Perhaps slightly unexpectedly, interior design right now is awash with 1990s design trends making a comeback. It was a decade of hard edges, new materials, and a pared-back approach to design that often eschewed color in favor of letting the furniture choices speak for themselves.
Interestingly, most interior design trends from the 1990s are now being used in 2025 in very non-minimalist ways. Instead, they're breathing spaces in more maximalist schemes, a moment of pause in colorful environments. You have to squint a little to see the 90s influence, but as many designers who currently head up their own studios were children in the 90s (and so in their 40s now), the lineage is clear, and as a style reference it's a very key decade.
