Do you want to know about new home interior trends for 2009? Maybe you’re preparing your house for sale, having a new custom home built, relocating to a different office complex, or simply desire a change of scenery. There are a lot of different styles, themes, and tastes when it comes to interior design. Now that builders are offering their clients so many customizable options, there are some clear trends emerging. Open floor plans continue to be popular, along with energy efficient designs, and practical ideas that are tasteful.

Homes during the 1800s and into the early 1900s were special. Large family homes were actually designed to section off the house into separate distinct areas. For one example, the house would have servant’s quarters located on the bottom floor near the kitchen, while the family’s quarters were all located upstairs. Just off the parents’ master bath was an en-suite bathroom, while a powder room was located downstairs. Oftentimes, the children’s quarters were located down a hallway in their own separate area of the house, to allow the parents some degree of privacy and reprieve. There might have been a carriage house for guests or in-laws. This home interior trend is popular again for 2009, with two or three bedroom suites and extra bathrooms being more popular. Most buyers prefer that children’s bedrooms are on one side of the house while parents and in-law rooms reside on the other, allowing a space favorable for restful refuge. Located in an isolated part of the home are the secondary suites, usually 300 to 400 square feet in size and containing full bathrooms and occasionally sitting rooms.

Family spaces will continue to be popular through 2009, according to experts. Rear living, meaning that the family room and kitchen are located to the back of the house, is gaining in popularity. This allows the parents to prepare food and still keep an eye on the kids playing in the family room or entertain guests and still be able to take care of things in the kitchen. A lot of modern designs have less walls in common rooms with an “open concept” feel. Conjoining rooms with half walls are good for kitchens, dens, and dining rooms. Moreover, Americans began to adopt the European idea of outdoor living areas; so today we find houses with their own outside kitchens, pizza ovens, fire pits, chandeliers, artwork, and comfortable furniture on a covered patio.

Home interior designers usually look to create a sense of timelessness. Blue and greens are popular in rooms like bedrooms because they offer a calming feeling. As the center of the home, the kitchen often gets bright hues, from designers, like startling splashes of yellow, red, and orange. There is a lot of versatility in living rooms; you can go with dark and elegant or modern and white. Bath design often seeks to create the feel of a “home spa”, incorporating crystal blocks to allow light in, using rich browns accented with pastel colors and tiled flooring in relaxing shades. A custom design will pull all of the rooms together for a unified feeling.