Home Decor Trends: Birds Take Flight

I've noticed that birds are popping up a lot in the home decor trends for 2015. We like the look so I've done some bird-spotting to share bird decor images and inspiration with you. Our six cats like the bird decor trend too but hmm... I think maybe for a different reason!

Decorilla's review of best home decor trends at Maison & Objet's 2015 show in Paris said: "Birds are everywhere – textile patterns, porcelain, crystal, plastic, paper..." A little bird told me that bird themes also rocked the 2015 Las Vegas Market. Of course, birds aren't new in home decor. We often see carved birds on our antique furniture, like this detail on an 1890 antique French armoire in the Normandy style.

Vases in Home Decor Trends

Similarly, this vintage Bequet vase (in our gallery now) is hand-painted with the bluebird of happiness. For thousands of years the bluebird of happiness has been a symbol of prosperity, cheerfulness, good health, and renewal of springtime.

The extravagant blue, white, and gold hand-painted vase, dating to the 1950s and signed by the famous Belgian ceramics manufacturer Bequet, reminds us that a beautiful bird will always look classic.

But everything that's old is new again, right? Now birds are flying into home decor in every way you can imagine and in every style.This Galbraith & Paul bird wallpaper shows just how enchanting the effect can be. I love this for an accent wall or perhaps in a hallway so you walk through an aviary of birds as you move through the house. The wallpaper might be a bit too busy for a large room, though.

Tapestries and more!

We just started stocking new high-quality tapestries and this timeless tapestry caught my eye. This is one of our favorite home decor trends. The bird tapestry is designed by an English artist and the thing I like about tapestries is that they are so flexible in your decor. You can move it between rooms to give a fresh look to different spaces, and even take it with you when you move. (Tricky to do with wallpaper!)

A throw pillow is another soft furnishing that just invites a bird motif if you are feeling nesty! This bird throw pillow (created with a French textile, but finished in the United States) comes in several colors and it would charm the birds out of the trees in any style of decor.

Designer Rachel McCann said that while birds of all types would be important in accessories in 2015, the peacock would be one of the strongest motifs.  Peacocks are so classic and elegant, as in this sculptural peacock Dale Tiffany table lamp with a peacock cast bronze base. The hand-rolled art glass shade with a peacock feather design adds to the theme.

Home Decor Trends: Lighting

We just started carrying some beautiful chandeliers and sconces based on antique Black Forest designs. I'm not surprised that I found one flaunting pheasants! Made in the USA, they are cast in resin with gorgeous details as you can see in the foliage and feathers of these handsome pheasants. The chandeliers look like carved wood and they have a nice weight to them - perfect for your Hunting Style decor!

The same company also casts bookends with very realistic decorative designs. This pair of quail bookends shows just one of the many types of wild animals, birds, dogs, and horses.

Finally, I just have to show you this beautiful new hand-painted Bird of Paradise vase or urn. It's from the Chelsea House collection that we are also now stocking, which is part of Jonathan Charles Fine Furniture. The lidded porcelain vase stands 19" high and the hand-painted birds make a stunningly colorful impact.

I'd never suggest that anyone should flock to buy bird decor just because it's a trend. But to me it's not a trend that will ever fly out of fashion. Bird designs are timeless, chic, and always alluring. What do you think? Does bird decor sing for you? For more trendy decor, check out our post here!