COLOURS OF THE YEAR

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BREEZEWAY MQ3-21, Behr

EVERGREEN FOG SW 9130, Sherwin-Williams

OCTOBER MIST CC-550, Benjamin Moore

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here is no easier way to update your home than with a fresh coat of paint. In the design world, the new year means new colours from the paint companies –colours that capture the mood of the moment and, in turn, help create mood and atmosphere in our homes. For 2022, the direction is clear. We ’ re head over heels for soft shades of green, as well as warm colours that feel like a welcoming embrace. Which will bring a fresh new look to your rooms in 2022?

AWORLD OF GREEN

It’s easy being green, at least it is in 2022, because at all the paint companies, shades of green dominate. We closely associate green with nature, so it’s considered calming and tranquil, and able to give us a feeling of hopeful renewal – just what we need.

Glass LANTERN, 6½" high, $25, Bouclair, bouclair.com. Eloise SOFA, $1,299, Structube, structube.com. Whitley Williams’ Botanical II POSTER, $98 (frame not included), Minted, minted.com. Svelti CHAIR, $238, set of 2, Article, article.com. Bettie velvet CUSHION, $64, CB2, cb2.ca. Valora Glacier Glass VASE, 15" high, $49, Urban Barn, urbanbarn.com.

BREEZEWAY MQ3-21, Behr OCTOBER MIST CC-550, Benjamin Moore

OLIVE SPRIG DLX1125-4, Dulux COOL CURRENT 6199-42, Sico

EVERGREEN FOG SW 9130, Sherwin-Williams SANCTUARY DR112-3, BeautiTone

Grey has been a standby neutral for years now, but the new shade, exemplified by Sico’s Phenomenal Grey, is a warm, rich mix of grey and brown that, in a room, creates a calm, confident, refined air. A wonderful backdrop to light coloured objects.

Contour TABLE LAMP in Graphite and White Oak, $575, EQ3, eq3.com. Oliver’s Hartselle LOVESEAT, $1,549, Wayfair, wayfair.ca. Hotoco VASE, 10" h., $25, Amazon, amazon.ca. WARM HUGS D43-0-1598, BeautiTone HAPPY HUE

THE NEW GREY

Beauti-Tone’s Warm Hugs is exactly that – a reddish pink warmed by a touch of orange that feels like a comforting embrace. On walls, it’s cheerful, rich and enveloping.

Umage’s Clava Dine PENDANT, $369, Nüspace, nuspace.ca. Bayer CUSHION, $130 (sugg. retail), Renwil, renwil.com. Anco COUNTER CHAIR, $179, Article, article.com.

PHENOMENAL GREY 6212-83, Sico

Noira PAINTING, $199, Mobilia, mobilia.com. Hayden CHAIR, $89, Structube, structube.com. Portrait RUG, 2Ð' x 8' , $379, CB2, cb2.ca. PALE MOON OC-108, Benjamin Moore

SOFT TOUCH

Burnished Copper from Dulux captures our current love affair with earth tones, especially the beauty of unglazed terracotta earthenware. Imagine this shade in a dining room, creating a cocoon of coziness. Bright but not too bright, energetic but not over the top, Benjamin Moore’s Pale Moon is a lovely and luminous yellow.

BURNISHED COPPER DLX1063-7, Dulux Taaj SIDE TABLE, $149, EQ3, eq3.com. Fabrikör CABINET, $299, IKEA, ikea.ca. Glass TABLEWARE, from $10 each, Zara Home, zarahome.com.