Gray interiors may be on the out, but it’s important to remember that color trends are subjective and personal style is what truly matters. Interior design pros and experts have weighed in on the latest design advice to ditch gray, with some in favor and others against. There are plenty of options for bringing a gray room into 2023, and it’s essential to choose a warmer neutral that suits the finishes in your home.
Gray paint is not timeless or trend-proof, as it will make your home look dated compared to more updated homes. Instead, choose a warmer neutral that suits your home’s finishes. Gray is an important neutral and a popular choice for homeowners, and its timeless elegance allows for easy updates without a complete redecoration. When coordinating with exterior finishes like roofing, brick, and stonework, gray is often the best color.
Designer Kate Marker believes gray isn’t going anywhere, as colors rarely do. While warm whites and soft beiges are, designer Kathy Kuo says gray is just fine and for sure is still on trend, as long as used in moderation. Designers and retailers are favoring warmer shades of beige, tan, brown, and other colors.
Using too much gray can create a gloomy atmosphere, but when used sparingly on select pieces, it can look chic. Gray is not going anywhere forever, but it’s a classic color that can be replaced by beige.
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What color is replacing gray?
In recent years, there has been a shift in color trends, with the popular gray being replaced by warmer neutrals, particularly beige. Beige, once shunned as “boring”, has become the new soothing base color in interior design. It creates the perfect amount of natural warmth in almost any space and pairs well with natural materials like woods and stones, which are currently in style. Designers, decorators, and color experts explain why beige is replacing gray and how to decorate with beige for a beautiful scheme every time.
The beauty of a neutral scheme is that it provides a wonderful scaffold upon which to hang accents of color, and beige and its darker variations are also replacing white. This shift in color trends is expected to continue for the next decade or so.
What is the most popular gray color right now?
Gray paint colors like Agreeable Gray by Sherwin-Williams and Coventry Gray by Benjamin Moore are popular due to their gentle shades and varying undertones. Benjamin Moore’s City Shadow captures the cozy feeling of gray skies and misty rain, while caramel leather chairs are perfect for any office. The deep gray color changes in different conditions, appearing almost black in dark or shadow but becoming a Baltic afternoon in direct sunlight.
For a warm brown-gray, Granite is a favorite, bringing coziness and sophistication to any room. These colors are versatile and can be paired with unlacquered brass fixtures and hardware, Calacatta marble, caramel leather chairs, or a warm brown-gray fireplace.
Are gray walls in or out?
There is a growing preference for colors inspired by nature, as evidenced by the emergence of such hues in paint formulations for the year 2023. In the forthcoming year of 2024, soft and expressive shades are predicted to emerge. Sherwin Williams’ “Redend Point” is suitable for use on walls, curtains, and furniture, while Valspar’s “Gentle Violet” can be employed as a neutral or accent color in a reading nook.
What color is replacing gray in 2024?
Beige is a popular neutral color that brightens spaces and evokes a sense of calm and timelessness. Its warmer, more organic feel makes it an ideal backdrop for various design elements. Beige can be paired with colorful art, textured furnishings, and natural materials like wood and stone to create layered, interesting spaces. It works well in kitchens, living rooms, and bedrooms, providing a neutral yet cosy foundation that can be easily updated with different accents over time. Warm whites, like Alabaster and Simply White, add a touch of cosiness and softness to interiors, making them popular among designers.
What is the prettiest shade of grey?
The top five shades of gray offer a variety of looks, from light and airy to bold and beautiful. Dorian Gray, a warm hue with brown undertones, is a great transitional color for spaces with harmonious warm and cool tones. Repose Gray, a light shade with a warm undertone but a slightly cool appearance, is a popular backdrop choice due to its versatility and ability to go with everything. Peppercorn, Dovetail, and Web Gray are other shades that can be used in various ways, making them versatile and versatile.
What is a good substitute for the color grey?
Beige is a versatile color that can be used to create an understated look, making it an excellent alternative to white and grey. It comes in a range of shades, from pale creams and taupes to richer camel, honey, and sand hues. Beiges can be paired with wooden furniture and other natural colors and materials, but for a sleeker vibe, try pairing them with grey and black. Some popular shades include ‘Whitehall’ by Mylands, ‘String’ by Farrow and Ball, ‘Sand III’ by Paint and Paper Library, ‘LADY 11174 Curious Mind’ by Jotun, ‘Beauvais Lilac’ by Little Greene, and ‘On the Rocks’ by Crown Paints. Avoid using too much yellow, especially in south-facing rooms with strong light, to avoid a 1970s magnolia look.
What wall color is in for 2024?
Benjamin Moore’s 2024 Color of the Year is Blue Nova, a captivating midtone blue with violet undertones. This color symbolizes the desire to travel and explore, with its cosmic quality bringing an adventurous spirit to the home. It’s perfect for bedroom walls, as it provides reassurance and serenity, while the purple undertones add depth and interest. Behr’s pick for 2024 is Cracked Pepper, a softened black with modern appeal, adding edge and coziness to a room.
What color adds the most value to a home?
Warm neutral hues are becoming increasingly popular among color experts to add value to homes. These hues provide a subtle, calming backdrop and pair well with various design styles, making them the most versatile palette. Ashley McCollum, a marketing manager and color expert for PPG’s Architectural Coatings business in the U. S. and Canada, suggests adding value by increasing the comfort level of your property with timeless warm neutrals. McCollum’s career has been focused on color and visual merchandising for retail environments, and she holds an MBA in Marketing/Management from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
What’s the new color trend for 2024?
