2026 Is the Year for Gothic Romance Lovers — Here Are 5 Ways to Make Your Interior Scheme Brontë-Approved

Image of a round table setting in the middel of a large, open room with unfinished brick walls. The tables are covered in layers of fabric and there is a large floor-to-ceiling centerpiece made up of layered drapery as well.

Between the Valentine's Day release of "Wuthering Heights", talks of a Pride and Prejudice TV show remake in the works, and the internet's boyfriends, Jacob Elordi and Paul Mescal, starring in movies like Frankenstein and Hamnet, it's safe to say that 2026 is shaping up to be the year of Brontë-style yearning. Gothic and romantic literary themes are having a modern-day revival in film, and, as always, what happens in one realm of the arts bleeds into all of the others.

Does that mean I've been busy making a gothic romantic mood board for interior design? Yes, yes it does. I can't take full credit for this sudden flash of inspiration, though — interior design trends are already shifting towards more theatrical themes. Deep, moody color palettes, dramatic drapery, lace, and chainmail details working in tandem...it's all rather full circle.