Pine Is Having an Interior Design Comeback—Here’s How to Make It Work in Your Home

If you hear the word “pine” and experience a not-insignificant shudder down your spine, then chances are you had a cheap, orange-tinged chest of drawers or otherwise in your ’90s childhood bedroom. But while pine—a softwood defined by its brown knots, smooth exterior and relatively straight grain—was once an interior faux pas, it’s now enjoying a renaissance.

Whether clad wall-to-wall in more daring spaces, or simply deployed in chunky table and chair form, Google searches around the affordable wood have peaked at over 5,000% globally in the last month alone. Meanwhile, at second-hand furniture site, Vinterior , sales of pine furniture—including Swedish mid-century designs and Victorian larder cupboards—jumped by 500%, with sales holding steady into 2025. Anecdotally, Instagram is full