Pantone® Fashion and Fashion Week has identified 2024 as a year of trends with a mix of warm neutral tones like soft beige, cream, and peach, bold and vibrant colors like bright orange, lively green, and vibrant blue, and earth tones like brown, terracotta, and olive green. These colors are expected to bring freshness and vitality to collections, while also reflecting the desire for sustainability and naturalness. The trend color of the year is the delicate peach tone, Peach Fuzz, listed under number 13-1023.
This color blends a delicate orange and a gentle pink, expressing warmth and modern elegance. The Peach Fuzz color scheme is designed to create a calming and relaxing atmosphere that fits into our hectic lifestyle.
Is grey going out of style in home decor?
Gray is not entirely out of style, but in 2024, there is a shift towards using warmer tones in homes. Warm neutrals, like Glidden’s Limitless, are expected to replace cool tones in homes. Ashley McCollum, color expert at Glidden, suggests that the key to decorating with gray while remaining on trend lies in the undertones, rather than a complete hatred for the color. Warm neutrals like Limitless are expected to remain popular in 2024 and beyond.
What is the color of this year, 2024?
The article will examine the significance of PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz, the Pantone Color of the Year 2024, in various fields, including fashion, graphic and multimedia design, and other applications.
📹 Home Trends Going Out of Style in 2022 + Interior Design Tips
This video is all about home trends that are going out of style as we head into 2021. And I also discuss some alternative ideas …
I will be renovating my kitchen within the next year and I’m doing an all-white kitchen. I honestly don’t know how you can go wrong with a blank slate that you can jazz up with hardware, accessories, and other less expensive items. After living in a few different houses, I’ve found that the more neutral and less fussy the foundation is, the easier it is to transition into what might be a more contemporary look. Having said that, I love Lisa & her design advice!
I have been looking at a lot of new construction and I love the cool grey and white kitchens! One big thing that is going OUT is the microwave oven over the stove. The stoves have a vent over them with the microwave in a drawer or cabinet. Glass showers are OUT because they are a nightmare to clean. Walk in showers are most desirable with no door and tile to the ceiling. No prefab shower enclosures but a ceramic tub with tile to the ceiling. Free standing tubs are OUT. You cant clean behind them and there is no overflow valve. These are the practical, day to day things I notice. I think color and decor is to your own choice.
I follow this stuff because it’s fun and entertaining but there are times I fantasize about taking all the people who come up with trends and drop them on an island all by themselves. Give them paint and accessories and let them fight it out. So much waste getting rid of stuff just to buy more but different stuff. My rant for the day
I’ve never ever followed trends. I’ve Always been “Do what YOU like/want!” Since I was in my teens I always said I wanted a cherry wood kitchen! Well I got it in my new home and me and my husband love the warmness it brings. As for my living/dining areas,we still have modern farmhouse. It’s what we still love so this is US.
Funny, I’m the opposite, my living room is Passive Gray by Sherwin Williams and it lifts my spirit and makes me happy everyday I walk downstairs. It boosts the light factor in the room and just makes me feel great with the room’s overall feel & look. I like Agreeable Gray but would never do a large space as Greiges/Beiges are pretty depressing to me. I also just painted my Kitchen cabinets, white uppers and navy lowers. Brings in the light with the uppers and grounds the space with the lowers in my favorite color. My plan is for it to lean transitional/Industrial. 🤣😂 I love it! So glad I don’t follow trends with my home or my clothes and do what makes my heart happy.
When I was house hunting a couple years ago, the way I was telling quickly online if a home was a recent flip, was the grey interior. Grey walls, grey LVP flooring. Oh, and a grey or all white kitchen. After living in a rental with all white (and cheap flat paint that doesn’t clean easy) walls, I was craving color (what I prefer anyway). I found an older home that doesn’t have an open floor plan – works for me (and has the original wood floors). Do what you love, and what you want, it’s your home after all. Unless like Lisa says, you’re selling soon, and are looking to maximize sellable and profitable.
I do have an all cream-white kitchen (always wanted one). However, I chose my panels with a cream wood like structure to avoid that the kitchen looks cold. Together with copper accents it does not look dated at all. Listening to Lisa’s take on things makes me sometimes feel like a trendsetter…. Hahah … lol! No grey either … 😂
It’s a good thing we love each other, Lisa! 😬 I had a hard time with this article, I’ll be honest. Pure whites, cool greys, and industrial style will always be dear to my heart because they make it possible for me to have bright, beautiful accent colours that warm spaces don’t allow for. I’ve lived with greige walls for the last three years and I loathe them (my landlords won’t let me paint them, but they charge me hundreds of dollars less per month in rent than I’d pay anywhere else in this area so I really don’t want to move). Every time I try to add something new to my space, it doesn’t work because it clashes with the creamy white trim, the gold floors, or the putty-coloured walls. Maybe it feels warm and inviting to most people, but for me, it looks predictable and safe and builder’s-box. It brings me down sometimes, so I have to focus on my décor and pretend it works with the design of my house, even though it really doesn’t. But if I had a cool-coloured industrial loft, I could bring so much joy into the space with colour and visual interest. I could bring in a real statement piece and it would look intentional rather than clashy and ironic. It’s a good thing I don’t subscribe to trends to inform my décor, or I don’t think I’d be very happy. I love getting inspiration from various places, but Pinterest and Instagram are all about the organic modern and the browns and the dusty pinks and I’m sitting here craving the Emerald and the Viva Magenta 😂 (which make warm colours look sickly yellow).
