14 seasonal country-style design trends that will dominate 2018, according to homes editors

From Country Living UK

Here at Country Living HQ, our editors work tirelessly to stay ahead of upcoming trends in the home, garden and kitchen so they can bring you up-to-date style and recipe advice.

To give us a preview of what we can expect when it comes to country-style interiors in 2018, our homes editors Alaina Binks and Ben Kendrick have compiled a 2018 homes forecast for every season.

So, if you're planing on redecorating a room or simply want to update your home with a few fashionable pieces in 2018, use this as your guide...

SPRING

• Gentle pastel tones, in particular pale powdery pinks, soft mint tones and duck egg blue.

• Motifs of spring blooms such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and muscari.

• Classic patterns including hares, hens and vintage florals.

SUMMER

• Faded stripes, checks and florals with a weather-worn effect – blues, reds, turquoise and sea glass tones (not necessarily used together).

• Bright, ditsy florals such as a scattered meadow designs featuring wild flowers on fabric.

• Coastal bird prints (waders/shorebirds) feathers and eggs, likely watercolour/watery/painterly drawings.

• Botanicals and historical plant drawings.

Shop the look: Spirit Stripe Towels, Steel, £4 - £28, John Lewis

AUTUMN

• Seed heads and fields of straw with a late summer, harvest feel.

• Arts & Crafts inspired - new contemporary craft in the spirit of this ethos and re-worked traditional designs from the original 19th Century movement.

• Woodland – rustic woods, woodland creatures such as owls etc in warm tones and textures.

• Modern Country – raw materials and textures (wood, brick, heavyweight linens) and handmade ceramics with industrial-style elements.

Shop the look: Sanderson Woodland Chorus Curtain, Natural, £59, John Lewis

WINTER

• Velvets in rich and intense shades such as teal, mustard, deep grey, dark greens (plains and printed).

• Metallics – from warm copper and brass to galvanised zinc (with candlelight).

• Texture – knitted materials including wool and sheepskins in neutral tones like warm ochre, and saffron, with olive greens to contrast.

Shop the look: Crumble Snuggler by Loaf at John Lewis, Clever Velvet Real Teal, from £1,299, John Lewis

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