Apparently, in home trends, the color is now GRAY

It’s been that way for a while here at least. We painted our office steel grey about a year ago and my DD has just had her hall, stairs and landings re-painted soft grey.
M grey carpet I could see but not sure about painted boards.

Gray has been big here for nearly 10 years and is now phasing out. We are seeing more white, shades of green and still the classic blues. For resale, I'm not sure I would bother to follow the gray trend that closely.

Ha. We are getting ready to close on a house that we're selling, that we had to completely remodel because of water damage. DH turned the contractor loose with the decor, thinking he'd know what is selling. The place is gray. All gray (with white counters and light gray/white walls and black fixtures).

We had a full price offer within 3 days, so I guess he was onto something.

It's not my style personally, but it does seem to be what sells.

Oh the grey floors... I admit they did look pretty, but now I see them as so trendy and will be expensive to replace as the trend is starting to die down.

I do like the lighter wood floors that keep the wood tone, but have just a hint of a bleached tone. Not really grey or white, but just a wash of that tone. Plus those are so much easier to keep looking good, as compared to a deep rich tone.

I don't like seeing a lot of differing wood tones. I was looking at kitchen flooring a few years ago (before grey was all that!) and realized I needed to not look at anything wood. I have original wood floors throughout my house, except for the kitchen. They do have a bit of an orange tone, but more of the old red oak tone. My kitchen cabinets are new oak, but I custom matched the stain to match the oak doors in my house (all floors and doors/trim) is 90+ years old. I still love my floors and cabinets. It stands the test of time. I made sure my cabinets were made in the style of the house. No rounded lines in them anywhere.

Gray has been a thing for several years and I hate it!

i've seen a bunch of designers say that grey is going out. the new color is back to natural, neutral beige and light brown. no more grey floors or walls because it was depressing people. no more crazy veined counter tops either. just classic elements.

Gray is so far out. It’s still showing up in lower end new construction because all those gray materials and finishes are cheap now. Warmer tones are trending, and are a much more classic, timeless choice.

ETA it kills me to browse real estate listings and see the homes that people have “updated” by painting everything gray. Without ever stopping to consider how a cool gray clashes so painfully with outdated honey oak 😝😝😝

This is my mother's apartment in a nutshell. And all her accessories, everything is gray. I mean, who has gray Fiestaware? She loves it! I think if I had to live there I would be the most depressed person there ever was. My house is all sorts of colors. I love it. Feels happy. All my main rooms coordinate, but there's color.

The good news is that I have enough vision, if I was searching for a house, I think I'd be able to look beyond it and figure out how to inject my own personality. But, but...that gray flooring you're talking about would be a huge no for me. I'm not sure I'd buy a house with that kind of flooring only to have to rip it out.

My house is 50 shades of gray AND I LOVE IT

I mean really love it.

I get accent colors in rugs, pillows, etc so there is still color BUT DID I MENTION I LOVE GRAY

And I will be sad when I have to choose a whole new color scheme to update the house one day.

It might be regional, but I found that the two main colors that were prevalent when we were looking were either grey everything or cream/natural colors. My agent said younger people tend to gravitate more to the grey and older homeowners picked the creams and natural wood colors. When I see grey, I see grey skies. I have a hard time with that color. It depresses me. I can totally appreciate a well put together room in many colors, but if I couldn't paint something to get rid of the grey, I wouldn't buy it.

I have noticed on some of the HGTV shows that designers are talking about getting way from the grey.

THIS! If you go to the big box home stores, you will find tons of grey on sale everywhere in flooring, tiles, cabinets, etc. I am still seeing all grey in new construction around us in the Midwest, but I have been told that it is more because it is a way of keeping budgets down in an environment of spiraling construction costs than a designer choice. Higher end custom homes are going with warmer woods on the floors and colors (especially blues and greens) if the cabinets are painted.

I love gray, but don’t have it in my house. We have a more warm color scheme.

I like a lot of the gray schemes I see out there and would absolutely consider a gray-based room or two. What I don’t care for are the influencer-types whose entire houses are done in monochrome gray. Even the children’s rooms. The decorations are carefully planned to be these perfect pops of color. Even the toys look like they were chosen because they fit the scheme. It’s interesting to look at from a magazine/visual perspective but I can’t live real life like that. My home is uncluttered and clean but not 100% color-unified or perfect. It’s lived-in.