You are absolutely on the money! First thing we did when we bought our house 18-months ago was change the grey paint on every wall (I kid you not, they had painted every interior wall medium, cold grey) to soft neutral colours. We also changed the lower kitchen cabinetry to introduce the impact of the all white look. Love your design taste 🇨🇦
So much can be done with accessories and art if you get the base right. I love sea/beach colors (blue-gray, sea-glass, sea-grass, sky, waves, sand, etc.) and I live in a very hot climate where cooler colors are a blessing on a 112-degree heat index day. Whew! But It doesn’t have to be floor-to ceiling, 360 degrees of blue-gray. Yikes! Mustard yellow accents add warmth and visual interest to a blue-gray velvet couch. How about alternating matte/satin silk stripes on a throw pillow? Or a deep mustard ceramic vase with blue dried flowers with warm brown stems? How about a warmer beige/sand rug with muted blue and blue-green figures? How about green-leaning sea glass in a woven basket made from toasty sea-grass? How about one coral accent chair? How about natural bamboo roller shades? How about a sepia, antique, family photo montage matted in pale aventurine with pale blonde wood frames, how about a muted turquoise ceramic statuette of Quan Yin rising from the waves? Or a cobalt blue vase sitting in bright sunlight next to a pile of yellow-gold ball-shaped candles?
35 years ago when we built our first house, I used gray. I didn’t use a blue gray though because I think it helps promote depression if you are prone to it. I used a gray with a touch of red. It was definitely easy to live with. Also that white house…. I would think all white would stiffel the brain development in children. Plus it looked like a psych ward.
Lisa, I never bought into the all white kitchen and depressing cool grays. I love the warmer neutrals! Ten years ago I had new kitchen cabinets/cupboards built and had them painted black. I have loved them and will enjoy them for years to come. Thank you so much for your entertaining and informative website. Love it!
I agree with you,some of these have to go,like minimalism for sure. Who really lives like that,and why live in a home that looks like no one lives there. Besides it’s boring. Same thing with that farmhouse set up you see so often. Okay if you actually live on a farm but all those little plaques with sayings on them is overdone. We need to see some fresh ideas on YouTube. Thankfully we are now seeing some colour coming back in design ideas for our homes after all that bland grey tone we’ve been seeing for what seems ages.
Nope, I have a white kitchen. When I upgrade the kitchen it will be a better all white. I love cool gray mixed with warm metallics. People should buy what they love. In five years all the things she recommended will be will be out of style. Designers will go out of business if you stay in love with what you bought. I am in love with the same sofa I was in love with 10 years ago. I love plaid and damask now, and I loved it 25 years ago. Buy what you love
Yikes, I just painted nearly every room in my new home with Benjamin Moore “Silver Satin” less than a year ago! Tall ceilings too so lots of ladder work for me. I love the color though… as do my artwork and furnishings. I collect abstract art and have to be careful not to have the wall color compete with it. Stark whites and yellow tones are a hard no for me. Decorating is great because of all the complex challenges and decor evolution. Thank you Lisa, you certainly do inspire and keep the process fun!
The problem with trends – all trends – is that this month’s “WOW” becomes next months crap. And it all costs money. If you want to have fun one afternoon, take all the stuff you bought that you loved for a tiny amount of time and are now looking at and thinking “Why the heck did I buy that?” and add up the amount you paid for it. Then look at the total and think “I either have too much money or really bad taste”. The next time you’re tempted to buy some awful piece of bric-a-brac that you’ll hate in a month, why not donate that money (that you obviously don’t need or want) to a charity that feeds hungry school kids or the homeless? Not only will your donation do some good, but you’ll also keep another piece of useless crap from ending up in a landfill.
HELP. Years ago, I Faux finished loft walls like a portrait background. 4 different shades of grey. But they are cool! I have color discernment now and the cooler greys are driving me batty. YOU ARE SO RIGHT! OUtta here! But I spent so much time applying the finish. Hopeful to continue to benefit from the work. Have an idea to brush on a warm wash over the finish similar to the method of plastering. Could a sheer wash of warmth mask the cool greys? If so what color? White? Grey? The greige may work. Do I need to get an appointment with Benjamin Moore?🤣
Greige was the thing in the beginning, a wonderful thing. Revere Pewter still looks great. It was when people started to go the tombstone route that things started to really look baaaad. People proudly slapped it all over their “flips” and the house would be featured in real estate posts with eeeevery room looking funerial and icy. Made me a little sad, all that work and they won’t get their price for it.
Hi Lisa- I submitted a picture of my 2004 cherry wood kitchen cabinets for a Saturday session recently. My question to you was that my realtor wanted me to have a HGTV kitchen which to him meant painting my cabinets white. You gave me color options that would blend well with my granite. I’m so glad that I listened to you & not my realtor. I haven’t painted yet but for sure I will be painting in a color other than white. If my future buyer wants a white kitchen, they can paint after they buy. Thank you so much for your advice!
