Choosing a paint color for your home can be so confusing, and picking a paint color from all of those paint chips you’ve collected can seem daunting! Today I’m sharing the latest color trend news that will help with your next paint project and room design! Sherwin Williams Oceanside – the new color of the year 2018 is breathtaking and I’m so in LOVE with it!
Sherwin Williams Oceanside: Color Of The Year 2018
It’s a rich sea blue color with green undertones called Oceanside SW 6496 – isn’t it stunning?
This color will look gorgeous in the bedroom, dining room, living room, home office or used on a front door exterior and interior doors! Try it in a nursery or kids room too!
It’s a peaceful, sophisticated, inviting neutral that is the perfect jumping off point to create a color scheme for your home. It evokes a tranquil watery oasis and also strength in it’s depth of color.
Paint the walls Oceanside and use this color to design a room using patterns that incorporate this blue green color in pillows, area rugs, draperies and ottomans. Perhaps paint some thrifted wooden chairs, desk or a dresser in Oceanside!
This beautiful, rich blue is a big departure from Sherwin-Williams Color of the Year 2018 Poised Taupe!
Oceanside evokes “a wanderlust in an opulent and mysterious shade that serves as counterpart to a range of hues, from neon pink to desert taupe” said Sue Wadden, Sherwin Williams director of colour marketing.
She says people today have a growing sense of adventure “and it is making its way into even the coziest corners of our homes.”
She said there’s a craving for “things that remind us of bright folklore, like mermaids and expeditions across continents.”
Here are some painting ideas using this colour:
Living Room – oceanside adds a relaxing layer of color to neutral furnishings and black and white photography wall art.
The pillows, area rug and lamp echo the color.
Architectural Digest
A bedroom: Oceanside is a gorgeous color to pair with dark wood furniture and creates a sophisticated bedroom oasis.
Home office: Such a stunning environment that inspires creativity and energy in the work zone! I love it paired with green on the back of the bookshelf and yellow in the area rug.
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Oceanside pops against white trim and balances the heaviness of dark stained wood tones.
In a Dining Room: This color creates a cozy feel in a dining room!
What do you think of Sherwin Williams Oceanside: Color of the Year 2018? I’d love to hear!
See all of the paint colors in my home including my go-to gray and my front door color here.
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Heather Luckhurst is the publisher and owner of the Design and Lifestyle website 
Tonya says
October 17, 2017 at 9:31 amWow I love oceanside !! Trying to figure out where I can use it, maybe in the 4 th bedroom AKA, office . Being a beach fan this is just up my alley . While I do love the soft creamy grays and pale blues, who doesn’t love a pop of fun every now and then !!!
heather says
October 17, 2017 at 12:57 pmSo glad to hear you love this color too Tonya!! I’m a huge beach fan too and this color fits right into the coastal, watery look of the ocean and beach! Thanks for your lovely comment and for visiting! xo Heather
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Valerie A Jefferson says
November 4, 2017 at 3:23 pmBy chance do you know the ‘color’/type of wood on the chamber-style door? I am having trouble deciding on a paint color for my living room, but this Oceanside may be a great accent wall and I know it’s the color combination of the wood and white that is selling me on the scheme. Thanks for this post, I feel a step closer.
heather says
November 9, 2017 at 9:08 amNo I don’t know the type of wood! Oceanside is a gorgeous color isn’t it??
Justin Duffell says
June 11, 2018 at 6:02 pmDo you have a suggestion on a complimentary darker gray to pair with Oceanside?
heather says
June 11, 2018 at 7:29 pmHi Justin – it depends on where you are putting the color and what else is in the room….I do offer one question design consults via email if you are interested.You send pictures of the space and then I can recommend a gray to go with Oceanside.