We all know that one person who buys a whole living room from one store in one afternoon. Sofa, loveseat, coffee table, two end tables, done. It looks fine for a year, then they walk into a friend’s place with a weird old chair, a marble side table and a giant bed with a tall headboard, and suddenly their own room feels like a furniture showroom.
If that’s you, you are not alone, and this year is a good time to change it. Most of what designers are buying for 2027 is about character. Old pieces next to new ones, curved sofas, chrome coming back, beds that actually look like beds again. A lot of it you can find secondhand for less than the new stuff costs.
We went through the fall 2026 High Point Market report from Houzz, the Salone del Mobile reports from Milan in April 2026 and two trend roundups from Homes & Gardens, and picked the 15 furniture trends for home that came up the most. For each one you will find what it is, who is saying it and a cheap way to try it before you spend real money.
Living Room Furniture Trends
1. Collected Pieces Instead of Matching Sets
This is the big one, and every other trend on this list kind of grows out of it. People are done with the matching three piece set. Regan Baker of Regan Baker Design told Homes & Gardens in November 2026, “People want their homes to feel personal and collected, not perfectly matched.” Designer Chad Dorsey said it more bluntly: “people are tired of homes that look like everyone else’s.”
What it looks like in a real room: a newer sofa, a vintage wood armchair across from it, a stone side table and a coffee table that doesn’t match any of them. We called the matching set one of the 10 outdated decor mistakes earlier this year, and the 2027 reports point the same way.
Try it cheap: Keep your sofa and swap one piece. Sell the matching armchair on Facebook Marketplace and look for a solid wood or leather chair on Chairish, Etsy or at an estate sale. Homes & Gardens listed a Danish midcentury armchair on 1stDibs at $970, but thrift stores and Marketplace often have similar chairs for $50 to $200.
2. Curved Sofas
Curved sofas are still growing. Katie Bromley of Spaces by Katie in Bethesda, Maryland told Homes & Gardens, “Curved sofas are probably our biggest request.” Designers like them because they look softer, people can walk around them easily, and in an open plan room a curved sofa splits the seating area from the kitchen without putting up a wall.
One thing to be clear on. This is not the same as the round, cream bouclé “cloud” chair that designers called tired in 2026. The 2027 curve shows up on full sized sofas in wool, velvet or linen. Alexandra Azat of Plaster & Patina covered a custom curved sofa in Holland & Sherry wool for one of her projects.
Try it cheap: If a curved sofa is out of budget, get the curve somewhere smaller. A round coffee table or a pedestal side table in front of a straight sofa gives you the same softer shape.
3. Low Midcentury and 1970s Sofas
Midcentury furniture from the 1940s to the 1970s keeps going, and Homes & Gardens says 1970s designs are the part getting more popular. Its 2027 report pointed to a reproduction of the 1970s Marenco sofa and to refurbished 1960s Adrian Pearsall lounge chairs. At Salone del Mobile in Milan, Finnish Design Shop reported oversized, low modular sofas and warm 70s colors like brown, orange, muted green and ochre, with Patricia Urquiola’s Aaland sofa for Kartell as one example.
Low sofas make a room look bigger because your eye goes over them instead of stopping at them. That’s why they work so well in small apartments.
Try it cheap: Search Marketplace and Craigslist for “mid century sofa”, “Milo Baughman” or “70s modular”. Reproductions are easy to find, and the originals still turn up at estate sales, especially in older suburbs.
4. Pillowy, Overstuffed Seating
The opposite of the stiff, tight back sofa. At High Point in October 2026, Houzz spotted seating that looks like it was built out of oversized pillows. Gus Modern showed the Zoe sofa, where the deep seat cushion wraps right over the armrest, and Sunpan showed the Pilune ottoman, which looks like cushions stacked on top of each other.
This is a good one for families. Nobody is scared to sit on a sofa that looks like a pile of pillows.
Try it cheap: You can make a firm sofa look softer with two big 24 inch down filled pillows and a chunky throw. It’s not the same thing, but it gets you most of the look for under $100.
5. Mixed Material Coffee Tables
Coffee tables at High Point mixed two or three materials in one piece. Eichholtz showed the Brinton coffee table in dark mindi wood with a strip of veined marble down the middle. Burton James paired an upholstered ottoman with a burl wood table with cane inserts. Homes & Gardens heard the same thing from designers: Katie Bromley said “Textural furniture is an element you’ll find in all our recent work.”
Try it cheap: Put a small marble or travertine tray on a plain wood coffee table. Or use two smaller tables side by side, one wood and one stone, instead of one big table. Grouping two coffee tables also came up at Salone in Milan.
