Beige seems to be making a comeback if you will. It wasn’t so long ago that every design neutral was grey, cool grey or warm grey. Now though, the ubiquitous grey tones have been replaced with earthy sandy colors harkening back to a simple earthy vibe. Maybe its because we are all spending so much time at home these days and for the foreseeable future. Yearning for the simplicity of nature and to create a calming respite from the chaos that exists outside our front door.
I see it with myself, paring down every table scape and shelfie to a calm, warm neutral palette. Pulling back loud patterns and rich colors. I am gravitating to whites, beiges, browns, terracotta, rose, clay colors. And I find myself wondering why. There is a purity in these colors, a feeling of going back to the basics and to the foundation of color and texture. I want my eye to rest when I am home and I am finding my clients often feel the same. Right now we are in such a state to overstimulation I am craving a palette of calm and I think we find it in the colors and textures that lead us back to the earth, back to basics.
