Many interior designers are indeed looking towards neutral colors and "warm" minimalism in 2026, as reported in Apartment Therapy's annual design industry survey, the State of Home Design. But there are a few maximalist design trends that refuse to fade into the background this year - namely, room drenching, and, more specifically, stripe drenching. This pattern drench has design pros leaning into colorful, dizzying stripes from wall to wall.
I live in a neighborhood in Brooklyn that's almost 200 years old and has lots of brownstone buildings, and I have to say - Glidden's paint color of the year for 2026 would look right at home there. Glidden chose a history-inspired COTY for its 150th anniversary, and it's a timeless but dramatic shade called Warm Mahogany. As Ashley McCollum, Glidden's in-house color expert puts it, Warm Mahogany "outlasts the moment and owns the mood."