Top 5 Home Remodel Trends in the Bay Area for 2025

The Bay Area is a hub of innovation, and when it comes to custom home design, 2025 promises to bring fresh ideas that blend functionality, sustainability, and style. As a women-owned design and build firm serving San Francisco, Oakland, and beyond, Broadway Design Build has our finger on the pulse of what homeowners want. Whether you’re dreaming of a modern retreat in Danville or a family-friendly layout in Pleasanton, these custom home design trends in the Bay Area will inspire your next project. Here are the top 10 trends we’re seeing for 2025—straight from our drawing boards to you.

• Bold Kitchen Designs

Kitchens remain the heart of the home, and in 2025, they’re getting bolder. White kitchens are far in the rear-view making way for bold colors, wood cabinetry elements and curves. Oversized islands, waterfall countertops and matte black cabinetry are still here and going strong. Influence from shows like Open Door, by Architectural Digest and continued growth of social media can be seen in the deep greens and burgundy color cabinets. 1960s and 70s design also continues to influence with grid style tiling. Emerald green and terracotta are growing in popularity. Our prediction into 2025-2026 is curving cabinetry in the kitchen. Bay Area homeowners are also loving hidden appliances for a sleek, uncluttered look. Despite the industry push toward electric, homeowners still love a gas stove. Our design-build team can turn your kitchen vision into reality.

• Biophilic Design

  Bay Area homeowners are increasingly craving a connection to nature. Biophilic design—think expansive windows, living green walls, and natural materials like wood and stone—is topping the list of custom home design trends in the Bay Area. In 2025, expect to see more homes with indoor-outdoor flow, like sliding glass walls opening to patios. Nowadays there are so many options and ways you can add a green wall to your home from vendors like Ambius who create larger scale living walls to smaller implementations you can do on your own with some wall mounted pots from Amazon. We are excited to see this trend continue to grow in 2025 in our custom home designs.

• Wellness retreat at home

Self-care is trending, and homes are becoming sanctuaries. In 2025, we’re seeing dedicated wellness spaces—think home spas with soaking tubs, meditation nooks, or gyms with natural light. A hugely popular idea is the concept of a wet room in the bathroom. This puts a freestanding bathtub in the same area as the shower. With heated floors and a steam shower attachment your bathroom will truly be an in-home spa. One of our recent projects included a serene yoga room with a skylight, proving wellness is a top custom home design trend in the Bay Area.

• Multi-Generational Living Spaces

With housing costs soaring and interest rates high, multi-generational homes continue to be a hot trend and practical solution. This steady design request includes private in-law suites, separate entrances, or flexible layouts that adapt over time. Ground floor spaces and garages can be transformed into ADUs for live-in parents. Second or third story additions can create a primary bedroom suite opening up room for parents and kids below. We’ve designed custom homes with secondary kitchens and accessible bathrooms, perfect for aging parents or adult kids. This is one of the custom home design trends in the Bay Area that’s here to stay.

• Textured walls and ceilings

  Flat walls are out—texture is in. Think shiplap accent walls, exposed brick, or coffered ceilings. These details add depth and warmth, making custom homes feel unique. In the Bay Area, where architecture varies from Victorian to modern, textured finishes are a versatile fit. Homeowners are moving away from the Scandinavian style modernization of older homes and embracing the character of their original interior detailing. Think of wood paneled wainscoting with color and wallpaper instead of level 5 finished white walls. Kim Kardashian’s house vs. Kirsten Dunst. We’ve used reclaimed wood beams and wallpaper from Graham & Brown to stunning effect in recent builds

Wall panel and ceiling details add warmth to the home. Custom home remodel designed and built by Broadway Design Build