Art Deco is trending with new-build homeowners because it looks and feels optimistic: the perfect match for a new beginning in a brand-new home. Art Deco, with its cheery aesthetic, is the life of the party. Picture Great Gatsby, Hollywood glam, and indulgent colors and textures, with a celebratory undertone.
While Art Deco has historical roots (it celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025), it is back in the spotlight, with a fresh take for today’s homeowners.
Why Art Deco is Trending in 2025
Popular throughout the late 1920s and 1930s, the style first emerged shortly after World War I, giving consumers a way to feel hopeful and express themselves as a community after the hardship of the war. It was a reaction to minimalism, and the austerity of wartime. Today’s homeowners have reacted strongly to minimalism, too, wanting a stronger emotional connection to their homes, opting for bold statement decor over muted palettes that have ruled design for years.
“Art Deco is coming around again, re-appearing now with details like lighting, structural lines and beautiful, more traditional pieces. There is a focus on high-end materials, like lacquer, gloss, and beautiful wood finishes,” says designer Andrea Sinkin of Andrea Sinkin Design.
New homeowners have embraced Art Deco, because of how the style speaks to top design priorities of 2025, including maximalism and freedom for self-expression at home. Meanwhile, its focus on blending vintage with modern allows new-build homeowners to add an old-world feel to a brand-new home.
Art Deco balances opulence with simplicity: clean lines evolve into complex but playful patterns. Shiny surfaces and metallics mix with plush textures that ground the aesthetic. Dynamic color palettes co-exist with classics, such as black-and-white.
How to Incorporate Art Deco in your new home
The beauty of Art Deco is that you can do a little or a lot, and you can add to it over time, which is ideal for new-build homeowners toying with different styles. It’s low commitment but full of potential. The key is to curate and layer elements to look intentional.
The baseline to drive the design when mixing and matching elements? Symmetry and curves, says Sinkin.
Symmetry naturally creates visual balance, while curves add elegance and soften the hard edges from the lines and geometric shapes. Art Deco also emphasizes vertical space, so be mindful of that when placing decor.
Here are the notable Art Deco design elements:
Geometric shapes and patterns. It is common to see simple shapes, such as rectangles and squares. However, chevrons, zig zags and trapezoids, wide pinstripes, moons, stars, and polka dots are popular, too. Patterns are playful and youthful.
Sunbursts. Perhaps the most iconic symbol of Art Deco is the sunburst, usually compiled with geometric lines and shapes, with the sun at the center, and straight lines for streaming sunlight.
All things shiny. Stainless steel, mirrors, brass, and lacquered surfaces.
Rich, vibrant colors. Primary colors, jewel tones, and dark and moody hues, with neutrals and metallic accents introduced for balance and contrast.
Plush textiles and upholstery that look and feel luxe. Crushed velvet is very popular, along with silk, leather, and satin.
Old Hollywood glam. Golden, gilded finishes, faux furs, crystal chandeliers, black-and-white checkerboards.
Curves. Fluted details, scalloped furniture, and curved architectural features.
Here are some tips on how to execute this design in your new home:
Trim with Geometric Shapes. A great choice for a stand-alone accent wall, or in a dining room or hallway. Use dramatic ceiling trim in geometric shapes, with black and white, or metallic contrasts for drama.
Sunbursts: Incorporate a sunburst motif into a fireplace surround or in a sunburst-shaped mirror over a fireplace. Swap out builder-grade doors for door panels that feature a sunburst motif.
Patterned wallpaper: Choose a home office or a powder room wallpaper with repeating patterns or wide pinstripes.
Curved architectural features: Choose curved archways outside and inside the home, along with curved windows. Install curved, built-in storage and bookcases.
Hollywood-style bathroom. Include a black-and-white, lacquered checkerboard floor, a makeup vanity with a faux fur upholstered stool, gilded mirror, gold fixtures and accents, and a crystal chandelier or sconces.
Glam bedroom. Sinkin says chic headboards with Art Deco shapes are trending. Choose a tufted, scalloped headboard or an upholstered headboard with repeating geometric patterns. Complete the look with patterned bedding, faux fur throw rug, and metallic light fixtures.
Re-finish furniture with an Art Deco look. Give vintage furniture an Art Deco makeover. Redo a dresser, sideboard, chair, or desk with metallic paint, gold leafing, mirrored accents, or jewel-toned colors.
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