Living Room Trends 2027: Colors, Materials and Shapes to Consider

Living room trends 2027 point toward green walls, brown furniture, curved and deeper sofas, and wood with a visible grain. Most of them come from the 2026 furniture fairs and the paint brands' 2027 colors.

The harder question is which ones you'll still like in five years. A cushion is easy to swap next spring. A sectional sofa usually stays for ten years or more.

Each trend below gets a short "lasts or dates?" note. If you're short on time, start with section 1 on where these trends come from, then section 10 on how to use them without dating your room.

In this article

• 1. Where the 2027 Trends Come From
• 2. Living Room Color Trends 2027: Green Takes the Lead
• 3. Chocolate Brown Moves Onto the Furniture
• 4. Furniture Trends 2027: Curved, Deeper Sofas
• 5. Burl and Expressive Wood Grain
• 6. Stone, Wood, Linen and Metal Left in Plain View
• 7. Collected, Not Matched
• 8. Sculptural Tables and One Strong Object
• 9. What's Out in Living Room Design for 2027
• 10. How to Use Living Room Trends Without Dating the Room
• Final Thoughts
• Frequently Asked Questions

1. Where the 2027 Trends Come From

These trends come from three kinds of public sources. They are the paint brands' Colors of the Year, the 2026 furniture fairs, and yearly surveys of designers and homeowners.

Here are the 2027 paint colors announced as of mid-October 2026.

Sources: Benjamin Moore, Behr, Sherwin-Williams, Dulux via Dezeen, Valspar via Hardware Retailing, Glidden via HGTV, and the Homes & Gardens and Midwest Design roundups.

Benjamin Moore announced Webster Green on October 14, 2026. Pantone usually announces its color in December, so this list will be updated then.

For furniture, the main source is Salone del Mobile, the big furniture fair held in Milan in April 2026. Reports from the fair describe earthy colors, oversized pieces, curves, and lots of raw wood, leather and steel (Empire & Co). The two surveys are the 1stDibs Designer Trends Survey of 468 designers and the Houzz 2026 Fall Design Trends report. Both look at 2026. Their 2027 editions usually come out in late fall.

A Color of the Year is partly marketing. Treat it as a hint, not a reason to repaint.

2. Living Room Color Trends 2027: Green Takes the Lead

Put the 2027 paint colors side by side and one thing stands out. Four of the biggest brands chose green. Benjamin Moore's Webster Green is a classic, confident green. Behr's Grounded is a deep, earthy olive. Dulux's Soulful Sage is a soft gray-green. Sherwin-Williams' Celery is a pale green with a hint of yellow.

Green is easy to live with because it goes well with wood floors, brown leather and linen. The catch is daylight. Sage can look almost gray in a north-facing Copenhagen apartment in January. Celery can look more yellow in a room that gets strong sun all afternoon. So paint a large test patch next to your sofa and check it at different times of day. The living room color schemes guide explains how to test paint. Olive can look warmer next to wood and cream. Our olive-green living room ideas article shows which colors and woods suit it.

Lasts or dates? Green as a color family is likely to last. Soft, muted greens have been popular for years. Celery is the shade most likely to look like "2027" later on. It's a safer choice for a cabinet or one wall than for a whole room.

3. Chocolate Brown Moves Onto the Furniture

Chocolate brown is still the color designers say they plan to use most. But you'll see it more on sofas, leather chairs and wood than on walls. In the 1stDibs survey, 33% of designers named chocolate brown their top color. In 2022, it was 17%.

A brown sofa in front of a sage wall is an easy match.

If you want to try it, start with one big brown piece. A chocolate-brown modular sofa is a practical choice. It comes in separate parts, called modules, that you can rearrange if you move home or change the layout. The living room ideas with a brown sofa guide covers wall colors and rugs for each shade of brown.

Dark fabric can fade in direct sun, so avoid a spot right in front of a west-facing window.

Lasts or dates? Likely to last. Brown has been used in wood and leather furniture for a very long time. What looks dated is brown on every surface, all bought in the same season.

4. Furniture Trends 2027: Curved, Deeper Sofas

For years, the typical showroom sofa was a low box with a tight, firm back. It looked good in photos but wasn't always comfortable.

In the 1stDibs survey, 43% of designers named curvy and irregular-shaped furniture as a trend. Skirted seating appeared on the list for the first time, at 24%. A skirted sofa has fabric that hangs down to the floor and hides the legs. At Salone, large curved sectionals showed up on many brands' stands (Surface).

Deep seats are great for lounging. But they're harder to sit upright on, especially for shorter people and older relatives. How to Choose a Sofa covers seat depth and height in detail.

