Creative Ways to Add Coral to Any Room
Pantone's Color of the Year 2019 is finally here and it's meant to embrace warmth and provide comfort with its orange and pink hues. Called Living Coral, the color brings life to any room. House Beautiful spoke to eight designers who are excited about the new COY, and have a history of adding it to interiors when they're looking to bring joy to any space. These 10 photos might make you run out to the store to add Living Coral to your own home immediately.
1) Margaret Naeve, M Naeve
"I'm a big fan of Living Coral, since it can look so good with any wood tone on furniture and I especially like it mixed in with off white neutrals, eucalyptus colored greens, and brass or white marble materials which still seem to hold their own through time. It would be the star in the room since it's so bold. I would love to cover a sofa in a luxe coral velvet, but then pair it down with a very natural colored rug and accessories."
2) Gary McBournie, Gary McBournie Inc.
"We love it. It adds instant warmth and visual attraction. Clients frequently comment on our use of this color telling us that it enhances all skin tones. Simply put, it makes us feel good!"
3) Eddie Ross, Maximalist Studios
"In the entry of a master bedroom I did at the Hamptons Show House, I painted the walls a kicky coral. It’s a chic saturation of a 1980s Peach Melba!"
4) Tom Stringer, Tom Stringer Design Partners
"We love Living Coral and it shows up in a lot of our work. We generally use it as an accent, and find it works beautifully to create a spark of interest in monochromatic interiors as well as serving an important complimentary color to both blues and greens in multi-hued environments."
5) Tom Stringer, Tom Stringer Design Partners
6) Janie Molster, Janie Molster Designs
"Go-to blues are often the fail safe choice when working on boys rooms. We stepped out of the box here pairing graphic black and white curtains against a warm coral on the walls. Mixed with black and white the coral feels stronger, more masculine, and decidedly appropriate for a teenage boy."
7) Elizabeth Pyne, McMillen Inc.
“Coral is a great color for a dining room because it has a lot of pink in it, so it is automatically a flattering color for your guests.”
8) Jessica McCarthy, Decorist
"Coral was a theme in our nursery design for Leandra Medine, founder of ManRepeller.com. Leandra didn't want her twin girls' room to be too pink, and coral was a happy medium that felt feminine and fashion-forward but not too saccharine sweet. We used vivid coral crib sheets and some lighter shades of coral in pillows, and it all came together beautifully."
9) Jessica McCarthy, Decorist
10) Jean Liu, Jean Liu Designs
“This was a redesign of daughter’s bedroom. The client wanted to keep the twin beds but update the bedroom even though her daughters were grown and had moved out of the house. We explored several color schemes but kept coming back to the coral (and brown)-we found the color fresh, soothing, and agreeable with everything else we wanted to incorporate into the room.”
Proof that Living Coral is incredibly dreamy.