One of the challenges when decorating your new build is visualizing a design trend, and what it might look like IRL. The good news? Your next Netflix binge can help you narrow down your style.
Many notable trends have been made prominent by TV shows, from Succession’s quiet luxury to Mad Men’s mid-century modern aesthetics.
1. Succession
The trend: Quiet luxury
The style: Neutral, expensive looking, understated, sophisticated
Succession follows the drama of the ultra-wealthy Roy family, with upscale offices and homes that are subtly elegant. The show is credited with inspiring the quiet luxury trend, which focuses on high-end furnishings, neutral colors, and craftsmanship. The idea is “less is more,” and that wealth should be whispered, not shouted.
New-build homeowners like quiet luxury’s curated aesthetic, neutral palettes, and focus on investment pieces, which means they can add to their aesthetic over time, when the budget allows.
How to incorporate quiet luxury in your new home:
Embrace negative space. Select a few signature pieces and arrange them in such a way that allows them to breathe and make the space dynamic.
Neutral paint colors. Think of your paint color choices as an elegant canvas for the aesthetic. Focus on creams, taupes, ivory, or grays.
Include luxurious texture. Your aesthetic shouldn’t just look expensive, it should feel expensive too. Choose indulgent textiles like velvet, leather, silk, cashmere, and high-quality cotton.
2. The White Lotus
The trend: Luxe, resort-inspired decor
The style: Opulent, earthy elegance, tropical
Each season of The White Lotus features dramatic storylines alongside equally dramatic resort-inspired decor.
New-build homeowners like how resort-inspired decor adds vacation vibes to amenity-style spaces in their new homes, like spa bathrooms, wellness spaces and saunas, gyms, and hobby-oriented rooms.
Incorporate resort-inspired luxe decor in your new home:
Single out a space for sanctuary. Rather than styling your whole home like a hotel, pick a space that will be your daily sanctuary, such as the primary bedroom, den, or bathroom, and decorate it resort-style.
Embrace opulence: Dive into maximalism, with decorative trim, frescos and murals, chandeliers, and palazzo-inspired details.
Think tropical. Include natural materials, and nature-inspired motifs, such as stone, cane, wood, rattan, botanical prints, and textiles.
3. Downton Abbey, The Crown, and Bridgerton
The trend: English country kitchen
The style. Cozy, authentic, grounded, curated
The English country kitchen is one of 2025’s top interior design trends, thanks in part to popular period dramas like Downton Abbey, The Crown, and Bridgerton. These series focus on elegant country estates, but have down-to-earth, warm kitchen spaces too.
New-build homeowners find this contrast between grand and grounded relatable and use the English country kitchen style to infuse old-world charm into a brand-new space.
Incorporate an English country kitchen in your new home:
Freestanding furniture over built-in structures. “The English country kitchen is the heart of the home and needs to be easy to work in and clean up after cooking, and must allow for flow. To accomplish the look, there should be a mix of furniture with function,” says designer Andrea Sinkin of Andrea Sinkin Design .
Think worktable island with carved legs and open storage, a vintage sideboard as a workstation with kitchen storage, and a movable hutch that serves as a pantry.
Range alcove. Range alcoves are a trending focal point in a modern English country kitchen. Features include archways, brick, stone, metallic, marble, or terracotta backsplash, wooden shelving, and pot fillers.
Country-style accents. Display vintage and country-look accents, such as cookbooks, copper cookery, Chintz china, and wooden cutting boards.
On cabinetry, "Instead of all panel ready doors, incorporate antique mirror fronts, aged brass, and bronze grills,” says Sinkin.
4. Mad Men
The trend: Mid-century modern revival
The style: Moody, seductive, clean lines, timeless
Mad Men is as well-known for its characters and drama as it is for its spot-on replication of mid-century modern style. Although the show is set primarily in the 1960s, it had a profound impact on interior design trends during the show’s run during the late 2000s, propelling a revival in mid-mod design, including bold color palettes, low-profile, clean-lined furniture, natural woods such as walnut and teak, geometric and abstract shapes, and open-concept living.
Mid-century modern style is trending again in 2025 for new-build homeowners, as nostalgia is playing a big role in driving decor choices and influencing floor plans.
Incorporate mid-century modern in your new home:
Sunken living room. This retro floor plan feature is experiencing a revival. Working with levels, instead of walls, a sunken zone within a larger space is intimate, good for entertaining, and doesn't interrupt sightlines.
Blend vintage with modern. Mid-century modern furniture is timeless, and blends well with other styles, the perfect way to blend vintage with modern . Mid-century modern furniture embraces clean lines and classic curves, with lots of wood, leather, and rich upholstery. Natural wood is often blended with mid-mod colors, such as rust, olive, mustard yellow and black. Sofas and chairs are low-profile, with tapered legs. Credenzas and sideboards feature thin legs and fluted texture. To mix and match pieces, and blend into modern decor, focus on color and materials for a cohesive look.
Mid-mod accents. Think bar carts, geometric prints, textured wall hangings, tapestries, analogue clocks, pottery, and sputnik chandeliers.
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