The interior-design world is catching on — drywall doesn’t have to be all plain walls with boring trim. There’s all sorts of style you inject into a space solely during the drywall finishing phase. Many of these styles have become hot commodities for home builders, interior designers and the drywall finishers they hire. Here are the top three drywall interior design trends for 2025 you’ll be seeing everywhere this year.
While we’re seeing fewer and fewer of those bright, colorful, eclectic accent walls that used to be so in-demand, that doesn’t mean your walls need to be flat and bare. In fact, textured walls have become increasingly popular, with bold details popping out of flat surfaces to create an eye-catching contrast.
Drywall accessories to accomplish this look: Creating textured wall designs doesn’t have to mean going out and buying expensive reclaimed wood or shiplap — using little more than some scrap drywall and a simple Architectural L Bead, you can accomplish almost limitless, multilayered designs here. By using these materials, you can design a totally seamless textured wall that almost looks like it’s organically stretching into three dimensions
The keyword in drywall interior design trends for 2025 is “warmth” — now more than ever, people want their spaces to feel welcoming and cozy. And a great way to imbue a space with that warm environment is to avoid too many sharp angles, opting for curved contours instead. This could apply to everything from furniture to light fixtures, but especially packs a punch in your drywall design, with arched details like entryways, doorways and windows.
Drywall accessories to accomplish this look: More than any other drywall design trend for 2025, your choice of corner bead (Trim-Tex’s bread and butter, of course) is going to be absolutely essential. Choosing flexible vinyl materials and pre-notched archway corner beads — whether you go for traditional 90-degree corners or you double down on curved surfaces with a Bullnose Archway Corner Bead — will make all the difference when executing a curve-filled drywall design.
While the first two trends we’ve talked about here can sometimes place focus on going big and bold, there’s another major drywall trend that takes the other road: understatement. While the “quiet luxury” trend extends to furniture and general décor, your drywall design can be a crucial — and often neglected — element here. Quiet luxury is all about subtlety, and using drywall to tell that story can take the space from just looking boring to looking like it’s a part of a whole.
Drywall accessories to accomplish this look: There’s a few ways you can take the “quiet luxury” vibe and apply it to your drywall design. First, there’s the simple way, by choosing the crisp corners and clean lines of sharp-nosed beads like a Rigid Corner Bead for all your edges — these kinds sharp lines are a must to achieve this look. Then, there’s the extra mile, by going totally trimless. You could go for something like flush baseboards using the Architectural L Bead we discussed earlier. Or you could create an eye-catching (yet minimalist) reveal detail along all your base trim, windows and doors by using a Z Shadow Bead along all these areas.
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Whether you go for any of these exciting drywall design trends for 2025 or do your own thing, there’s probably a Trim-Tex solution to help you make your vision a reality. We’ve only scratched the surface here — hit the button below to download a free digital catalog to get the full scoop!
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