When it comes to home design, some styles stand the test of time while others rise to popularity with current home trends.

The beauty of a custom home is the freedom to achieve your ideal final product. Several factors influenced home design trends in 2024, including building materials that allow for flexible design.

Let’s look back at some recent home design trends and forward to what we can expect to see in the future.

Today’s Styles

Let’s look at some popular home design trends of 2024:

Open Floor Plans

Floor plans that feature large, open spaces throughout have been a trend for several years now. Open floor plans offer versatile decorating options and make your space appear larger.

Another appeal of open concept floor plans is entertaining.

Open floor plans enhance times spent together, such as family dinners and larger social gatherings.

• You can cook for your family in the kitchen and still feel like part of the fun thanks to the lack of walls.

• A space that promotes conversation will elevate your dinner parties and other social gatherings.

Open floor plans help people connect with friends and family easily. They also keep private areas, such as offices or bedrooms, out of sight when hosting large gatherings.

Biophilic Design/Outdoor Spaces

Biophilic design brings nature into your home through home design and architecture.

Home design trends have seen customers invite the beauty of nature into the four walls of their home. You can achieve this home style trend by:

• Adding plants throughout your home

• Designing your home for an abundance of natural light

• Utilizing natural materials when possible

• Opting for earth-toned walls and accents

With LP® SmartSide® ExpertFinish® Trim & Siding, you can choose from 16 prefinished colors to get even more out of a biophilic home design. Our nature-inspired colors Garden Sage, Timberland Suede, Terra Brown and Sand Dunes are perfect exterior siding options for matching the plants and natural light of the interior.

You can see all available options and find the right one for your color palette here.

All colors shown are representative and may not be an exact match.

Biophilic design results in a beautiful and peaceful look that always looks great. Studies also show potential health benefits of Biophilic design in our cognitive, psychological and physiological systems. Click here to read more about these studies.

Minimalist Design

Minimalist homes pair perfectly with Biophilic design.

We often see homeowners join natural materials with clean lines together to match up with their nature-filled homes. Minimalist design ultimately results in a calming environment that promotes relaxation and tranquility.

Custom home design allows for maximum creativity. One way this creativity can take form is functional furniture in a minimalist home. When you choose to keep home items to a minimum, it’s crucial that you don’t sacrifice functionality.

Open floor plans pair perfectly with a minimalist aesthetic as well. Incorporating minimalism will further create an illusion of a larger space that open floor plans provide. Fewer visual distractions and less clutter make a space appear less cramped.

Tomorrow’s Classics

We’ve provided building materials for homes of all designs and styles, especially the most recent trends.

Here’s what we expect to see in the future:

Sustainable Features

Sustainable products are becoming more prevalent in custom home design each year.

Popular choices for increasing efficiency include:

• Water-saving appliances

• Continuous insulation

• Solar panels

• Smart thermostats

You can also achieve a more sustainable home by making sure your builder is using energy-efficient materials.

LP SmartSide products are engineered for sustainability.

Our siding products are sourced from renewable materials and verified carbon negative. Carbon negativity means that a product stores more carbon over its lifetime than is released from raw material sourcing, manufacturing, shipping the product to its final customer, and average product end-of-life scenario You can read more about the sustainability benefits of LP SmartSide products here.

Personalized Design

As a homeowner, you always want your space to reflect your own personality. There are several ways that you can make your home unique to your preferences.

Technology is becoming a bigger part of homes each year and offers a great way to make your home feel uniquely yours. We expect to see technology take home personalization to even further heights in the coming years.

You can even incorporate technology when it comes to the exterior of your home with LP SmartSide Trim & Siding. Our engineered wood siding is developed to help withstand impacts and many weather conditions to help keep your home looking good long term.

You can achieve even greater personalization with one of our 16 ExpertFinish color options for your home’s siding.

Flexible Design

We expect to see spaces in homes serve multiple purposes through flexible design options. Well-built homes will stand the test of time from a structural standpoint.

Planning with the future in mind will allow for new levels of flexibility and adaptation in home design.

Bridge the Gap Between Today and Tomorrow

Designing your dream home is the great way to make sure your own personality shines through in the final product. After all the planning and tough decisions, you want to have peace of mind that your dream home can stand for generations.

When it’s time to speak with your builder about materials, LP Building Solutions manufactures durable building materials that offer excellent design flexibility.

You can check out all 16 ExpertFinish color options or even get started with our home visualizer tool today.