What do you think the next "gray walls" will be?

BunnyMendelbaum

I saw a huff post article on how to decorate with gray walls which made me realize it might be a full-blown mainstream trend now. This of course got me thinking about what the next color trend might be. Seems like gray/yellow/chevron/ikat is it now.

I was talking to a friend who is a professional interior designer and color trend nerd like me and she said she's been drawn to dark greens lately. I am having a hard time imagining it, but am intrigued.

What have you being seeing lately that is new?

TarHeels&Rebels

Jewel tones.  I think people will be really ready for some personality and some pizzazz after what I've named our collective Wet Concrete Period.  I guarantee you in 40 years, our kids are gonna wonder what we were thinking with the Soviet Chic vibe some of these gray rooms have.  I have griege walls and a sofa, but everything else is colorful and warm.

Speaking of dark green, DH lives elsewhere for work while I'm in school and I painted his apartment dark green last year.  I wanted something rich and masculine and wasn't feeling all the gray blues we've been doing.

BunnyMendelbaum

Interesting. Maybe more along the lines of the teal/turquoise mini trend? I need to ask my friend if she meant more along those lines or more sage/gray green like yours.

I've been dying to paint something magenta, so I'd like the jewel tones. 

katharine25

Jewel tones - specifically the emeralds are definitely trending on the high-end market. 

But Grey didn't trend as a color necessarily, it trended as a neutral, replacing stark white. Beige is coming back.

Magdala9

Tan as a neutral with coral accents 

TarHeels&Rebels

BunnyMendelbaum:

Interesting. Maybe more along the lines of the teal/turquoise mini trend? I need to ask my friend if she meant more along those lines or more sage/gray green like yours.

I'm interested to know what she says.  My money's that she didn't mean turquoise/teal, since I first used it in 2006 and that means it's ancient in design lifetimes   I remember the interior designer I used then remarking that the color was just starting to be available in fabrics and she had a hard time finding it.

RIngReady

TarHeels&Rebels:

.  I think people will be really ready for some personality and some pizzazz after what I've named our collective Wet Concrete Period.  I guarantee you in 40 years, our kids are gonna wonder what we were thinking with the Soviet Chic vibe some of these gray rooms have.  

I couldn't agree more.  I am over the grey and am actually quickly getting over the white trim too-I mean who really has time to dust all their baseboards once a month?

BrianaBones

BunnyMendelbaum:

I've been dying to paint something magenta, so I'd like the jewel tones. 

Do it! My art studio is magenta, I'm sure most people think it looks crazy, but I love it.  

New Jersey Accents

My living room is a gray green. I used yellow as an accent color, but am switching to plum now. I like plum as an accent with gray, also.

MrsSheeler518

Were moving into our house at the end of the month, and are using different shades of gray throughout the house, with a jewel tone accent in each room (burgundy/wine in living room and kitchen, plum in the bedroom, and teal/sapphire in the lower level family room)

KurtsWife09

MrsSheeler518:

Were moving into our house at the end of the month, and are using different shades of gray throughout the house, with a jewel tone accent in each room (burgundy/wine in living room and kitchen, plum in the bedroom, and teal/sapphire in the lower level family room)

This sounds beautiful!

brianatappin

I like the idea of jewel tones as others have mentioned, but I think it will wear out it's welcome pretty quickly if used in large doses.  Perhaps if furniture and other accents are kept neutral with a single accent color?  I also think as an accent to an overall more "neutral" concept room it could be really great for a while.  I'm personally a fan of mauve (with a hint of purple) and deep ash-brown right now paired with deeper purples, pinks, oranges, greens, and blues (such as in the jewel tones!) based on beige.