I think the neutral tones, warm beige or in between like greige could last longer! I bought a condo what was built in 1986 I guess and it had travertine tiles, dusty pink carpet, greige carpet, warm walls, gold…so all this still looked grate colour wise, we did total renovation, but I kept some of tones from old apartment, my new floor is in colour of carpet, my kitchen is greige, I play around with some gold or brass accents, faucets, handles! It will age, everything is aging, but colours are so calming for my eyes, that it will help to last a little bit longer! Also added European style moldings to my walls! Still in process of decorating and furnishing!

There is no answer to your question: ) " Theme " is by definition, a bad word . It is how we got the hideously ill planned soaring country french Mc Mansion. It is how we got barn doors in homes that were not barns at all. When will everyone begin to yawn at stark white stone homes and black windows? When did we begin to see less of Craftsman style abundance in the burbs?

There is a reason some homes age beautifully over decades and others do not. Why is it of late that nobody seems to want a two story home, eschewing that for a train car ranch, flatter in elevation than mom's pancake?

Build beautifully to suit you, remodel to do same. You will never halt the hands of time, the images and influencers of the internet, all moving at the speed of light.

For me? It's usually NOT new: ) at all.

IMO you are either drawn to cool palettes or warm I will probably always love grays and cooler tones even in jewellery I do silver tones not gold. I like the odd bit of warm colors for accents but not ever beige or greiges just not my thing. As for trends I have never followed trends I do my home for me and how i live and the colors I like regardless of trend and try to do the same for clients. I love MCM ranch style so will always gravitate toward that it has stood the test of time as has many classic styles in both homes and decor/

From a consumer, not professional designer, point of view:

Color trends are geographical. What sells in Manhattan may cause eyes to roll in Malibu (and vice versa). The most expensive new or remodelled homes lead the mass market by a year or even five years. Look at condos in new buildings or remodelled buildings in New York City or Toronto, for example, priced at $5M or $10M on up. On the west coast, look at Seattle, SF Bay Area, and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. Dallas, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta are other locations. Skip anything that is mostly gray since it's decorated in a still popular but downtrending style that's meant for immediate move-in buyers.

There are fancy shelter magazines at bookstores. Your library will carry Architectural Digest. The ads for international brands will show what's trending in upscale markets. Look at some five-year-old issues to see what has changed. Flip through the Target and Ikea (US) websites to see if things you noted in the fancy shelter magazines a couple years ago have turned up there: it doesn't take long for home furnishing trends to spread widely. Note that many styles, colors, and trends in Europe and Asia never become popular in the US.

You can also look at the websites for recent show houses (Kips Bay, etc.) since they tend to use new coordinated color palettes, often way out there by mass market standards, but popular a year or two later.

As mentioned the house should be the right style for the geographical location. Selecting some classic style that doesn't follow a trend is a better investment. You don't want to look at a home and say, "That was built in the 80s". You want a home that is classic whether it's traditional or contemporary.

BTW - I have never designed my own color palette based on trends. I had white walls and furnishings and light, almost white tile back in the 90s. It looked nice and allowed me to have bold art and accessories, but it didn't fit my lifestyle. I changed my palette in early 2000s taupe (my favorite neutral) and color - deep teals and greens and wine reds and purples.

I moved into a home and am still using the same color palette. The taupe is less gray, pinker and more beige because it had to work with the pink brick fireplace and Purple, Red and Green slate floor in the foyer.

I have found that most people have colors that they love and I really believe that should be the guide to picking both colors and neutrals for your home. The neutral should be the backdrop for the colors you love and some will work better than others. If you are not changing flooring that has to be one of the top considerations when picking your wall color.

The purples and reds that I love would never look good hanging on greige walls (gray/green/beige). Greige walls would also look muddy and drab next to the pink brick. My wall color (Benjamin Moore Frosted Toffee) would look terribly pink next to orange toned wood floors.

I can't afford to replace all of my art, furniture and accessories every time the color trend changes, so I pick what works with my favorite colors and have stayed within that neutral color family for more than 2 decades and never tire of my choices.

Even in fashion I might choose one piece in the color of the year but for sure no huge money ever spent on a trend.We have had the same decor for 18 yrs in our MCM ranch and still love it

Design and color trends, like fashion, are devised by the powers that be to sell product. If you change things up every year or three years, people feel compelled to keep up and buy more stuff.

Don't do that. Go with what appeals to you and is timeless, not the latest trend. If you're looking for color advice for interior or exterior paints, I would take a look at the Historical Colors collections of any of the major paint manufacturers. They are labeled Historical because they've been around a long time and will continue to be.

To answer your question, however, I have noticed a return to the Arts & Crafts movement of the late 1800s, early 1900s. Suddenly, William Morris prints and wallpapers are in vogue again, and I couldn't be happier with this rediscovery. My favorite patter is his Strawberry Theif, which comes in several different colorways:

I appeciate all the comments so far. Jennifer - good history there. I never equated things the way you did. To my original query as the discussion has evolved... The last house I did was completed in mid 2018. This is the color pallet I went with. Some other areas had black accented lighting. I recall evolving to this based on things I was seeing on Million Dollar Listing at that time. Realizing it's now 6+ years old it has me wondering....when will everyone want to rip out the dark windows (haha).

