbooks.

Female-Centric Design

Los Angeles designer Natasha Baradaran brought a female perspective to this primary bedroom, which she calls "wellness from a female perspective." Echoing a new design trend, Natasha created her space with a female point of view.

A Mix of Tradition and Cutting Edge

Designer Natasha Baradaran created this bedroom as "a sanctuary space and respite from the world to recharge a woman's strength in uncertain times." A color scheme of serene blues and dusty pinks gives this room a "contemporary luxury vernacular" says Natasha.

Think Outside the Box When Designing Themed Rooms

LC Studio created this navy-blue family room, which designer Lance Scott envisioned as a cool cocktail lounge, to blend style and functionality.

Embrace Your Ceiling

Designer Lance Scott of LC Studio used high-gloss paint and molding to bring an enveloping, continuous element into this family room.

Maximalist Outdoors

Kentucky designer Isabel Ladd took her signature over-the-top maximalist style outside on the Kips Bay Dallas south terrace with fabric, fringe and loads of color.

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Layer the Details Outdoors

Isabel Ladd calls her tropical-themed outdoor space "a frenzy of pattern and colors."

Plenty of Outdoor Vignettes

Isabel Ladd has created outdoor moments for napping, socializing, dining and lounging in this festive, colorful space.

Playful, Layered Patterns

Restraint and minimalism are over as designers embrace color, texture and fun, as seen in this outdoor "nap moment" from designer Isabel Ladd.

Leaning In to Tradition

This study, designed by Anthony Baratta, was inspired by the English royal family and specifically Balmoral Castle, the beloved Scottish getaway of Queen Elizabeth II.

Traditional With a Twist Is the Name of the Game

Designer Anthony Barratta used plaid, chinoiserie and layered elements to create a timeless look in this study.

Plaid Lends Visual Interest

This bedroom by Avrea and Company focuses on a sense of security and comfort with the all-encompassing plaid wallpaper and ultra-plush canopy bed. "An eclectic and interesting collected look" was the goal of this charming bedroom, says designer Ashley Avrea Cathey. Ashley suggests bringing contemporary art into a more traditional room like this one to create a more creative, complex look.

Choosing Color to Set a Mental Mood

Cool hues like blue, green and purple have "soothing and refreshing characteristics," says designer Ashley Avrea Cathey.

Creating Continuity Between Rooms

Ashley used similar colorways of blue and purple to coordinate with her bedroom color scheme.

Global Inspiration With an Eighties Feel

Designer Blaire Murfree of Blaire Designs was inspired by her travels to Portugal and by Moroccan tile and pattern in creating this striking stairway. Trending shades of gold, teal and mustard can be seen in her Kips Bay rooms.

A Layered, Adventurous Approach

Designers, says Blaire Murfree, are "taking more risks" these days and moving away from neutrals and overly safe design. Blaire used a hand-painted wallpaper in this hallway that gives the look of tile. The mustard curtains are a very on-trend hue.

Boho-Luxe Looks

Inspired by European design, Blaire Murfree used bold color and an array of textures in wallpaper, an ombre carpet and marble that together give an artistic, bohemian sensibility to the space, but with a very luxurious attitude.

Bold, Rich Colors

Blaire sees bold colors as a big trend. She also notes that natural elements and colors like terra cotta and extravagant texture — as in this marble sink and surround — are defining contemporary design.

Design Outdoor Space Like Indoors, With Plenty of Zones

Washington, D.C.-based interior designer Byron Risdon created a terrace and outdoor kitchen designed for an avid entertainer. Byron calls his space "a cross between a relaxing beach club and the modern twist of a chic lounge."

Multiple Dining Vignettes

Offering options for both homeowners and guests is a great way to design an outdoor space. Byron Risdon used this expansive patio space to create multiple dining and lounging vignettes.

Organize Your Kitchen for Multiple Uses

Christopher Peacock created three separate zones in this kitchen for various functions.

Designers Are Placing More Emphasis on Storage

The walk-in food pantry in Christopher Peacock's kitchen provides ample space for storage, bulk items and dry goods.

Storage and More Storage

A very large walk-in pantry features plenty of countertop room for staging and prep as well as drawers and cupboards for more discrete storage.

Two Islands Are Better Than One

Designer Christopher Peacock created two impressively sized islands in this kitchen. One is primarily for food prep and the other is meant to serve as a barrier between the operations of the kitchen and the entertaining space beyond.

