For many homeowners, 2024 will be the year of home improvement. With mortgage rates sitting well above 6%, most aren’t willing to enter the housing market – which would mean essentially swapping their sub-4% mortgage rates for much higher ones. Instead, renovating their existing homes will make more sense – allowing them to hold onto those low rates while making their properties more comfortable, livable and convenient.
So if you’re about to enter the Home Reno world, it will be important to watch which way the design trend winds are blowing. For example, gray tones have been a hot decor hue for years now, but according to experts in the industry, it seems the color’s days are numbered.
“By far the most talked-about trend happening now is the move away from cool grays and stark whites,” says Mitchell Parker, senior editor at home design platform Houzz. “We first predicted this infusion in the kitchen, but the look is beginning to dominate throughout the home to offer a calmer, more welcoming environment.”
“The biggest trend I’m seeing is grays going away,” says Matt Boden, owner of Fresh Coat Painters in Tampa, Florida. Instead, Boden says, he’s getting more requests for vivid colors. So, what exactly is taking the place of gray? Yellows and blues seem to be top of the color heap in 2024. “With so much going on in the world, blue provides a calming influence,” says Parker.
If bold colors are not your thing, think about going in the direction of earthy, warm tones. Parker says that neutral colors – like beiges, creamy off-whites and rich browns are getting popular, too.
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