{"id":330976,"date":"2026-03-15T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/330976\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:42:23","slug":"is-this-the-it-interior-design-color-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/330976\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This the \u201cIt\u201d Interior Design Color of 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Butter yellow,<\/a> tomato red,<\/a> maple suede<\/a>\u2014the past few color trends have been largely food-focused, but if Joanna Gaines<\/a> has any say in things, the \u201cit\u201d hue of 2026 is less inspired by your grocery list and more by blue-sky dreaming. A glimpse at the interior designer\u2019s latest collection for Magnolia<\/a>, her home line, features plenty of wood tones, delicate florals and one color, in particular, front and center: dusty blue.<\/p>\n

Pastels always stage a comeback in spring, sure, but this iteration is almost cerulean. It\u2019s a little faded or chalky-looking, giving it a more grown-up edge than, say, the cotton candy-esque color you might associate with a baby\u2019s nursery. There\u2019s a sense of history to it, befitting of the heritage trend, where every piece in a home tells your story and doesn\u2019t feel fresh-out-of-the-box (even if it is).<\/p>\n

The color tracks with what Pinterest<\/a> is seeing too, as the brand named \u201ccool blue\u201d one of the top five colors of 2026 (alongside jade, plum, wasabi and persimmon). Searches for the specific color had climbed 85 percent year over year, and a shade very similar to the one found in Gaines\u2019s line is up a whopping 215 percent.<\/p>\n

Why? It\u2019s soothing, safe and versatile, appealing to country and coastal aesthetics alike. With warm accessories, it can skew rustic; with sleek metallics and flat-front cabinets, it\u2019s modern, almost futuristic. Most of all, it\u2019s mellow, making it easier to live with than, say, tomato red. (And arguably easier on resell value, given Zillow\u2019s research<\/a> on the matter.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Butter yellow, tomato red, maple suede\u2014the past few color trends have been largely food-focused, but if Joanna Gaines…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-330976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}