“We are gravitating toward flatter satin and lime wash finishes, which are feeling clean, fresh, and bright throughout the home,” says Feldman. “Adding that extra layer of texture on the finish can create such a wonderful feeling that envelops a space,” she adds. When selecting paints, consider some historic alternatives to traditional paints, such as lime wash or milk paint.
These 7 Paint Trends Will Be Everywhere This Summer, According to Design Pros
Katie Holdefehr is the associate editorial director at Real Simple.
Published on May 23, 2022
While some home decor trends last for years (yes, we’re talking about you, modern farmhouse style), paint trends tend to change more quickly, since painting is one of the fastest and most affordable ways to revamp a room. Of course, you don’t need to change your paint with the seasons, but if your home could use a refresh, why not go with one of these on-trend colors? We asked design pros to peer into their crystal balls and predict the top paint trends of summer 2022. From baby blues to hand-painted wall murals, here are all the paint trends the experts see in our future.
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Cool Blues
“I feel like cool blues are going to be really big this summer—like aquas and baby blue. They’re fun, bright, and summery,” says Jessica Davis, the interior designer behind Atelier Davis. Think beyond the walls, Davis suggests, and consider painting cabinets, furniture, and other decor details.
Interior designer Lisa Gilmore also predicts that summer 2022 will be all about “off-the-beaten-path blues,” as we get more creative than the classic combo of blue and white. “Using a blue that pulls a purple base is refreshing, exciting, and unexpected. To me, Benjamin Moore’s Watertown 818 does just that!”
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Painted Floors
If you follow any design blogs or magazines, you’ve probably seen some stylish homes with painted floors in recent months. Davis predicts that this trend will continue. “I think painted floors are going to continue to be big, but I especially see checkerboards and stripes really enjoying a renaissance,” she says. Remember: Painter’s tape is your best friend if you’re DIY-ing a patterned floor.
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Our top summer house colour schemes with real customer photos
Choosing the right colour to paint your much loved summer house can be problematic. The last thing you want to do is pay out a small fortune on paint, spend half a day studiously decorating, and then discover your choice of colours doesn’t work. The wrong shade of green could make your summer house disappear into the surrounding plants. Pick a bright colour to help it stand out, get the wrong shade, and you could end up with an eyesore.
To help you pick the best summer house paint colours we’ve selected photos showing real customer summer houses in a range of different colours.
Why paint your summer house?
There’s a practical element to painting a summer house or any other timber garden building: it gives protection from the weather, insects, mould and fungus. Even if you opt for a dip treated summer house, we recommend that all our timber buildings are finished with paint or varnish as soon as they are constructed.
But practicality is just the start of it. You can use the colour scheme of your summer house, shed or garden room to say something about yourself, complement certain aspects of your garden, help the building blend into the background or make it a focal point of your garden design.
Choosing a summer house paint colours
A dash of paint can be the difference between a traditional English-style summer house and a contemporary garden office. It can conjure up the beach, a Nordic forest, the Scottish Highlands, some urban cool, or leave the eye free to focus on the plants around it.
And for those who already own a summer house, a paint job is a relatively hassle-free way to transform or revive an ageing garden building.
Obviously, that’s empowering; it’s also a bit daunting. Given the power of colour to transform, where on earth do you start?
