In home design, history often repeats itself. “By reaching back for culture and forward for contemporary techniques, we combine the best of old and new,” says Katie Skoloff, principal designer and founder of In Site Designs, an interior design firm in Greenville, S.C. “People feel validated by heritage, especially as we age, and are always peeking into our ties from the past.”
Trends we once loved reemerge and are being enjoyed with fresh eyes. Homes are becoming design time capsules of a sort as ideas evocative of themes and styles from the past spring to life. “Everything old is new again,” says Julea Joseph, owner of Reinventing the Space, a home staging and interior design firm in Chicago. Sometimes the old trend gets a fresh new twist, as with the 1990’s Hunter Greens reimagined into 2019 Jewel Tones.
Dark greens were a popular home accent color in the 1990s, seen from leather sofas to marble flooring. Those greens fit into the era’s love for cooler palettes. Now green is reemerging from homeowners’ love of nature. That’s why the paint company PPG chose Night Watch, a dark green with blue undertones, as its 2019 color of the year.
“The dark green … recreates the calming, invigorating euphoria we feel when in nature,” says Dee Schlotter, PPG senior color marketing manager. PPG teamed with HGTV designer Leanne Ford to show a nature-inspired look with dark green dining room walls accented with wood tones and different textures in the furnishings. Dark greens also make trendy accents in bedrooms, dining areas, and areas without any view or tie to the outdoors, like the end of a dark hallway, Schlotter says. Jewel-toned greens and navy blues pair well with gold or brass.
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