Joanna Gaines Just Resurfaced 3 Overlooked Antique Trends

Side-by-side of the top three trends from Magnolia's spring 2026 collection, featuring a herringbone kitchen board, antiqued scalloped wall mirror, and pressed floral ceramics. — (Image credit: Magnolia)

Magnolia, the home and lifestyle brand from Joanna Gaines, operates with an always-on vintage sensibility. A new cohort of patinaed pieces is a given each season – but what, exactly, she pulls into that aged umbrella is not.

This spring’s collection, in particular, surfaces archival looks that feel even less obvious than usual – be it an old-timey design trend we’ve seen a hundred times, now handled in an unconventional way, or a piece of kooky wall decor we might have clocked in our grandmother’s house years ago that went over our heads entirely, until now.

From an antique-leaning riff on accents you already love to a few more underexplored, historically rooted motifs, these are the top three spring decor trends emerging from Joanna’s 2026 collection – and, likely, the ones you’ll be seeing more of soon.

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1. Storied Scallops

Seating area vignette featuring a red velvet-upholstered mid-century-style accent chair, brass floor lamp, and antiqued scalloped wooden wall mirror — The super-saturated scallops of late have aged like milk, but this hand-carved mirror tempers the shape and turns it timeless with exposed woodgrain and fine border etching.

Starting from least to most unexpected: scallops. They’ve been having a moment, obviously – but recent iterations have read a touch childish, a touch too peppy to convincingly sit within antique or vintage-heavy interiors.

Joanna Gaines’s take, on the other hand, moves in two directions. Across furniture, walls, and even tabletop pieces, the motif is either softened – closer to a gentle wave or the edge of a flower petal – or sharpened into something more architectural, often rendered in wood and most clearly expressed in her new wall storage, loosely inspired by her storied Waco, Texas, pantry.

Still playful, but in either iteration, these scallops feel markedly more grown-up this season.

2. Pressed Florals

Wooden kitchen tabletop featuring a pressed floral ceramic pitcher and plates, alongside a large serving bowl filled with lemons. — Science, but make it chic: a pressed floral pitcher and plates transform a once-overlooked ‘grandma’ hobby into an unexpectedly sweet addition for the table or wall.

Words like ‘herbarium’ and ‘specimen’ don't exactly conjure visions of chicness. Unless you grew up in the 1800s – or happen to have a PhD in botany – the look of systematically arranged, preserved plants likely hasn’t been top of mind. Leave it to Joanna to bring the floral room idea back.

As it turns out, flower pressing is one of her favorite hobbies, and this collection carries that largely forgotten pastime throughout the home. Texas wildflowers and delphiniums appear at their peak: pressed into bookmarks and ceramics, or reworked into wall prints drawn from Joanna’s own garden compositions.

‘In the act of pressing flowers, we’ve preserved moments and memories from our lives,’ she muses. And now, that same frozen botanical beauty blooms from Jo’s backyard to the rest of your house.

3. Flooring-Inspired Finishes

Herringbone wooden kitchen board styled with copper measuring cups, spoons, and strainers — This herringbone serving board takes the pattern off the floor and gives it a second life on the table.

For the last, least predictable trend in Magnolia’s lineup this season, we’re looking down. To the floor. Herringbone in Euro-style estates, the whisperingly worn checkerboards of an old Tudor, the high-contrast floors of an Italian palazzo – all familiar patterns, all usually underfoot. Less often considered for, say, a riser. Or a trivet. Or a trinket tray.

Joanna Gaines, in her final hat trick, does exactly that, translating those references across surfaces and even folding in a Dutch classic: Delft tile. Typically saved for backsplashes or lower-traffic zones, it now shows up as a strikingly sweet serving tray.

So yes, you’ve seen these flooring-inspired finishes endlessly. Just not quite like this.

We thought scallops had run their course, that botanist-style florals skewed a little too… scientific, and that herringbone belonged solely on the floor. But Joanna Gaines’ new Magnolia collection suggests otherwise.

For the rest, you know where to look: the archives – namely, the can’t-miss vintage sales happening this April.

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Julia Demer is a New York–based Style Editor at Homes & Gardens with a sharp eye for where fashion meets interiors. Having cut her teeth at L’Officiel USA and The Row before pivoting into homes, she believes great style is universal – whether it’s a perfect outfit, a stunning room, or the ultimate set of sheets. Passionate about art, travel, and pop culture, Julia brings a global, insider perspective to every story.