SA Home Owner’s Home and Décor Trends Special Edition 2026

Get ready to explore our annual trends guide. The 132-page SA Home Owner Home and Décor Trends Special Edition 2026 is filled with refined inspiration and forward-thinking ideas designed to elevate and reimagine your home.

In 2025, design was driven by the desire to create interiors that reflected personal identity. As we move into 2026, that emphasis evolves, positioning the home less as a statement and more as a sanctuary. While shaping the Trends 2026 issue, one sentiment consistently surfaced – a widespread need for stillness and renewal. This shift is shaping the way we approach interior design, inspiring spaces that calm the senses, foster grounding, and re-establish equilibrium.

This broader mindset is shaping design choices across the board, from a stronger emphasis on materiality and sustainability to the use of lighting that goes beyond practicality to create atmosphere and emotion. Kitchens, for instance, are being designed to engage the senses through richer textures and finishes, while bathrooms are evolving into intelligent, spa-inspired retreats that prioritise wellbeing. Overall, interiors are embracing a softer, more considered way of living – one that favours thoughtful design, intentional choices and spaces created with meaning, joy and purpose.

Included in the magazine:

Three exceptional properties, each celebrating the warmth and artistry of South African design.
Shereen Lurie speaks to two up-and- coming South African creatives – page 26.
Trisha Harinath explores kitchen trends that call for spaces where tactility is on par with aesthetics and functionality – page 82.
Discover interiors that focus on feeling rather than strictly following trends – page 86.
Top South African architects share how architecture in 2026 is emotive, future-ready, intelligent and sustainable – page 96.
Industry experts share what they are looking forward to in lighting – page 106.
And so much more!