How to Choose a Winter Color Palette

It’s time to decorate our house for the new year and choose a winter color palette. I love selecting a color palette each season, and I hope you will join me in doing it, too!

Each year, as I sort and pack away the Christmas decorations, the house always feels a little stark, stripped down, and peaceful. I love this time of year and the opportunity that a fresh new winter color palette brings.

Winter Color Palette

A new winter color palette sets the tone for your entire home. Most of the furniture in our home is very neutral in color, which allows me to make simple and inexpensive seasonal changes with accessories. This is where the winter color palette comes in.

After the glitz and glam of the Christmas and New Year holidays, my winter color palette is all about feeling calm and quiet. We are not making a substantial investment by changing the color palette for winter, just creating a subtle shift.

My winter color palette choices for 2024, 2023, and 2022 are below. I used sage green the past two years; it was icy blue the year before. So, those two options are not my choices for this year.

Although I would have loved to choose sage green again, it’s time to think outside the box, right?

So, how should I choose a new color palette? Let me share how you can select a new palette for your home.

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Choosing a Sage Green Color Palette for Last Year

Sharing how I chose sage green as my winter palette last year might be fun and helpful.

Choosing a color palette starts with the plan. Pick two colors that speak to you and colors that achieve the feel you want in your home. Last year, I knew I wanted to choose two warm and soothing colors.

You need to choose what works for you. Only do what someone else is doing if you love it!

So, how do you pick a color palette that works best for you?

First, you must consider what kind of look and feel you want in your home. Do you want a cozy feel? Do you want a more modern feel? Or do you want to brighten your home to combat the less-than-welcoming weather outside?

I wanted to create a relaxed feeling in my home with a clean color palette that didn’t involve many different things. I also didn’t want to go out and buy many new things (and I am sure you don’t want to either).

Shop Your Own Home First

So, the first step is to look at what you already own, develop a few colors to feature in your home, and achieve the look and feel you want.

I immediately opened my Pillow Cover Drawer (which was used to store DVDs and VCR tapes) and this is what I found. (Of course, I hadn’t put the holiday pillow covers away, so about 10 were missing from the drawer.)

I have written about the benefit of a neutral color palette and How a White Palette Makes it Easier to Add Color to Your Home. Having neutral furniture and decor makes it easy to change the color palette. Why?

Because you can completely change the feel of a room with pillows, decor items, and art, the big expensive items don’t need to change. Why? Because they are neutral (such as off-white) and match everything!

I might get laughed off social media when I admit that pillow covers influenced my winter color palette. But I loved the taupe and sage green colors when I looked at the drawer.

Next, I went into the craft room to see what colors of fabrics I had on hand for a few DIYs.

It is kind of interesting to see what I found.

There are quite a few sage and taupe fabrics in here which means so far I don’t need to buy any new pillows or fabrics if I go with sage and taupe.

Finally, I walked through our home and tried to find items that made me happy, which already had the two colors I was leaning toward. Here is what I found.

A Sage and Taupe Winter Color Palette

Since I found a lot of great combos of sage and taupe already in our home I knew I had made the right choice. Thus, the colors I selected for last year were taupe and sage green.

Before decorating, I like to roam throughout our home and pull items that work with my new color palette. This is what I collected from the living and family rooms.

It looks like I was off to a good start!

I knew these colors would create a soothing and calm feel, which would be very welcoming after the wonderful chaos of Christmas colors, lights, and celebration.

And that’s it. See how easy that was!

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My Winter Color Palette for 2025

Now that I finally have my holiday decor packed away, it is time to choose colors for this year!

I am so excited that I finally chose my palette and will share it with you on Saturday!

It’s a new one, and I think you will be surprised!

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