Sabrina....good call, I have been noticing some of that around a little more...

Overall really good feedback. For me, I usually go for what I like within a range. I tend to like cool colors, with neutrals as a backdrop. Texture is a big element for me too. In this house, I had matte counters in the back. With this, I feel like I can put things around it, but if I were to do say Green cabinets, or blue in a few years it would seem dated.

Seems it's a " very good problem" for you with that kitchen?

Is that a corner pantry I see? I might have ripped that right out : ) Seems so, doesn't appear to be an entrance of any sort.

Thanks. Yes a corner pantry - but it was intentional in this case. Prior house had one and I found it efficient way to get a lot of storage.vvI have always felt corners of counters are under utilized. In that place no real opportunity for a good spot for a pantry. If I were doing one now, I would design in a walk in pantry if possible, with counters for appliances, and shelves for pantry stuff - but trying to work optimal dimensions. New challenge for me is also exterior - how to turn a 2-story house of siding that's super traditional (front porch etc) into something interesting without breaking the bank.

It sounds like this isn't your first rodeo, so you probably really know what you want to do. :-) I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of a white kitchen and they have been done for centuries, so if this is what you like, no reason not to do it.

I would just caution you, based on your last comment, to not try to turn a house into something it isn't. If it's super traditional you may be able to loosen it up a little bit, but it's probably never going to be contemporary. Why don't you post pictures and get suggestions? Maybe something will strike a chord for you and give you a direction to go in. You don't have to take any of the advice, but others may be able to bring a fresh approach.

Please don't "remuddle" what may very well be a lovely traditional home - to what what was never meant to be.

Nothing literal to do with this area of "design" but bear with me?

Women spent a very long time owning every variety of skinny pants one can imagine. They flattered some , and others... not so much.

Fast forward........

The same women are now TOTALLY INUNDATED with images of young women in pants that would overwhelm their very own grand daddy. A linebacker! Wide, hideously BAGGY or with fall on your ass, up the stair tripping wide flares , dragging on the floor and over shoes. The gals in all these images? Heights of six feet, and weights that would blow away in a slight breeze.

Not one to ignore trend of the moment, I have tweaked the trend to suit me, ( do not ask the online shopping hours/returns for one great find ) I'm one who adores skinny pants and wears them very, very well. I am keeping all of them. There is here, a climate issue of winter snow, salt, slush. .....BOOTS! - rendering pants drooping to the car floor or a parking lot, simply absurd! I know! I did it decades ago!

Which means? You need not ignore mega trends in fashion or a home. You do that which is appropriate to you, to the house. ..........and that is why your question has no definitive answer, beyond do not "remuddle" or jam square pegs in round holes. and that everything that comes around has been around in one way or another: )

I hear you all. And I generally do what I want for what I like, but there are those fine margins of indiference, where something more people like can help with the future. When I have done remodels my first priority has always been the flow, and I have generally been able to improve the flow relative to what the builder did in the non-custom homes I tend to live in. But that is more about the layout.

I will equate it to the BAGGY pants. That's the Grey on Grey on Grey trend. Here today, gone tomorrow. The skinny pants will always have a place, sort of like white in a home. I have grown enough ovher the years to figure out what I like and will base things on that, but in areas that aren't permanent I can see myself being swayed to a trend. I have always liked more modern in general, so the trends have moved that way over the years to me anyway.

When I was originally doing the house with that kitchen, I was actually going to do a light clay color on the walls, with dark(ish) baseboards and Trim, because I liked that look. But after seeing the white on white trend, I also liked the that look. I usually am not in a house forever so I try to find that balance of what I want and what others may also find appealing.

My next house is one that I will probably stay in for a while so I will be more willing to do things my way. To your point - I like more modern, but for the size, functionality and location I have chosen a more traditional home. I won't put modern clean front european cabinets in that house, but I may put something is more clean line than the raised panel cherry cabinets because that's not what I like.

I enjoyed this thread, and can definitely appreciate your question. Clearly I am not in the industry or much of a decorator but I do know what I like.

When doing any project, I totally agree with you that if I'm spending money and changing something, I sure don't want it to look tired or not fresh after 3 years. I'd like more longevity of it appealing so yes to not wanting to be on the back end of a trend.

What I have found is that I sometimes get an idea or inspiration that may be a somewhat newer trend but it takes a while to find it in the marketplace.

I recently renovated our master bath. I decided I wanted a wood stained vanity. It was not easy to find. Of course there were some to see, but I had to search them out. Now, they are really becoming more available.

Also, when I was replacing a couch about 10 years ago give or take, I wanted navy blue ( always navy blue) and that too was just before it became like every othercouch being navy blue.

So now for a diferent room,my 40 years old navy couches have finally seen better days and I am looking for new couches. Navy is all over the place but I'd like to find a deep green. I'm not seeing that (yet?).

I know this was longwinded but I do think bolder colors are going to be coming back to replace the white white beige gray.