I Spotted These 5 Major 2027 Trends at Kips Bay New York – Here’s What I’m Buying to Get Ahead of Them

This year’s Kips Bay was ‘New York’ to its bones. Across all six floors, the rooms captured the grit and glamour of both its prime Greenwich Village setting – a storied 1839 Georgian townhouse overlooking Washington Square Park – and the infectious energy of the city more broadly.

Maybe it was the addition of new art curator Gay Gassmann, whose curation of all-American works traded the whimsical, if somewhat unrealistic, staircases of years past for more convincing, artwork-lined transitional spaces. Or perhaps it was the fact that some familiar Show House names made way for new talents who mined the city itself for material, with references spanning New York’s louchely idealized Studio 54 past to the brickish reds of the house itself.

Either way, one could imagine a real, unimpeachably cool New Yorker actually living in any of these 22 rooms. And from those 22 rooms, these are the five interior trends I predict will define 2027 in New York City and beyond.

1. Teal + Red

Few things are more ‘New York’ than brick, a building block of this historic home and a color that proved perfect fodder for minty blue-green. The pairing appeared across more than a handful of rooms, so much so that I asked whether it was a coordinated effort. (It wasn’t.)

Eve Jean Interiors made a rich, teal-toned Kohler toilet and sink set the crown jewels of her opulent ‘Le Boudoir’ powder room, juxtaposed against a veiny marble backsplash from Artistic Tile, brick-toned limewash, and Secret Silhouettes panoramique by Arte Wallcovering, which brought a fiery, painterly quality to soft chenille.

Just upstairs, it was impossible to miss the opaque-and-translucent crystalline combination in the Patagonia Quartzite countertop chosen by Bilotta Kitchen & Home, echoed by a line of Kooij’s 3D-printed ‘Chubby’ stools upholstered in patterned teal.

And on Tyler Banken’s outdoor patio, that same cool, sea-moss blue-green drew the eye down the long, almost bowling-alley-like sightline of level one toward tonal striped tile and a star-dotted backsplash, quietly tempering the imposing exterior wall made of – you guessed it – brick.

We already knew this ‘Tiffany’ family was trending (Matthieu Blazy’s S/S 26 Chanel collection, NYC street style, new drops from heritage home brands like Le Creuset), so if you’re wondering whether it has legs into 2027, 1) the answer is yes, and 2) the secret to making it stick might be a striking, so-wrong-it’s-right pairing that’s arguably in bad taste, but even better for it.

2. Upholstery Is an Extension of the Closet

Amid the moody, art-lined drama of Dunnam Zerbini Design’s eighteen-foot-ceilinged 'Velvet Hour Lounge,' which included a ceramic-coated metal mesh fireplace by Scott Strickstein and towering two-handled vessels I swore might be taller than me, a pair of low-slung metal armchairs caught my eye.

They were fairly unassuming, save for their clay-pink upholstery by Paris-based Karin Sajo, whose background in couture-grade textiles showed in the three-dimensional florals embroidered across the surface, as if the chairs themselves were abloom. I couldn’t help thinking what an exquisite coat it would make for a season; the joy of kicking back in a runway-rivaling seat, however, is forever.

Another fashionable chair appeared on level four in a bathroom by Robbins Architecture, where a white tweed-upholstered perch near the bath reminded me an awful lot of a vintage Chanel jacket I never inherited. Ditto the vanity, where veiny marble, fluted glass, and fine linen drapery riffed on the lightweight layering of Miuccia Prada, the team told me.

And in the aptly named ‘After Dark’ room by Erik Gensler of EZG Design, which harkened back to the nocturnal glamour of Greenwich Village circa 1970, furniture was clad in animal, abstract, and geometric prints. The expressive, serendipitously sleazy combinations felt closer to a gaggle of insider Manhattanites getting dressed for a big night out than decorating a patio.

Amazing upholstery isn’t new at this level of design. What was fresh, though, was how much these rooms borrowed from the act of getting dressed. Fabric, pattern, tailoring, and embellishment felt like an extension of the most enviable, ready-for-anything closet on earth.

3. The Tassel Takeover

The most ubiquitous accessory at Kips Bay might only run you about $5.

