New year, new décor resolutions for homes in 2021

My Year Of Hygge

For the last few years, every winter we hear of the Danish term hygge, to describe the feeling of cosy contentment that comes with enjoying the simple things in life. This year has taught us how to find our own version of hygge in our homes. Danish homes even have little nooks or hyggekrog where you can feel cosy. Our homes of 2021 will all have more hyggekrog, and the great thing is, we need very little to feel cosy, candles, handmade pottery, reading chairs, throw pillows, soft furnishings, succulents, bring your own hygge idea. 

Here’s a list of indulgent products for creating your hygge.

By Evening, My Yoga Room Will Turn Into A Playroom
The concept of a home which has a living room, a dining room and bedrooms, is gone for now, if not forever, says Madhav Raman, architect and partner at the Delhi-based studio Anagram Architects. “Every room has an additional purpose in the home now, the spare room is used for people to isolate if need be, or it is a space for the children to study, or for the adults to work. The balcony is a space for the family to get together and not just to stash their plants. Every room is a flexible space.” This may change the way rooms are designed as they become multi-functional.

Make the most of your home with these tips.

I Will Diy Till I Drop 

The pandemic has made us question our lifestyle - what we buy, where it is sourced from, if it’s made ethically, are questions we are thinking more of. For some, that has meant that the home will reflect the shift in values towards minimalism, buying local, and do-it-yourself home improvement trends. Artist and printmaker Dhvani Behl who has lived in her Delhi home through the year, has been using the quarantine time to make things for her home, from a velvet and silk blanket to hand-stitched cushion covers and a macramé lampshade, with a basket sourced from the village next to where she lives. “In India, we are very used to other people doing things for us. I feel I’ve got a new understanding of my environment by learning to do things myself. I even upholstered my own sofa,” she says.

Try this fun DIY with all the cardboard boxes you don’t need.

Please Knock At My Pocket Door  
Open floor plans had become the buzziest trend in home design in the last few years. And then came the pandemic and suddenly people found that they needed little pockets of privacy in their home, to work, to study, to work out, and sometimes just to get a break from the family. Screen walls, dividers, pocket doors, that help define spaces for flexible use, are the new buzzwords, and we are likely to see them in the homes of the future.

Use these room divider ideas to define spaces at home.

Take A Moment To Sanitise At My Foyer 
Those of us who live in polluted cities were already getting used to air purifiers, now get ready for the whole hog, from air quality monitors for the home to germ-resistant floors, surfaces and fabrics, and ultraviolet lights to kill viruses. And wait a minute, you can’t just enter without pausing at the foyer to leave the outdoors behind. For the foyer is where you will sanitise hands, remove shoes, or store packages from online delivery. And so the entryway or the foyer, which had thus far, never received any attention, have become the focal point of a home and will go from being aesthetic to more and more functional.