Lighting trends move slower than furniture or paint colors, which makes them a safer investment — but a few clear shifts are worth knowing before you shop this year.
Warm, mixed metals over cool chrome
Brushed brass, aged bronze, and warm black finishes continue to replace the cool chrome and nickel that dominated the last decade. Mixing two warm metals in the same room — say, a brass chandelier with black wall sconces — now reads as intentional rather than mismatched.
Sculptural, gallery-style chandeliers
Chandeliers are increasingly treated as art pieces rather than purely functional fixtures — organic, asymmetric shapes and hand-finished details stand in for the strict symmetry of traditional crystal designs. Browse current shapes in our Chandeliers collection.
Dimmable, tunable white as standard
Fixtures that let you adjust color temperature (not just brightness) from warm to cool white are moving from a premium feature to an expected one, especially in kitchens and home offices used at different times of day.
Layered outdoor lighting
Outdoor spaces are getting the same layering treatment as living rooms — path lights, wall lighting, and accent uplighting together instead of a single porch fixture. Our Landscape Lighting and Outdoor Wall Lighting collections are built around this layered approach.
Statement pendants over bathroom vanities
Bathrooms are catching up to kitchens: a single pendant or small cluster over the vanity, in addition to task lighting at the mirror, is replacing the plain vanity bar as the design focal point.
