Trends in the Church Furniture Market

When building a new church or updating an existing one, make sure your furniture choices put your church’s needs first. With your church’s requirements in mind, look at what is trending to help make a wise decision with your décor. According to data supplied from sales statistics from top church furniture manufacturer, Church Furniture Store, trends have changed in recent years in what churches are choosing for their sanctuaries.

Wood Stain

Wood pulpits have been far more popular for several decades than acrylic and metal podiums. The interest in hand-crafted, American podiums has skyrocketed even more in recent years. Several years ago, acrylics and metal podiums had the spotlight, but just like most trends, they are sure to make a comeback in years to come.

Although the overall stain color preference has not changed drastically since 2014, there are some new favorites that have emerged. Light and medium stains are still very popular, but darker stains that resemble a walnut color are suddenly more popular than they were just four years ago. Reds are also gaining a lot of popularity for wood staining.

Fabric Color

Something as simple as fabric color can have drastic changes in popularity over a short period. From just 2015 to 2018, one of the most popular fabric colors for CFS customers, burgundy, fell from most popular to moderately popular. But in 2018, the most widely chosen fabric color is a charcoal gray, which was one of the least popular colors just three years earlier in 2015.

Purple fabrics that were very popular in 2015 have not been as popular in 2018. However, fabrics that contain one single shade of purple are better liked than colors with various shades of purple woven throughout. But only a few years earlier, that multi-color purple fabric was one of the most popular colors chosen by CFS customers.

2015’s second most trendy fabric color was espresso, which is a combination of dark brown, black and light brown threads that combine to form a dark brown from a distance. Often, consumers like fabrics that have multiple colors woven into a pattern so that it is easier to coordinate other colors in the room, such as carpet.

When it comes to choosing colors of fabric and furniture for the church, one wrong color choice can mean having to revisit the project. Making sure you have it right the first time can help you to be a good steward of the money that God has given to the church.