You gave some splendid examples of keeping a lot of white in the kitchen while giving it some color and visual interest. Pleased warmer neutrals are gaining popularity. Lovely examples of how to warm-up a loft space to make it more inviting, even cozy. You shared fabulous photos of how to make slider doors way more than a barn door for homes that aren’t barns or farms. Yeah, we don’t want to live in a photo shoot or a hotel designed space with nothing personal about it. Thanks for all the great examples.
How do your glasses frames go purple? I love that! Not bye bye to white kitchens. The alternatives you showed are only classic in mid century homes and would look completely out of place in more traditional homes. The warm greys have been a great choice for years, yes cold greys would never be a good choice, but if you want to discuss a current movement it’s back to beiges and very warm whites. These trends articles just continue the American obsession with the latest, the best, keeping up with the Joneses, instead of mindfully thinking of personalized, authentic living spaces.
Don’t follow trends. I am creative and used COOL GREY, silver and white with delicately embossed white silver dandilion themed wallpaper with white sheers and – wait for it – grey drapes. Will renovate my kitchen, installing light grey cabinets. The upper ones will have silver metal screen inserts with cobalt blue backsplash. I call it coastal hamptons. I do not care about trends.
Just do what you want – if you see what is on the “to do” list here today, you’ll see that it’s on the “not to do” list here in 12 months, so you can never win – not for long, anyway. Eg. the grey is no longer “in” – but her grey/beige is – but only until she says it’s not….. Just do what you like – it’s your home – not a magazine shoot.
I think Minimalism only really works when you have really fantastic Art on the walls (and not the garbage that’s made by machine in a factory in China and bought at your local big box store). Any time I’ve seen an interiour that’s minimalistic with bare walls, it simply looks sterile, un-lived-in, as if it’s a show-room. Even KimK’s house: Bought. Nothing personal. Lacking in character.
Boring boring Boring. Beige or white walls. Colorful rugs, art, plants, furniture that’s eclectic. Enough of the zero color. Even the desert has cactus that bloom red and pink fir a reason. All these examples are BORING! Uuuughhhh. I even have a Japanese wedding kimono that’s red with cranes on it for art work! Color. NEUTRAL BACKGROUND. COLOR EVERYWHERE ELSE!
A former owner opted for peach coloured kitchen cabinets – and I am blessed with lots of cabinets in the kitchen 😄 It´s a huge deal to change it, even just to try to paint the plasticky finish. I have learned to live with it and am planning for a new light fixture and a houseplant. I mean; I´ve got to do something 🙃🪴 Thank you for yet an other great article!
I’m so sick of the K family, can’t they be listed as out date and don’t bring it back, or less is more. I could go on. White kitchen not doing all white but I need my white cabinets never had it. I’ll do color in the island like a gold leaf omgggggg yes that would mama Hugh statement. I better get painting
Dear Ms Lisa, Woooo-hooo!!! Bravo! Your article is delightful and…and…the best of all; there are more to come! I really really am grateful for your insight; you do not only say what goes out but, you guide us to do to correct the…mess! Thank you so much for your cutie-funny-inspiring article!!! helene 🙂
I like kitchen with dark base cabinets and white top cabinets. Absolutely agree about all the cool grays. And get rid of those crazy streaky gray/black backsplashes! Arggh. Favourite kitchen idea book is the one by Country Living 💖💕 full of subtle blends of colours and textures, very homey as opposed to “city morgue” minimalism.
So informative, this article provided invaluable insights into upcoming shifts in design aesthetics, urging us to stay ahead of the curve. The clear explanations and alternatives offered an effective guide to creating a more stylish and up-to-date living space. It’s a must-watch for anyone looking to stay current and avoid outdated design choices.
Um……I’ma keep my light grey tv wall, matches well with the milky white walls and my white stone floors; also makes my grey sectional with the Euchre and grey cushions look fantastic. I will also keep my white upper kitchen cabinets with the dark grey/blue bottoms and island and white countertops with grey veining. I have bits of wood trim and my doors are a golden brown wood. YOLO, do what makes you happy and forget about trends and what others are doing. You do You. 🙂
How lovely of you to let people know what they should buy so they fit your, and your “designer peers”, taste. I mean it sure is more important to be in the latest trend and live in a home thats to your liking than to cater to the person/persons actually living there. Imagine liking an all white kitchen and actually having it lol, it gotsta geeeeuoo. :face-blue-wide-eyes:
Good riddance to grey and cold steel. When cool greys and steel came out I couldn’t figure out WHY anyone would ever like that trend. But people did. It’s cold. It’s uninviting. Its just blah. Glad it’s gone. But give it another 10-15 year’s and it’ll be back. Bleeeck. I’m 60, been decorating since I was 15. Never decorated in those color’s or style and never will. It’s like I can’t figure out why when winter comes EVERYONE starts wearing black and dark yucky color’s, when we really need bright color’s to brighten our mood during the long dark cold winter’s. But no! People are weird.
I’m clearly 5 years behind the times. I’ve only just moved into a home I own after renting it out for 15 years. The budget is brutally tight and envelop (crawl space, attic insulation, windows) needs to come before interior. So I’m tearing out popcorned window valences and skim coating popcorn ceilings right now, it’s super fun. The HGTV type shows feel frustrating, what family of 4 really needs 7,500 sq ft that they renovate every 2 years when new trends come up. It feels very wasteful. Our poor planet. I’m starting a new trend. I’m going with white kitchen, cool remote greys (I have no friends to have over anyways), and strategic luxuries. By luxuries, I mean a fridge 1 size bigger than I probably need and a wall hung toilet. I’m calling my trend LOUD Austerity (with a Scandi-Craftsman-organic slant). I’m a terrible designer.
