The Hot New Neutral Has Home Owners Feeling a Little Gray.

 Home Trends 
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine
So that reddish pink Honeysuckle hue may be stealing all of the glory as far as being the “color of the year,” but more home owners also are seeing gray.
Gray has become the hot new neutral, and a popular choice particularly in kitchens for backsplashes, countertops, flooring, and cabinetry, according to a recent article in Newsday by Kristin Taveira, “The Grays of Our Lives: Moody and Mod, It’s a Hot Color in the Kitchen.”
“The white kitchens never go out of style–you see them everywhere– but gray is the new white,” Jennifer Mabley of Mabley Handler Interior Design told Newsday. “Gray gives you dimension and depth, and helps to tie in the natural colors in the stone countertops. Sometimes, when you have a white kitchen and granite, there’s a disconnect. The gray helps tie in a natural color.”
Designers in the article note gray can:

• be easily adaptable and paired with any shade for a pop of color, such as yellow, for more drama, or you can use it to help soften another hue.
• enhance the look of stainless steel and granite.
• create a sense of permanence. It can ground a long space, whereas white may make it appear that it goes on forever.

For more information on area real estate for Daytona Beach homes for sale, ocean front, river front homes, golf course homes and condominiums go to: http://www.beachhomesdaytona.com/