Design trends come and go, but there are certain rules that feel absolutely right for 2025, and that our favourite designers are sticking to rigidly. They're the ideas that are non-negotiable, that don't matter if you're minimalist or embracing pattern, but that will make a space that is comfortable, elegant, luxe - and above all, makes the perfect room in which to relax, entertain and feel wonderfully cosy.
Pieced together from the very best creatives working today, the ones whose work regularly informs the trends we report on at Livingetc, these guidelines are all you need to know. So from the exact size that the sofa needs to be for watching TV on to the base colours that make bolder tone sing, if you take heed of these rules you'll be able to make a living room that looks professionally curated.