Built a house in 1991 when everyone was doing dusty rose, light green, gray and teal bathroom fixtures, I picked all white tile, bathtub, shower and sinks. Sold the home years ago but it just sold again in 2023, guess what? The fixtures in the bathroom are all still in that same white because it never goes out of style. My neighbors back then, (who still live there) did the dusty rose bathrooms, etc, has had to remodel both the bathroom and kitchen because they used ‘current’ on trend colors. Moral of the story, Don’t listen to anyone and don’t follow “the latest color trends” do what works for you and think about what was in five years ago, ten years ago, that should tell you not to follow trends. Besides, who can afford to keep updating and changing major things, like kitchen cabinets, counter tops, etc.
❤Yes, trends are fun, interiors, clothes, cars, etc. Keeping up with them means websiteing chunks of your resources into these trends, focusing your time and energy to earn money to spend on these and there comes a new trend and you should get rid of all of it and buy the new ones. It feels more like we are the puppets that are programmed to do these mindless things so the companies who produce these things become richer every day. Before we know our short lives end, all spent on working to buy these things to show others a bunch of stuff which equals our worth. Today grey is in: “Oh, grey is beautiful!” tomorrow grey is out: “Oh, grey is hideous!” Yet we play along with this game.
I never liked an all white kitchen. I did a Reno and did white, (one wall uppers and lowers) blonde wood (Island) and black (wall of fridge and pantry). I couldn’t decide so I did it all and it looked fab! Doing another now and it’s going to be blonde wood for uppers and lowers on one wall and the island, I think, in mushroom. So happy white is gone bye bye
My kitchen was beige and multiple shades of brown when we bought it. We replaced the countertops with charcoal black, repainted the walls mint white and put in a teal and gray backsplash, but kept the warm wood cabinets. Added a few faux plants on top, and everyone who has been in our new kitchen loves it.
Every room is different, so you need to treat them individually. No absolute rules will stand up to every room. If you have a dark room, you need to use pale colors. If the room is really bright because you have strong sunlight, I think you can use darker colors. My kitchen has all white cabinets, greige counter tops; warm cream colored walls, and old pine floors. It’s beautiful and neutral, but very warm feeling. I LOVE my white cabinets. Another detail Lisa didn’t address is the bazillion shades of white. Some whites are soft and warm, and some are starkly cold. It’s all about the natural light you have to work with when choosing your color pallette.
LOL.. I love my unclutter home in all white walls, and real wood kitchen cabinets, wall to wall carpets since we live in cold country… I’m 60’s, I’ve lived through many phases of what’s in and what’s not. My advice? “LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE ” Because in a few everything listed here will be a no, no…. Life to short! ..Your home enjoy it!
This is why we have so much LANDFILL. Minimalist is the most amazing and energy cleansing TREND. Cluttered house is a cluttered mind !!! Minimalist is freeing up your space and just a few SPECIAL intensional pieces and you will feel amazing and the universe will be lighter. T:The R:Reason E: Everything N:Needs D:Dumping
I had a white (off-white) kitchen until a pretty significant plumbing incident. Cabinets and wall soaked up the water, went into my family, dining, and living rooms and made me have to decide on my new kitchen. My new kitchen will be a pure white. Fortunately, very clever workmen were able to save my granite countertop which is varying shades of gray, black, and off-white with dots of deep red and pink, and the wood floor will be run into the kitchen for the first time. The plumbing better not fail again because I spent a lot of money to make sure it was fixed correctly! The one thing that keeps my white kitchen from looking stark is my deep red 30″ BlueStar range. I’ve had it for six years and paid for it with my soul and don’t regret it even a little bit. There’s no way an all white kitchen (and that includes my subway tile which was supposed to go out 2, 3, 10 years ago) can look stark with that deep red behemoth! My kitchen is small, but the colored accents give it warmth and makes it welcoming and cozy.
Great content! That you so much for sharing you knowledge and expertise. What is you thoughts on skim coating walls and ceilings to get rid of “knock down” textured walls? It’s very labor intensive, but is it worth it? Personally I think it’s very cheap looking – signature California track house ugly. Ironically it hasn’t affected the appreciation of these homes one bit. Would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you.
Since when has grey been ” warm ” lol😅 Grey is depressing, unimaginative, boring, the colour of concrete smh 🤦♀️🤦♀️ So many amazing colours to choose from but most want to be told what is ” current ” 🥱 and just follow along. Climate should determine what you choose, for me in the UK, a mostly cool, cold climate, I buy, Persian rugs, warm wool throws, velvet pillows, cozy socks, hot chocolate, furry cats and a lovely husband to share it with
We all decide in some way or another on the latest trends. It’s a collective ‘we’. And you know what else? You decide what works in your home. One day, even you might decide the colour that made you happy a year ago, no longer makes you happy. That’s a trend in your own life that no longer suits you. See how that works? That’s what happens with trends in design, in fashion, in branding, etc. That’s also how styles and design evolves and changes… Otherwise, there’d be one style of everything and it would never change and we’d all be forced to stick to that one style! We are all constantly deciding on what works, what is popular and then, inevitably, what is no longer popular.
