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Sarah Fishburne is no psychic, but she is seasoned in the art of making predictions. As Home Depot’s director of trend and design, she plays a key role in selecting Behr’s color of the year. And in case you missed it, her selection for 2025, Rumors, a dark red-brown, is pretty spot-on with what we’re seeing in interiors right now.
What’s more impressive is that Fishburne has been with the company for 20 years, so she has a keen sense for what types of renovations everyone’s tackling, where lighting and appliance trends are going, and, of course, all the ways we’ll be applying paint in our spaces. As 2025 approaches, Fishburne is feeling a big shift in our obsession with farmhouse design. “We’re going back to a more classic cottage, prairie [style],” she shares. “We’re going back to that familiarity, that nostalgia.” Ahead, the longtime Home Depot pro shares the 2025 reno trends on her radar, in her own words.
Warmer Colors
People are embracing color now more than ever, and color in general has been getting warmer and warmer. We’re seeing the neutrals go toward beiges, with undertones of browns, and away from cool gray undertones. Even Rumors by Behr has a nutty brown undertone.
Detailed Moldings
We are seeing a shift away from some of the classic farmhouse moldings and a return to wainscoting, chair rails, picture moldings…they’re all coming back. It also makes color somewhat a little bit more intentional, especially now as people are color drenching and doing the ceilings, walls, and trim in the same paint.
Opaque Glass and Alabaster Lighting
Glass is becoming a huge statement. We’ve seen a little bit of a shift away from clear glass, which had been very prevalent in farmhouse design, with those exposed lightbulbs. Now we’re seeing milk glass, opal glass, faceted glass, and even alabaster.
Rectangular Zellige Tile
Zellige has become popular in the last couple of years, and we saw a lot of 4-by-4-inch styles. Now we’re going to see more rectangles come in.
Black Appliances
Soft blacks are coming into appliances. Think: graphite finishes, black stainless steel, titanium. Stainless is always going to be around, but there are customers who want something different. Even in faucets and hardware, we are seeing these gunmetal and charcoal colors.
A Return to Dining Room Renos
It’s all been about the kitchen and living room in the past, but we’re beginning to hear of homeowners returning to their formal dining rooms. They want to disconnect from the busyness of TV and devices and sit down to have dinner. This is a perfect time to go in and reinvent that eating area.
Low-Lift Curb Appeal Updates
A lot of old house numbers are very—for lack of a better term—Times New Roman. Very stuffy. Now people want a very clean house number with an updated finish; maybe black or gold. I think we’ll definitely see people doing that. We’re also seeing people who may have put off fencing, decking, or paver projects coming back in to pick up those projects again.