Curved sofas also take up more floor than they seem to. A curved back can't sit flat against a wall, so it leaves empty gaps behind it. In a small apartment, a straight sofa with rounded arms gives a similar soft look in less space. Curved shapes get their own article in organic modern living room ideas.

Lasts or dates? Likely to last in moderation. Comfort doesn't go out of style. The very large, sculpture-like sectionals and the skirted bases are the details most tied to this moment.

5. Burl and Expressive Wood Grain

Burl is wood with a swirling, knotted pattern. It's back in furniture collections on side tables, cabinets, mirrors and trays. Burl isn't a type of tree. It's a rounded growth that forms on some trees. It's often sliced thin and used as veneer, which is a thin layer of wood glued onto a board (Galaxus). Several UK high-street retailers have added burl pieces to their ranges (Ideal Home).

One burl side table next to a plain sofa adds a lot of interest without any patterned fabric. Add two or three more burl pieces, though, and the room starts to look like a theme. If you're shopping, search for "burl veneer side table" or "burl wood console."

In humid homes, veneer on MDF, a board made from pressed wood fibers, can swell if the edges aren't sealed. The furniture for humid climates guide explains what to check.

Lasts or dates? Use it carefully. Burl was popular in Art Deco furniture and again in the 1970s. Then it went out of fashion, so one piece is usually enough.

6. Stone, Wood, Linen and Metal Left in Plain View

A lot of new furniture puts the material first. You'll see stone tops with a soft matte finish instead of a shiny one. You'll see oak cabinets with their joints on show, and linen that's allowed to crease. At Salone, one standout range, SEM's Core collection by Hannes Peer, had carved wood reliefs on each piece (VISI). Houzz also reports stone, warm wood and leather showing up more in homes.

In a quiet room with few objects, these materials do most of the decorating. Picture a matte limestone tabletop, a linen curtain and a brushed-steel lamp side by side. The modern cozy living room guide explains how to mix textures. Two popular materials also have their own articles. See our guides to bouclé furniture and travertine coffee tables.

Lasts or dates? Likely to last. People have decorated with stone, wood and linen for centuries. What dates is one specific product that suddenly appears in every home.

7. Collected, Not Matched

One of the steadiest living room decor trends is rooms that look put together over time, not bought as a set. In the 1stDibs survey, 36% of the items designers sourced in 2025 were vintage or antique. That's the highest share since 2021.

A mixed room still needs something to tie it together. Usually that's one wood color or one paint color repeated in two or three places. Picture a new sofa, a secondhand elm chair and an old painted cabinet. They can look good together if the elm wood shows up again in a picture frame. Without that link, the mix can look less like a collection and more like a storage unit.

Lasts or dates? Likely to last. It's a way of furnishing a room, not a style tied to one year.

8. Sculptural Tables and One Strong Object

Tables with eye-catching bases stood out at Salone 2026. Writers covering the fair for Wallpaper picked out several tables with sculpture-like bases, most of them dining tables.

At home, a side table is a lower-cost way to try the same idea. If you get tired of it, you can move it to a bedroom. The same goes for decor. One large handmade vase can make more of an impact than a dozen small objects. It's also less to dust.

Lasts or dates? May date if overdone. The idea of one standout piece lasts. The exact shape that's popular right now may not.

9. What's Out in Living Room Design for 2027

Nothing goes out of style overnight. But based on the surveys above, here's what's out in living room design for 2027.

The all-gray room. Houzz reports that homeowners are moving away from cool grays. You don't have to replace a gray sofa, though. Warm it up with wood, rust or olive cushions, or warmer light bulbs. The living room lighting guide explains bulb color.

One-collection rooms. When every piece comes from the same furniture range, a room can feel like a showroom. Swapping just one piece for something older can help.

Trend stacking. Imagine a celery wall, a chocolate sectional, a burl table and a sculptural lamp all in one room. Together they look like a page from a trend report, not a home. One or two trends usually look better.

10. How to Use Living Room Trends Without Dating the Room

Spend trend money on small things that are easy to change. Cushions, lamps, side tables and paint are good places to experiment. Choose big pieces, like a sofa, for comfort, size and how well they're made.

Before any big purchase, ask yourself one question. If this stopped being fashionable next year, would you still like having it?

Final Thoughts

A trend report is a list of ideas, not a shopping list. The ideas that last are usually about comfort and good materials. Those were never really trends.

Here's an easy place to start. Buy a sample pot of one of the 2027 greens. Paint a large patch on the wall behind your sofa. Then look at it morning and evening for a week before you decide anything else.