Great presentation, and great narrative voice. I just cannot listen to a lot of design articles because of the many grating narrative voices, and the huge tendency of presenters to gabble. You do neither of these, and what a difference and a pleasure! You also come across as genuine and down-to-earth, which is so often not the case in design articles. I have just subscribed.
I am building a new house and I LOVE my bard doors so putting them in my new house. Doors take up too much space so barn doors or sliding doors make the room so much more practical. I also plan to use some shiplap too. My theory is if you don’t like my style, don’t come to my house. I see these people with nothing in the home but a few pieces of furniture and it feels cold and unwelcoming. I also noticed people in cities try to do farmhouse and it makes no sense if you live in a city but the mountain house or rural, it looks better.
I think you nailed the list very well except when you got to terrazzo. Anything that is obsessively used becomes fatiguing like grey or white everything. However I think terrazzo is a classic element and like French parquet floors will always have a place. Where it is overused is on countertops such as chippy fake stone counters.
Not quite sure why I tuned into this; I decorate with things I love, none of my furniture matches, I love sprinkling in pieces of my milk glass collection around my house, I quilt so you will find them on beds and generally draped over chairs and blanket ladders, plants have homes in my bookcases and in various spots in my home. After all, who are we decorating for? Hope fully we make our homes cozy and comfortable for us and those people who visit will appreciate our personal style as an extension of who we are.
I think the pandemic has helped people discover what they really love and gave them the courage to go for it, even if it goes against what is mainstream. We’ve all spent so much time in our homes, we know what makes our heart happy. Personally, I’m using the exact photo at 1:40 in the article for my inspiration. The remodel starts next week. We’re putting in dark green cabinets, grey tile but lightened up with white quartz counters and white appliances. I couldn’t be more excited!
Absolutely amazing advice! Yes, I will always hate terrazzo but am partial to barn doors. I grew up in farm country and they are functional and nostalgic. My husband built some amazing barn doors out of oak he found in a dumpster. Takeaway? I think barn doors are still stunningly useful but made out of oak??? Gorgeous but TOO Heavy!!!! Also, I am thinking about asking you about Commercial spaces vs residential. Example, .. can I put throw pillows on a lobby sofa??? How do commercial spaces differ from residential.,? That’s what I’m asking!
Yay! Glad to see all of these go the way of the dodo bird. But this is funny – just bought a house that has old ugly paneling in every room. We are painting it to give the home a cottage look. Your pic of the vertical paneling is what mine is looking like now, so am I actually trendy? LOL! It will be a first.
Still loving the zen that white on white gives🤷🏻♀️ especially in my bedroom although I will use a soft accent colour throughout my home. .I absolutely hated the terrazzo faze . and sooooo happy you used my fav IG content creators Jessica Morris’ home in the alternative light feature although I thought her light fixture was a bit heavy I absolutely love her former home … I really liked all the tips in this vid but do you think the raised wall panels will go out?
I do not like dark grey cabinets it is very bland. The same with black kitchen cabinets too dark. I have pets so leather couches for me. You can get what color you want. I like ship lap just for a hallway and like farmhouse because we live in our home. Love the panel molding and wainscoting also. I do not like paneling. Classic is always best than trends. I like a pocket door.
Who decides these trends are out? Personally, I don’t have ship lap or many of the designs you talk about, but I do think that for those people who have these designs then why would they spend more money on change. Doesn’t make sense, unless you have money to waste. I love colour and have always made the decision to choose what makes me happy. I don’t really care what is in vogue, it’s a home not a design centre . I have a home with many pieces I love but others might hate. I really don’t care.
Terrazzo has always been a classic but only when it is done in the traditional small pattern and only on floors. As a fact, most of these supposedly trends are actually classic details that had been around for centuries, but were on the mainstream for these last 20 years, but because they had been so overdone they feel trendy and now outdated. Funny that many of us had been doing what are supposedly trends now on 2022, all of this time. I had always been an eclectic maximalist with lots of color on my decor and natural color wood on kitchen and furniture. Fickleness is so hilarious. Having a style and curating it is sexy.
Respectfully, I live in a ranch style home on a farm, so I’m keeping my “farmhouse aesthetic”. I am begging…Please stop crapping on other people’s preferences because yours is “modern” or you see new trends coming down the pike. You aren’t the first designer I’ve seen this from, and likely won’t be the last. I’m saddened that too many people follow trends instead of their hearts and learn how to find out what they like brings them joy in their homes. Beauty can be found in any of those things that you (and most designers) will say are on the way out. I can appreciate you are likely trained in this field and we need to throw out old items we can no longer use. I enjoy perusal websites like yours to be inspired, not to be told get rid of your stuff because it’s not pretty to designers anymore. In the end…we’ve all got an opinion and we’re all entitled to it.All the Best in 2022 🙂
Laughed hard at terrazzo 😹 My favourite thing as a child was a trip to the lighting store. It was my Mum’s chillout zone. All the beautiful curves and shimmering crystal is what I still love. Modern light fixtures are trying so hard to be cool but the magic is gone. Love your tree so much but what a great view while it’s wintering!
Hello beautiful compilation! I’ve already been a subscriber to your website! I love your content!! I am in the process of renovating my powder room and also paint across the house and looking for some suggestions especially for vessel sink vs regular sink, wall mounted faucet vs sink mounted. How do I get qualified for your design consultation! Thank you!!