6. Chrome Is Back
After years of matte black and brushed brass, polished chrome is returning. Tana Nesbitt-Hayes of Studio8 Architect told Homes & Gardens, “I am starting to notice polished chromes and steels coming back into style.” Houzz saw it at High Point too: Four Hands showed the Brahms swivel chair in tobacco nubuck leather on a polished tubular metal frame, and Moe’s showed the Joy accent table with a shiny chrome tripod base.
The difference from the 2000s is that chrome now sits next to warm stuff. Leather, wood, textured fabric. A chrome chair in a room full of oak looks great. A chrome chair in an all gray room looks like an office.
Try it cheap: One chrome piece is enough. A chrome side table, a lamp base or a vintage tubular chair from a thrift store. Old chrome cleans up well with aluminum foil and a bit of water.
7. Statement Upholstery: Florals, Plaids and Skirts
Plain solid fabrics are making room for pattern. Nicole Beat, lead designer at Lloyd Design Team by Decorating Den Interiors, told Homes & Gardens, “We’re seeing the return of beautiful upholstery, such as florals, plaids, stripes.” The same article mentions chintz, tapestry, pleated skirts and fringe. In Homes & Gardens’ wider 2027 trends piece, designer Sarah Vaile put it simply: “Granny fashion is definitely having its moment!”
Skirted chairs and fringed ottomans sound old fashioned, and that’s exactly why people like them right now. They hide chair legs, they soften a room and nobody else on your street has them.
Try it cheap: Start with one accent chair or an ottoman, not your sofa. If you have a thrifted chair with a drop in seat, you can recover it in a plaid or floral for $20 to $40 of fabric. Our 50 unique home decor ideas list walks you through it (#8).
8. Painted Built-Ins and Colorful Storage
Instead of painting one accent wall, designers are painting the bookshelves. Rebecca Wakefield told Homes & Gardens, “Using color in shelving and joinery can really lift a space.” Think a deep green bookcase on a cream wall, or a terracotta cabinet in a dining room.
Try it cheap: Paint a freestanding bookcase you already own. A quart of paint covers most standard bookcases. Sand lightly, prime if it’s laminate, and use a satin finish so you can wipe it clean. If you are not sure which colors go together, our two colour combinations for bedroom walls list has real paint codes that work on furniture too.
Bedroom Furniture Trends
9. Statement Beds With Tall Headboards
The low, plain platform bed had a long run. At High Point in October 2026, Houzz said “drama was back” in the bedroom, with tall headboards, real footboards and detail all around the frame. Bernhardt showed the curved Chatham Park bed, Regina Andrew showed the Emeline bed in pinstriped fabric with contrasting piping, and Theodore Alexander showed the Heritage bed, a red oak four poster with turned posts from the brand’s old archive.
Try it cheap: Build an upholstered headboard taller than you think you need. Go up at least 48 to 60 inches above the floor for a queen. Plywood, foam, batting and fabric costs about $80 to $150 (it’s #11 in our unique home decor ideas).
10. Wood That Shows Its Grain and Marks
Furniture brands are leaving knots, grain and marks visible instead of hiding them under dark stain. In Milan, Finnish Design Shop pointed to Nikari’s Centenniale round tables by Joanna Laajisto, made from oak and ash trees over 100 years old. Homes & Gardens heard the same: woods with strong decorative grain are back, along with burl wood, which is the swirly grained part of the tree.
Try it cheap: Strip an old wood dresser instead of painting it. A lot of thrift store furniture from the 1970s and 80s is solid wood under a dark varnish. One afternoon with a citrus stripper and 120 grit sandpaper can show you what’s under there.
11. Pink Upholstery
After a few years of greens, burgundy and chocolate brown, pink showed up on chairs and glossy statement pieces at High Point. Coley Home showed the Cleo chair, a tall channel back chair in dusty rose linen velvet, and Hickory Chair showed the Gemstone game table in a Rose Quartz finish.
The pink here is dusty and muted, closer to a faded rose than bubblegum. It goes well with brown wood, olive green and brass.
Try it cheap: A dusty pink velvet bench at the end of the bed or one pink accent chair in a bedroom corner. Small enough that you won’t regret it if you change your mind next year.
