Paint- what's in a color?
We are often asked by friends and clients: What color should I paint my walls? Should I go neutral or can I put color up? Should I cover up my "colorful" walls with something more neutral, and if so, what's the neutral go-to color now? With new construction home sales on the rise and existing-home inventory low, we find ourselves touring model homes with buyers more and more often these days. Our 2 biggest takeaways? Wallpaper and non-neutral paint colors are BIG. Wallpapers come in traditional adhesive-backed and the newer peel-and-stick (pros and cons would be another whole blog!). We see wallpaper on accent walls, partial walls, and whole rooms. Grasscloth never has completely gone out, and it's back, bigger than ever. According to homesandgardens.com , even wallpaper borders are back. Paint, too, is used on accent walls or above sideboards in a formal area or headboards in the primary suite or sometimes as just a swath down the middle of wall to make a statemen...