Whether you're preparing to sell a home, or personalizing your newly bought residence, it’s well known that paint color plays a huge factor in setting a home’s mood! Bright, warm colors may stimulate energy and excitement, while cooler colors are known to be calming. For 2025, the paint trends include rich, saturated colors like earthy browns, jewel tones, and muted pastels that contribute to an overall cozy atmosphere.
For homes on the market, a fresh and clean paint job can convey to potential buyers that the home has been well cared for while also acting as a blank canvas, encouraging them to imagine how they’d decorate and utilize the space.
If you are thinking of selling your house this spring, now is a perfect time to start thinking about colors and reaching out to local painters for quotes. According to this article from Martha Stewart, painting with crowd-pleasing hues can actually increase the value of your home on the market.
However, there is more to designing a room than just choosing a color.
It is true that individual room color can dramatically affect what people think of a space. Light colors are well known for creating a feeling of airy openness, brightening up a room and even creating the illusion that it is larger than it really is. The color white is the best for this effect, although you may explore different undertones.
Despite this, some rooms call for a more cozy feel and darker shades help to achieve this. Dark colors are known to absorb light, creating a darkening effect that may cause the walls to appear closer together, and the room more confined. If you are looking to make a dark room feel more spacious, here are some tips:
· pairing dark walls with light colored furniture
· painting the trim the same color as the walls to add height
· playing with patterns in your decor, such as horizontal stripes in contrasting colors to the dark walls, which encourage width
· matching window treatments and furniture to the dark walls for a seamless blend, and then decorating with neutral, simple accents
But most of all, have fun exploring the world of paint! Save images of rooms that you like the feel of, get creative with color samples from the paint store and talk to your realtor or painter for advice! With these tips and tricks, you’ll be able to choose the best hues for your home - from 2025’s trending colors to the classics - and decorate your home so that it’s viewed in its best light.