I love all white and black because u can add a color and take it out so easy I don’t care for farm house style it depends wat type of house you have ppl go by wat other have and think it will look like there’s if you space is similar maybe so but not always it’s nothing wrong with inspiration at all trends come and go
My kitchen is a warm bright sunny yellow. No one has it. It’s so bright and pretty during spring but warm, perfect for the fall and cozy during winter. If I could have any color for my second living room I would choose either a spring green or a warm bright orange. I used to study interior design and the whole white aesthetic is so boring for shared spaces. My own room is white with warm bright textures more so because too much color gives me art block.
I don’t believe in trends/fads in homes or fashion or music. Styles and designs never really leave. Mostly everything comes back. What’s pasé to one is fresh and new to another. Designing your home in any color or all white is up to the home owner. It’s a home because it’s yours. Make it what makes you feel good and comfortable as long as it’s safe. I get that this time of year a bunch of these type of articles will come out. I bet that all the designers won’t say the same thing. As for me I believe life is short and I will make my home what makes it “home” for me.
I am new to the furniture industry and find myself unsure of how to give advice as I don’t have a design background. I love your explanation and presentation. I’ve never subscribed to a design website…I have now! I also hit ( well tapped it gently) the notifications button too… Thanks for the great articles.
Since I was looking to purchase a home for over a year, I was in many homes and saw a common theme. Everyone seemed to love the color grey and boy did they go crazy with that color. From grey floors, grey cabinet and grey walls. I happen to dislike any cold colors and of course the home we purchased was freshly pained with guess what color? Yup… grey walls. Ugh! We slowly repainting all the rooms. Yes trends come and go but I think we should do whatever makes us smile and happy when we walk into a room even if it’s considered an “old trend”. After perusal some of the pros articles, I noticed I have several no, no’s but I still like it and that’s what matters. 😁
So happy to see that “Farmhouse” look go bye-bye. That blinding all white house with no color and furniture that looks beat up. Not only is that a nightmare to keep clean, but a spec of dust sticks out like a sore thumb. I’m happy to see wood coming back with cheerful wallpaper and sunny colors. That Farmhouse trend was insane… I don’t do trends…never have. I love cheerful warm colors and a cozy home…not that all white with chipped paint look…sorry…LOL
I cant get over farmhouse….. my grandparents actually Lived in a Real farmhouse. – there were work boots and seed corn calendars and used crisco cans full of bolts and string and butter kept out on the kitchen table with the latest Farm Burea magazine on the kitchen table….. strange i never see these sorts of things in anyone’s “farmhouse ” decor.
As my own mother would say, ” if I wanted my home to look like we lived in a barn, we would live in a barn.” 😆😆😆😆 Words of a farmer’s wife. There were several things we did not have in our home,No fireplaces, shiplap, or when everyone back in the early 60’s were grabbing up all the ” ironbed frames”. Lol my sweet mother had something to say about all of them and my Dad felt the same way. Good Luck with you website!!!!
I used to decorate with lots of color and prints but now I have everything in neutral tones. Whites, grey, black, beiges and some earthy colors. But when I want change or jazz things up, I put color with my cushions, rugs and decorative items. I have a mix of antiques and modern. I like to change things around. I do my own thing and when people come to my house they always like how I put things together. Don’t really follow anyones trends.
I’m not sure that I ever like trends that aren’t in authentic to the original architecture, like adding rustic wood shiplap to modern ranch homes. There is a falseness to them that just doesn’t endure. Growing up in modern ranch homes in the 60s, I came to hate their bland, boring and boxy feeling. So, I bought a Victorian cottage that had most of the original detailing intact (sadly, the built-in, pass-through china cabinet had been removed by the previous owners, who bragged about “how much better it looked”, ouch). I keep to what I call Victorian Light Decor, meaning no authentic Victorian dark colors, heavy layered wallpaper or curtains, and minimal knickknacks. I have Victorian and other traditional furniture styles that seem compatible.
I have to admit the first time I watched your article I was annoyed. I have so many things you said was on the way out. It doesn’t matter to me if designers say so. Then I watched it again. I took into account that it is your job to keep up on the trends. My sister had her home Home Design business. I didn’t always agree to her advice for me. Everyone has to make up their minds what they like. Like me if you don’t like to keep up on all the new trends and like what you have just don’t watch her articles. Move on. She is there for who cares about trends. No disrespect intended.
I have a combination of old hand me downs I love, newer pieces, and lots of plants. The furniture stores are full of grey sofas and chairs. Really? And I hate white walls especially all white kitchens. I still have my old oak cabinets and new kitchen flooring, a collage of Browns, golds on a rock like surface. Love it. My furniture is kids and pet friendly. I love to see the trends, then decide what is right for me
I couldn’t agree more! I just discovered your website, and I love it. I’m always surprised that so many people watch interior design articles, especially ones about trends, if they are going to comment that they don’t follow trends. Trends are not fads… often lasting for 10-20 years (as in ship lap) or longer. After all, Edison bulbs, terrazzo, ship lap, and barn doors were all trends, because you couldn’t readily find those things until they were a trend. Notice you can’t get avocado refrigerators anymore. If you absolutely love an avocado frig, you will have to buy a white one and paint it. Also, following trends doesn’t mean changing everything out…but as in my case, we are building a new house, and I want to see what trends are. I didn’t embrace any of these trends…I could tell they wouldn’t last long. Luxury vinyl tile is an awesome trend that I think will last the test of time… many people cannot afford to install new hardwood, and LVP looks gorgeous, is waterproof, and no scratches or scrapes. That said, I love hardwoods and would never put it over hardwood.
