Cambria Style 2026 Spring Trend Report

The latest in personalization and authentic livability in spaces designed to reflect real life and enduring style. These forward-thinking designers incorporate unique applications of Cambria natural quartz surfaces in ways that reflect the individuality of their clients. From tonal layering to innovative quartz fabrications, there is no limit to creativity in these trendsetting spaces.

Tonal Expression

The grind of maintenance on her century-old home convinced designer Michaela Burns it was time to start fresh. She worked with an architect on a new build and also collaborated with specialists at Designström to shape a kitchen that is rich with detail while also focused on a neutral palette.

Cambria quartz design Delgatie proved the perfect material to create deliberate design elements including an apron in front of the range and a shelf above it—as well as countertops that run flush to the windowsills and cascade down island sides. Still, Burns could have used even more. “I wish I would have just put Cambria everywhere,” she says. “The performance of those countertops in the areas where I put them? It’s just night and day.”

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Modern Surrounds

Emilie Munroe found herself with the happy challenge of respecting the traditional details of a beautiful Queen Anne house while modernizing it for a fun young family. One way she did this was strategically streamlining elements—for example: replacing a massive wood carved mantel in the living room with this more contemporary piece crafted of Cambria Inverness Platinum. Munroe found that Cambria’s consistent pattern and ample slabs helped her achieve the piece’s crisp right angles. She also used Cambria Sutherland™ on a bedroom fireplace surround and Cambria Gladstone™ for a bathroom countertop, creating a sense of connection that transcends matching.

Sculptural Focus

When Ruben Marquez’s client found him via Instagram, she was excited for him to create a kitchen for her with the flair of his other projects. He was happy to work with her, but warned against a copy-and-paste approach. “It’s okay to admire a space, but at the end of the day, it’s going to be your home,” he advised. So, although he had previously attempted a similarly sculptural hood in marble, Marquez was excited to create an equally impressive accent in a more durable Cambria natural quartz surface. “You can hose it down; you can beat it; you can spill coffee and wine,” he says with admiration about Cambria. “That’s fantastic.”

Custom Curves

Kasey Johnson and Regan Nix of Blue Pencil Collective dubbed this project “Love Story” to honor its former highschool-sweetheart homeowners. Home tour visitors were quick to notice one of its most romantic gestures. “That was the first thing people commented, ‘Wow, look at the framing of that window,’” says Johnson. But this scalloped backsplash in Cambria MonTaaj was not their only quartz innovation. 

The designers also created a unique bath console with decorative curves of its own, composed of cooler-colored Cambria Abbey. “With how extreme we like to get on the use of materials,” says Nix, “I don’t know any other quartz partner that can do what Cambria can do.”

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Intimate Ambience

Designer Alberto Villalobos says this New York City apartment hadn’t been renovated in over 50 years. He faced the dual task of maximizing the space’s function while also styling it as a backdrop for his client’s art collection. That is why he was eager to use materials like Cambria’s Black Rock design, with its tone-on-tone pattern. It’s on the waterfall countertop and window sills behind a window seat. “It wasn’t going to be calling attention,” he says, “but at the same time, it was going to be something nice to experience without competing.” He warns against the conventional wisdom that dark colors are to be avoided in smaller spaces—instead use them judiciously to help you accentuate and delineate and make something pop.

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