Construction firms are riding high into 2025, buoyed by strong year-end performance and recent interest rate cuts. Houzz's latest industry survey reveals surging confidence among builders, while architects face growing backlogs and interior designers report their strongest outlook in months. Is a renovation boom on the horizon?
Fluted tiles with their signature ribbed surfaces and dimensional designs, transform interiors into stunning spaces that captivate the senses. Emser Tile's new collections merge timeless elegance with modern innovation, offering versatile solutions for both residential and commercial projects.
Anatolia Tile + Stone brings its latest innovations to TISE 2025. The Toronto-based manufacturer, supplying major chains across North America, continues aggressive global expansion with porcelain slabs, porcelain and ceramic tiles, and surface-protection solutions.
Cevisama 2025, Spain's trade fair for ceramics, bathroom equipment, and natural stone, is finalizing the last details of the Interior Design, Architecture and Contract Forum program, the series of lectures, talks and round tables staged every year as part of Cevisama Lab. Cevisama has recruited a line-up of top-level specifiers to take an educational approach to exploring the key issues affecting business development and how the tile and bathroom equipment industry can make the most of opportunities that might arise.
Infinity Drain, a manufacturer of architectural and decorative drains, introduces its newest tile insert linear drain, Disco-rectangle. Featuring soft, rounded corners and inspired by mid-century modern design, this style seamlessly blends form and function.
The Association of General Contractors (AGC) in partnership with Sage released “The 2025 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook,” reporting the expectations of commercial construction firms for 2025. Contractors are overall optimistic, but labor challenges, materials costs and the incoming administration’s policies pertaining to immigration and trade are listed as top concerns.
Brazil will return to North America's largest kitchen and bath design show, KBIS 2025, in Las Vegas this February. Seven leading Brazilian stone companies will exhibit premium marble, granite, and quartzite collections, reinforcing the country's position as the world's fourth-largest producer and fifth-largest exporter of natural stone.
Emser Tile introduces Enhance, a luxury tile collection led by Carly Ghodsian, daughter of one of the company's founders. The brand features innovative designs, including illuminated safety tiles and designer patterns, with more collections planned for 2025.
The High Point Market Authority announces its 2025 Style Spotters team, selecting acclaimed designers Rasheeda Gray, Victoria Holly, Jewel Marlowe, Evan Millárd and Tina Ramchandani to scout and showcase trending home furnishings products at the industry's premier trade show.
As we look ahead to 2025, home design is taking a decisive turn toward warmth, personality, and lived-in luxury. From nature-inspired tones to curves, the coming year promises to transform how we think about our living spaces. Here's a look at the trends set to define home design in 2025.