NFT spoke with several leading manufacturers to find out what they’ve identified as emerging design trends in residential flooring, across all lines. The main thread from these conversations is that homeowners are adopting more conservative tastes than in years past, but with some nuances, an openness to new colors and textures, and the ability to choose more textures due to technologies such as embossed-in-register flooring and twist techniques.
According to Pat Wertz, principal designer for the styling department at Armstrong, hard surfaces are continuing to show a trend toward natural colors with more realism. While these colors currently are more conservative and based in Earth tones, she feels that more color will start asserting itself in the marketplace over the next few years.