Paint Trends 2021

Changing the paint colors in your home can transform your home in many ways. At times it can make a space feel completely different and brand new. Paint color can make a room feel smaller or larger than it really is as well as make a room feel cold or cozy. Depending on what you are trying to do these current paint trends can help you create a space of your dreams.

Ceiling Accent Wall

One of the top trends of 2021 is making your ceiling your accent wall. Many designers are adding some vibrant colors to ceilings, wallpaper, or wood paneling to add a unique look to your space. Some bring the ceiling color down to one wall creating a strip effect to emphasize the wow factor that is created when changing your ceiling color to something other than white.

Camouflage Furniture

Another trend is camouflage furniture. Shelving and benches that may fill a wall in a room are now being painted the same color as the wall making an illusion of it all being one. This trend causes monochrome movements in a space perfect for an office or study.

Textured Walls

Walls with touchable textures, unique patterns, and a wash-like look are popping up on many designers’ pages. The textured walls show your more unique style as well as replace the need to hang up art in a space. This gives the room a minimal look while still showing style and personality. Some of the textures walls that are most popular are adding wood to the wall painted the same color with a box or a stripe design, adding a shiplap wall, or adding a finish like lime wash or tinted plaster causing areas on the wall to be darker and lighter showing subtle movement in the wall.

Minimalist

Simple and minimal has been a huge trend for 2021. Although trends are showing that people are painting walls they normally don’t and furniture to match as well as adding textures they seem to be keeping it minimal by embracing white, black and grey. Many are painting everything all white, grey, or black. From walls to trim, to kitchen cabinets to keep a simple clean look.  

Contrasting Trim

Another trend that has been seen in 2021 is contrasting trim. Painting trim like baseboards, crown molding, and window trim a color that is darker or lighter than the color of your walls can emphasize architectural detail in your house. Keeping trim the same color as walls and furniture in your home can start to look bland adding a contrasting color can keep a room interesting and highlight features in your space.

Colored Doors

Adding a bright color to your front door will add curb appeal and personality to your home that many do not realize. Painting your door, a color has been a major trend in 2021. Some colors that have been popular for painting a front door are yellow, teal, and red.

Top Colors

Although white, grey, and black are colors people have been sticking to this year other colors being used are earth tones like green, blue, and clay. These colors can be seen adding subtle pops of colors being used to paint cabinets, small wall space, the backside of a counter, as well as typical accent walls.  

 

Painting a space can be a fun way to add your style and personality to a room. It can also transform a room in many ways. Our team has had fun using some of these trends in our own homes. We are excited to see what our clients do to create their dream spaces in their homes.

 

[Katie Holdefehr, Real Simple]

[Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest]

[Mikayla Borchert, Family Handyman]