Are you planning to freshen up the look of your home this spring? Perhaps you’re redecorating one particular room or you’d like to add a few finishing touches and accessories to update the overall feel of your abode? Whatever your plans, you’ll want to take a peek at these top trends for the year ahead.

Sustainable and artisan
The growing popularity of sustainable and artisan sourcing for finishing touches for the home brings eco and ethical trends together. Increasingly, thinking green doesn’t just mean insulating your home or choosing more efficient appliances, it’s also about supporting local. Textiles, pottery, paintings, prints and woven baskets hint at natural surroundings and champion local crafts people too. Why not keep things hyper local by producing your own personalised canvas prints?

Tactile touches
Now is the time to get touchy feely in the home as tactile finishes take centre stage. Fabrics should feel interesting as well as look good and the trend extends beyond the soft and comforting too. Surfaces covered in stone, tiles and wallpaper also play a part. The grain of wood, intricate tile patterns and gilded wall coverings all catch the eye.

Feature lighting
It’s fantastic to see lighting becoming so much of a focus in the home. There’s certainly still space for the simple shade but the pared back industrial look of the last few years is fancying up a little, so look out for lots of pretty pendants and supersize shades.

Mixed up metals
The industrial of 2014-2015 saw plenty of metals on show, particularly in the kitchen. This year, metals are being mixed up a little with shades such as copper rose and brass warming things up for a less sterile feel.

Gorgeous greys
We recently talked about rose quartz and serenity being two of the top colours for the year to come. If Pantone’s subtle soft pink and purple isn’t for you, how about a gorgeous grey? Statistics shared by the social media pin board app Pinterest tip grey to be a favourite for 2016 as its users have been planning ahead for future projects by pinning plenty of grey-spiration.

Have you got any interior decorating plans on the horizon? Do any of the above trends have appeal for your home?