Colour, joy, creative expression and playfulness \u2013 the James Hardie Modern Homes Forecast 2026 reveals that Australians are embracing a bold shift towards creativity in their home design. Embracing bold hues, playful design details and prioritising emotional wellbeing.<\/p>\n
The third edition of the James Hardie Modern Homes Forecast reveals what\u2019s shaping modern Australian living right now \u2013 drawing on global and local design insights, including Milan Design Week, and translating them into ideas that are practical, buildable and relevant for today\u2019s homes. The forecast shows four influential lifestyle themes, expressed through eight modern home styles \u2013 from exterior character to colour, texture and material choices.<\/p>\n
1. Celebrate curves<\/p>\n
For a modern classical design style, James Hardie suggests pairing curved forms with textured cladding \u2013 like Stria\u2122 Cladding Fine Texture and Hardie\u2122 Brushed Concrete \u2013 to enhance the fa\u00e7ades while creating flexible layouts suited to multigenerational households.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colour, joy, creative expression and playfulness \u2013 the James Hardie Modern Homes Forecast 2026 reveals that Australians are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-648313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}