Surface trends shaping 2025 interiors

Every year the material palette shifts a little. Here's what we're seeing specified most on projects coming through our distributors right now.

Warm woods return

After years of cool greys, warm wood tones are back — especially as louvre and fluted panels that add texture without committing to solid timber. It's a softer, more tactile direction.

Deep stone and marble looks

Marble- and concrete-effect acrylic surfaces are showing up on islands and feature walls, giving the drama of stone with an easier, more consistent finish.

Matt over mirror

Full-gloss everything is giving way to considered contrast — matt fields with a single gloss or sparkle highlight. Restraint reads as luxury.

The mood of 2025 is warmth, texture and contrast — not more shine.

Panels as architecture

Perhaps the biggest shift: decorative panels being treated as architecture rather than decoration — full walls and ceilings of louvres that define a space, not just dress it.