Color of the Year (Perspectives on Real Estate and More From a Home Staging Pro)

I love this color. My previous laundry room was painted a similar shade. I needed something to brighten the room because it didn't have a window! Loved it every time I walked in and turned on the light :)

Reading your post is like sampling your wares...I like it and thank you for sharing....kathy

Kathy, I was already aware of the color of the year - and I just love it!  Maybe it has something to do with living in Miami; it's very popular.

Kathy- congrats on the feature!  I love incorporating color into a home with accessories.  And, if you're a homeowner, it's a quick and inexpensive way to change your look.  You're so right-staging a home doesn't mean it has to look as if it came out of a cookie press.  

Kathy, I was recently surprised when a home stager came through one of my listings and used the word "vanilla". The seller had the home painted upon my recommendation. The kitchen was originally candy apple red and the dining room royal blue. As a matter of fact, several rooms in the house were an awful blue and needed painting.

I tried to get the seller to go with something a little trendy but still neutral. They were pretty adamant about using a color they could live with. After a poor color selection on their part (the walls looked pink).They asked that I select the color. I chose Almond Cream. The house looks fabulous. We used color in the accessories but stayed away from bright or trendy colors to appease the seller. We used her favorite color blue.

I was a little surprised by the stagers comments and probably even took it a little personally as I did much of the staging myself (the seller didn't have the funds). But the home shows well which is saying a lot given where we started. I wish I had taken some before photos so the stager could have seen the challenges I was up against.

Although, I love trendy colors, I think we have to be careful when staging. Not all buyers are into trendy colors. Above is a perfect example of a color I think most buyers would shy away from.

The further we get into the year the more the color is growing on me.  Not a big orange person.   I don't think our market is orange country either but with spring and summer  bright colors are less intimidating.  I will be looking for it.

Not sure how the color of the year is actually determined, but I'm disappointed in Tangerine Tango, as I was also disappointed with Honeysuckle from last year. If you look at the color chart of all of the colors of the year for the last 10 years, they all have a common theme, which leads me to believe that there is a small group of people with a narrow criterian deciding what color we should paint our walls.

Hi Kathy, this color fits into the bold category. I can see it in accesories or in a focal wall, but otherwise too bright for me. Great post in letting us know what is trending.

I think that most people are afraid of too much color, thinking that going the neutral route is the only route to go.  Some carefully placed color or wallpaper can really make a space much more dramatic and subsequently will show better as a result.

It is a very pretty color, maybe an accent or trim and maybe . . . when I go to get my nails polished I'll look for this new color.  I think it would make a very pretty nail polish ;-)

Hi Kathy,  I like bold colors but this one could over power most rooms.

I happen to have a client with a color in a house that is VERY similar to this... she does "energy work" and tells me that "all the colors chosen for her house were decided by the rooms themselves." It took all I could do to not react to that statement....

This color is a bit much for me, too. Colors with orange tones rub me the wrong way for some reason. I'm such a blue or brown person. I would love to have the nerve to use something more bold, but whenever I have, I came to regret it.

Kathy, it's no surprise to me that Tangerine is the color of the year. Everywhere I look I see Tangerins handbags and I think they are great! A color best used sparingly, I think it's fun and hip and glad to see a jewel color in vogue!

Sharon

I love this color! You can see how the "color of the year" really influences the items sold in stores during the season. I have seen more of this color this year than ever before. 

Thanks for the great post.

Tangerine Tango reminds me of the salmon that was so popular about (ahem) 20 years ago.  Great for accessories, not for walls.  Thanks for sharing the color of the year.