Tassels were everywhere in this year’s Show House, forming floor-skimming fringe on a pair of metal sconces in an alpaca-lined, pleated-ceiling bathroom by Emily Del Bello Interiors, and pinched bullion fringe along the bottom of a button-tufted moss-green sofa in Peter Dunham’s striped bedroom.

Though I was mostly taken by the necklace-like effortlessness with which they were styled. In Eve Jean Interiors’ Le Boudoir, one was casually looped over a Duet Passage mixed-metal doorknob by Lo & Co. Up on Nicole Fisher’s rooftop patio, tassel ties gathered floral jacquard outdoor curtains draped around an impressively opulent, indoor-looking outdoor bar, crowned by an outdoor Baccarat chandelier I will never stop thinking about. More hung from either side of the Olive Ateliers Juliet Chairs surrounding the scene.

Obviously, these designers weren’t reaching for $5 tassels. But it’s worth noting that this is a very expensive-looking touch that, in the scheme of everything I saw, costs almost nothing. I found some fairly fabulous contenders at Walmart. So, don't wait till 2027; loop tassels around curtain ties, doorknobs, the backs of dining chairs, or any lonely hook in need of some Deco-style swank, stat!

4. Fairytale Floral Lighting

It was pretty much a floral fête across all six floors, but most striking were the examples that found life beyond standard wallpaper and upholstery plays and into lighting.

Sconces sprouted as cast-glass floral Leighton fixtures by Visual Comfort in collaboration with Kate Spade, flanking the mirror for the perfect selfie moment in Eve Jean Interiors’ Le Boudoir, to, on the more minimalist end, a solo floral fixture matching the organic bathroom by Robbins Architecture. The chandelier department went colossal with Grietje Schepers’ otherworldly, ribbon-like florals hanging sinuously overhead like a giant art mobile in the Velvet Hour Lounge.

Still, I found it freshest when the florals seemed to actually belong in their environments. Like in Aamir Khandwala Interior Design’s surrealist ‘The Secret Garden,’ where real moss and leafy plants appeared to surface from the home’s brick walls, creating convincing scenery for a floral pendant light by the befittingly whimsical Katie Stout. Or in KKB Interiors’ sweet floral-on-floral-on-floral bedroom, a love letter from interior designer Kylie K. Bass to her daughter and essentially a little girl’s dream in soft pinks, an enchantingly twisting iron bed frame, and embroidered demi-sheer drapery.

For every floral detail across the ceiling medallion, bedding, wallpaper, and otherwise, another seemed to bloom from a light fixture. A hyper-realistic Art Nouveau table lamp sat bedside, a playful petal-shaped floor lamp rose nearby, and a sculptural flush mount crowned the space. Which, despite being dreamed up for a child, proved to still be my dream as an adult.

5. The Occupied Interior

Drip coffee on the desk. Unopened mail. Cigarette-butt-swamped ashtrays in every corner. It’s not a mess; they’re signs of life. And in this year’s Show House, a seemingly gritty F-you to AI, the more real, the better.

That was certainly the case in Chad Dorsey’s moody office, imagined for an editor circa 1960. The room’s external world reflected a rich inner one, filled with exotic masks, bonsai trees, and eclectic, worldly objects staged as though their owner had just stepped out for a moment, for reasons unknown. Hence the Iowa Writers’ Workshop canvas tote hung not on a hook but perplexingly from the side of an armchair, books piled haphazardly beneath the multi-drawer credenza, and chatter coming from the birdcage.

That sense of accumulation continued with tiny art displayed in odd places: directly between the partitioned bookcase in KKB Interiors’ pattern-filled bathroom nook, asymmetrically across the folding panels in Erik Gensler’s After Dark room, and in a technicolor cluster against similarly chromatic upholstered wall stripes in Peter Dunham’s four-poster primary bedroom. Old-timey smoking accessories, sculptural busts, and seemingly misplaced artifacts turned up just about everywhere.

So, great news for messy people. Organizing a little less might actually be the chicest styling move for 2027.

Shop the Key Trends From Kips Bay New York 2026

If you find yourself in the city, the 51st annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York is on through October 13 and well worth seeing in person. Secure your tickets today.

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