Sherwin-Williams 2021 Color of the Year Is….

This post is sponsored by Sherwin-Williams®

Every year Sherwin-Williams predicts what will be the hottest color for the upcoming year, and I’ve been lucky enough to help them announce it for the last 6! We’ve seen everything from bright coral, to almost white, to the perfect navy blue.

This year’s color is sure to hit the moody neutral lovers in all the feels. Sherwin-Williams 2021 Color of the Year is Urbane Bronze SW 7048. It’s a dark, warm brown that has moments of gray and green, and it is FIRE! It’s deep and soothing, and just makes any space look calm and inviting.

For our project this year, we took what was going to be a series of small projects, and in true Vintage Revivals style expanded them until they took over our entire lives. Court super loves it when that happens 😂 So here are two fun ways to use the 2021 Color of the Year – one big and one small.

Big: Fluted Statement Wall Treatment

Our first project is a wall treatment that is gaining mega traction in the design space, fluting. Fluting takes a humble half round piece of molding and repeats it until it becomes this insane statement. So insane, that we used literally 5000 pin nails to do this room. Like actually. 5000 nails.

Some of you might remember that my in-laws were building their dream house the same time we were working on phase 1 of the Merc, about 3 years ago. My MIL has great style and when I asked her if we could use her house for this project she enthusiastically agreed.

Her space was super neutral, with Mandi White (my secret formula for the perfect white paint) on the walls and Tricorn Black SW 6258 on the doors. I wanted to update the dining area of the kitchen because nothing about it stood out. With all of the walls in the space being the same color and texture, you just kind of didn’t notice it.

Fluting added texture, and painting the room Urbane Bronze made it the star of the entire house.

I feel like Urbane Bronze is the perfect moody color for those that love a warmer neutral. My go to dark-but-not-black color has always been Iron Ore SW 7069, but I am feeling the winds of change. Urbane Bronze is warm enough that if you are worried about a space feeling too cool or modern sterile vibes, you can throw those out the window. It’s welcoming and statement-making, especially when you use it in a large way.

For this project, we wanted a flawless finish and opted to use our paint sprayer instead of rolling/brushing it. We used Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel in Satin (you can read my post about how life changing this paint formula is here).

One thing that can keep people from using a sprayer is the amount of prep work that can go into it, especially if you are spraying in a space that is already furnished, but believe me when I say, it is worth it. Yes, we may have spent 3+ hours masking everything off but each of the 3 coats only took 5 minutes to spray and they look perfect!! If you haven’t tried spraying paint, it’s worth it!!

You can check out the tutorial for how to flute a wall here!

Small: IKEA Hemnes Dresser Hack

Who in this world doesn’t love a good IKEA hack?! For this project we took a basic 3 drawer Hemnes dresser and updated it with a little bit of trim, new knobs, and paint!

 

My favorite style of cabinets are recessed doors/drawers with a small piece of trim on the outside edge. It’s what we did in the Merc, and I think it just looks so good!

I’ve got an extensive post on how to paint furniture here, this is awesome if you don’t have a sprayer and you’ll get a smooth finish with a roller! For this project though, we sprayed it, and it took no time at all!

If you’re maybe not 100% committed to painting an entire room Urbane Bronze, a dresser is more your speed.

No matter how you choose to do it, adding Urbane Bronze to your home is a MUST. Especially if you favor neutrals, black and white, and natural wood.

Make sure that if you head to your neighborhood Sherwin-Williams store, you use the coupon below! You can also use it when ordering online. And don’t forget you can get paint chips delivered for free!