Wellness Design + Positive Messages

Atlanta-based interior designer Leah Alexander of Beauty Is Abundant took a very clever and on-trend tack when designing this bathroom. Instead of a mirror and the judgment and self-appraisal that can create, she used an affirmation in wall text and a bold red color to bring the joy.

Graphic Shapes and Brass Fixtures

Beauty Is Abundant brings this bathroom into the 21st century with bold graphic shapes and an edgy, sensuous blend of dark and light colors.

Use Immersive Color to Your Advantage

Jeffrey Weisman of Fisher Weisman Brugioni says a very tall and open dining room space created some design challenges. To create a sense of intimacy in this voluminous space, the walls and ceiling were painted a deep red. A focal point of three pieces of contemporary art helped lend the room its own, separate ambiance in the overall home.

Allow Yourself (and Your Guests) Multiple Experiences in One Room

This reading room by M+M Interior Design features an oversized fern pattern on the ceiling and a cozy, soothing blend of florals, ikats and block prints to give a collected spirit to this welcoming room.

Ways to Add Comfort and Coziness

Multiple seating areas abound in this reading room, offering plenty of options to cozy up with a good book. And, like many designers, M+M Interior Design is embracing canopies like this custom one overhanging a sofa to create ceiling interest and add a layered look to a room.

A Carefully Curated Vignette

What a lovely place to sip a cocktail, drink tea or cuddle up with a book. M+M Interior Design embraced the trend for multifunctional rooms in this lovely space.

Mauve, Outrageous Pattern and the '80s Are Big Trends at This Texas Show House

Related To:

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Get Ready for Mauve and More in the Coming Year

Naturalistic Landscaping

Landscape Design That Harmonizes With the Land

Funky Color Combos

An Edgy Spin on Preppy

A Hallway Worthy of an Art House Film Set

Scale and Interest Matter When Designing Around a Grand Staircase

Sculptural Details

Bring In Art When You Can

When Your Inside Feels Like the Outside

Moments of Nature Everywhere

Comfort Is Key

Look for the Light

A Luxurious Hallway Sets the Mood

A Wallpapered Ceiling With a Natural Influence

Earthy Terra Cotta Is an On-Trend Color

Layering Materials and Textures a Growing Trend

Original Artwork Adds Depth and Interest

Artwork Is Factoring Into More Rooms

Fluted Details Are Key

A Peaceful Sanctuary Created With Women in Mind

Embracing History With a Fresh New Eye

Rich, Bold Colorways

A Bright and Cozy Study

A Serene and Tranquil Bathroom

Look for More and More Pink in Design

Ceilings Have Become a Fresh Focal Point

A Sumptuous Dressing Room and Closet

Chinoiserie Details Bring Classic Style

A Change in Ceiling Height Makes a World of Difference

Using Color and Moody Lighting to Great Advantage

A Clever Design Trick Also Shows the Impact of the Eighties

Earth Tones and Fluted Details

A Fresh Spin on Wellness

Cozy Bedroom Details

Add Balance and Coziness With Drapery

Laundry Room High Design

Multifunctional Spaces

Female-Centric Design

A Mix of Tradition and Cutting Edge

Think Outside the Box When Designing Themed Rooms

Embrace Your Ceiling

Maximalist Outdoors

Layer the Details Outdoors

Plenty of Outdoor Vignettes

Playful, Layered Patterns

Leaning In to Tradition

Traditional With a Twist Is the Name of the Game

Plaid Lends Visual Interest

Choosing Color to Set a Mental Mood

Creating Continuity Between Rooms

Global Inspiration With an Eighties Feel

A Layered, Adventurous Approach

Boho-Luxe Looks

Bold, Rich Colors

Design Outdoor Space Like Indoors, With Plenty of Zones

Multiple Dining Vignettes

Organize Your Kitchen for Multiple Uses

Designers Are Placing More Emphasis on Storage

Storage and More Storage

Two Islands Are Better Than One

Wellness Design + Positive Messages

Graphic Shapes and Brass Fixtures

Use Immersive Color to Your Advantage

Allow Yourself (and Your Guests) Multiple Experiences in One Room

Ways to Add Comfort and Coziness

A Carefully Curated Vignette

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