I have always hated terrazzo. I hated it in spaces left over from the twenties and was aghast when it reappeared recently. I think my dislike stems from the fact that it tries to be organic, but there is nothing in nature that it resembles, even on the cellular level. Goodbye and good luck, terrazzo.
I always try to use “classic” design elements in my rooms. I have to say that my feelings are NOT hurt that grey is on it’s way out. I’ve been looking for a retirement home for my husband and me. We want to live in a historic farmhouse or Victorian home with a lot of historic character. However, many of these grand old homes have either been completely stripped of their historic charm by making everything in the house grey, the walls, kitchen & bathroom cabinets right down to the cheap looking vinyl grey plant flooring, or they’ve decorated with design elements that are way too modern for the style of home. If you own a historic home, for the love of God–don’t paint everything grey in order to put it on the market! If you’re trying to spruce up a historic home, do a little homework and restore it to what it was when it was built. I don’t want to pay top dollar for a house that I have to basically rip everything out of and start over. And P.S., I don’t think Edison bulbs will ever really go out of style.
Thanks for the article. I totally agree with your views about Edison bulbs, barn doors, ship lap, terrazzo and white. After living in rentals with their ubiquitous white walls, ceilings and trim for the past 40 years, I was finally able to purchase my own home (which came with white painted surfaces everywhere). I’m doing extensive renovations and the white will soon be gone!!! I’m going for a Spanish/Arts and Crafts vibe – painting the walls colors I love. The trim will be a dark brown. It’s looking beautiful! Hooray!!!
Im confused. First of all have people really never left their homes since March of 2020? Are people still working from home 2 years since the plandemic? From the pictures i saw if these kitchens if i had either of these kitchens and under covid house arrest I would not complain. They are beautiful! We redid our kitchen 3 years ago at a cost of $12,000 dollars. Its not a big kitchens, but I don’t have 12k+ to spend every time a bunch of designers that run the industry get a burr up their collective butts and say my kitchen is no longer in style. These are good ideas if you are planning to remodel, but for those that are slaves to trends, dont let yourself be conned into spending money you don’t have just to keep up with the latest.
As another interior decorator, there are many different opinions. The wainscoting, paneling, etc is beautiful and a mix of wallpaper and wainscoting is also beautiful but has been around for years so don’t understand how this is a new trend. Pocket doors are fantastic especially as space savers and have been around for years as well as glass pained doors. Both beautiful but nothing new. Something to not do in kitchens / bathrooms are cabinets of “trendy” or “pastel” colors like pink, sky blue, mossy green, mixture of wood finishes.
I think it’s a boring world for us all to follow trends. I don’t like to be told what the trend is going be. We have our own styles and we shouldn’t listen to you.. If your window sill is a result of your all knowing design knowledge, I’m shocked; it is a mess,in my opinion. No I’m not rude to voice my opinion… you are giving yours.
Dark grey kitchens are loved so actually I Disagree… Pastels there trying to Bring in, like platform shoes…ughhh but actually I hate the pastel’s… kitchens and bathrooms…. People are getting away from designer treads because times are tough and Everyone wants comforts so whatever that Means to Anyone, that’s the New Years REALITY… Farm house isn’t out it will continue with more graphics with molding… French Doors are Always Good 👍…. Creative designs are Coming into Designs more, as people are using old and new,with a twist making curated timeless spaces artistically curated over Time ..so even though designers want to push People into their ideas actually Humanity is Developing ThEiR own CHOICES more and More…. as those who have money are going to find that their ideas are going going gone… Yours aren’t as hip as you think … Sculptural and creative aren’t going out for that’s something everyone’s Opinions are going to be backing Up… Especially as the economy is being pushed to the brink of self destruction…. Your help is Actually as current as you Think 🤔
These new light trends hopefully don’t stick around because there tacky just like the kitchens that were with two different colors with the top being a different color then the bottom. Don’t care if it’s in if it does not look good don’t do it. Why does everyone follow what’s in anyways, decorate your home to your own style
I appreciate your knowledge and style. Please don’t take this as an insult but something I am so ‘over’ though I could never stand it is speaking with a ‘vocal fry’. I admit I’m in my 60th decade and in my day (most of my days) people in the media required good voices. Well-formed, mellifluous speech. Nowadays, many newspeople, guests, professors, authors, speak using vocal fry (Valley girl/Kim Kardashian). To people like me it grates on the ears and nerves. It sounds like the speaker is lazy and bored. Please look it up and train your voice to its natural lovely tone without the trendy vocal fry. Again, no personal offence is intended.
So let me get this straight, designers push trends, making them popular, which makes them out of style because it is seen everywhere, so they promote something else, which ditto? Reminds me of when clothing designers changed hemlines so everyone had to ditch the old for new. As my mother would say, it makes work for a lot of people. Keep that economy rolling along, courtesy of the designers?
It seems unusually obvious to me that you are missing the fact that you are participating into the very same thinking that your attempting to sway others away from. Look at your L/H wrist. Yup, Nothing says I’m part of the heard more than an ugly apple watch. Once you see it, you won’t be able to un-see it. It needs to go out with the leggings too. I do agree with many of your judgements regarding the home designs. Especially the all white one. I always feel like I need sun glasses in one of those. They are just sterile, bland, and empty feeling places.