“This color ages your home decor and goes out of style”
“There are shades that can give your home an old-fashioned look.”— says Magda Martinez, style director at El Mueble. And he’s right. Often, we believe that it’s the furniture that makes our home look dated. While the furniture we choose can make a big difference to the image of our home, large, forgotten pieces can become walls and their colorwhen in reality they acquire enormous significance.
As the stylist says, colors “in and of themselves (and for little money) can radically change a home, whether it’s the paint, wallpaper or textiles you use.” And there are certainly tone which became very popular many years ago (we can go back to 2020 specifically), and which is now completely excluded within the framework of new trends of 2024 and 2025. We mean chocolate brown.
Goodbye chocolate brown
It is true that for some time we considered it the perfect tone to adapt to the autumn season or when we wanted to add a discreet and charming shade to the environment. However, a style and decoration expert advises us to avoid it. The reason?: “It’s not a bright color, it’s not joyful, and it doesn’t give light.”says Magda Martinez. Although we love this color in other areas, such as fashion, it is not so well suited to interior design. In fact, we feel like our home is being transported back decades, to the times when houses were decorated with Castilian furniture made of durable wood in this shade. But what are the modern alternatives to this color?
3 Modern Alternatives and Shades
It has become clear to us that the chocolate brown color for painting our walls has been discontinued. If the idea of painting or covering them with some color is still floating around in your head, we suggest you three ideal alternatives (and this will be a trend in 2025) to do it right. Some more simple and traditional and others are looking take a risk and soak in color your walls. Do you dare to take a step?
1. White, brightness and timelessness
White will always be our all-time favorite. It’s hard to go wrong with this shade of wall paint. It allows you to play with all your decorations, as well as bring a lot of light into the environment. If you think it is a bit plain and you need more life in your home, try combining it with accessories and other decorative details, you will see how little by little it begins to fill it with warmth. In the eyes of stylists like Magda Martinez, white “is a timeless staple that never goes out of style and goes with everything.”
2. Bordeaux and the revival of red
Burgundy wall color is also a good choice, keeping the ceiling white. This tone A. a feeling of spaciousness in the roomas the dimensions tend to be hidden, creating an effect of endless continuity. It is a risky tone, but if you know how to combine it, the result can be original, stylish and very characteristic.
3. English green is a favorite for kitchens
Finally, English green is another favorite tone of interior designers this year and next. It is a dark tone similar to chocolate brown, but unlike it, it is easy to combine and combines with other tones, both cold, such as gray or blue, and warm, such as gold or terracotta. It also has the perfect place to relax and it is very versatile (ideal for both indoor and outdoor use).