Dining Room Furniture Trends
12. Sculptural Table Bases
The dining table top is getting simpler and the base is getting bolder. Houzz called this trend “All About That Base” at High Point, with Universal Furniture’s Emerie round table on a curved pedestal wrapped in a bronze band and Ethnicraft’s Sequence oak table with stacked solid oak pieces underneath. In Milan, Wallpaper named sculptural tables as one of four big trends, including the Abaco table by Ronan Bouroullec for B&B Italia and the marble Zaho table by Christophe Delcourt for Baxter. Delcourt described his base as “A base like a building, as light as it is monumental.”
A pedestal base also has a practical side. No corner legs means you can squeeze in one more chair at dinner.
Try it cheap: Look for old pedestal tables at estate sales. Solid oak and maple pedestal tables from the 1970s and 80s sell for $100 to $300 on Marketplace, and they look current again with a fresh finish.
13. Tubular and Cantilever Chairs
The bent metal tube chair, which goes back to the Bauhaus in the 1920s, kept showing up in Milan. Wallpaper pointed to the Avalon chair by Antonio Citterio for Flexform and to a reissue of Nicos Zographos’s 1966 cantilever chair, the CH66, by Cassina and Karakter. Mix two of them with a wood table and they stop the dining room from looking like one matching set.
Try it cheap: Vintage Cesca style chairs (the cane and chrome cantilever chair originally designed by Marcel Breuer) show up at thrift stores and on Marketplace all the time. Two of them at the ends of the table, with your regular chairs on the sides, is enough.
14. Banquette Seating in the Kitchen
Kitchens are being furnished more like living rooms, with soft seating and fabric. Katie Davis of Katie Davis Design told Homes & Gardens, “I love using banquettes because they can be both incredibly practical and a real design moment.” Emma Sims Hilditch of Sims Hilditch described the kitchen goal in the same magazine: “It’s all about creating a cozy, inviting atmosphere in the kitchen.”
A banquette fits more people than chairs and pushes the table closer to the wall, which helps in a small kitchen.
Try it cheap: Push an upholstered bench or an old church pew against the wall on one side of your table and add a few pillows. No carpenter needed.
15. Outdoor Furniture That Looks Like Indoor Furniture
Outdoor sets used to mean a metal table and four plastic chairs. At Salone in Milan, Finnish Design Shop reported outdoor furniture with upholstery, rugs and lamps that match the way you decorate inside, with stripes and woven textures, with Kartell’s outdoor pieces as an example. Your balcony or patio becomes another room.
Try it cheap: Add an outdoor rug and a few striped outdoor cushions to the chairs you already have. Solar or rechargeable table lamps cost $25 to $60 and need no outlet.
Which Furniture Trends Will Last
Not all 15 will still look good in five years, so spend your money carefully.
Safe to spend on: collected pieces (#1), midcentury and 70s sofas (#3), wood with visible grain (#10) and pedestal dining tables (#12). People have bought these for decades and they come back around every few years.
Try small first: pink (#11), chrome (#6), skirts and fringe (#7) and pillowy seating (#4). They are strong right now, but go with an accent chair or a side table before you buy a whole sofa.
Easy to undo: painted built-ins (#8) and outdoor styling (#15). If you get bored, you repaint or swap the cushions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What furniture is trending in 2027?
Designers and trade shows point to collected, mixed furniture instead of matching sets, curved sofas, low midcentury and 1970s pieces, polished chrome, statement beds with tall headboards, sculptural dining table bases and patterned upholstery like florals, plaids and stripes.
Are matching furniture sets out of style?
Mostly, yes. Homes & Gardens’ 2027 furniture report and its February 2026 piece on dated living rooms both say matching sets look boring now. You don’t need to replace everything, though. Swapping one or two pieces is usually enough.
Are curved sofas still in style for 2027?
Yes. Katie Bromley of Spaces by Katie told Homes & Gardens curved sofas are her studio’s biggest request. The round, cream bouclé cloud chair is the curved piece designers are moving away from.
What is the 2027 furniture color trend?
Warm browns, olive and muted green, ochre and dusty pink. Finnish Design Shop reported 70s browns, oranges and ochre in Milan, and Houzz saw pink upholstery at High Point in October 2026.
How can I update my furniture without buying new?
Recover a chair in a patterned fabric, strip an old wood dresser back to the grain, paint a bookcase, add a chrome lamp or side table, and move one matching piece out of the room. Most of these cost under $100.
Pick One Trend and Start There
You don’t need to follow all 15 furniture trends for home at once. If you do, your room ends up looking like a 2027 catalog, which is the same problem as a 2019 catalog. The rooms designers are making right now look like the owner picked things up over years. Old next to new, one curved piece, one chrome piece, one chair with a pattern nobody else has.
