Color, Not Cost: What's Actually on the Walls of the Houses That Sell

Interior designers are moving the American living room past the safety of beige, favoring layered color palettes that still read as warm rather than trend-driven. The shift shows up first in the rooms built for gathering, where a house has to work for a crowd and still feel considered up close. It is a subtle change, but a telling one: color chosen with restraint has become its own mark of a well-appointed home.

With reporting from Veranda.