Is there anything more suited to 2025 than a seafoam green color scheme? At a time when our happiness and health have seemed more important than ever, it's only right that we'd want to surround ourselves in shades that symbolize nature, growth, and renewal.
This hasn't gone unnoticed by interior designers and decorators who recognize the power of green and have reintroduced it into their kitchen ideas in smart and sophisticated ways. In fact, many trend and color forecasters predict that this color will continue its resurgence in popularity well into 2026. Used in imaginative ways, it is a color that will transcend all fads.
When it comes to decorating with green in 2025, we're noticing a departure from once-popular navy blue toward mid-tones that feel much fresher. Expect to see colors like seafoam, pistachio, and mint in 2025, serving up a bold yet tranquil dose of color.
In actress Anne Hathaway's modern rustic kitchen, the subtle pale green kitchen cabinet color scheme sings rather than shouts. The shade is transformational when used in the kitchen. It’s a versatile color perfect for creating calm in busy rooms or adding tranquillity to quiet spaces. Evocative of warmer climates, seafoam green will create a beautiful backdrop to almost any other neutral shade.
Serene yet uplifting, this muted green acts like a neutral in interior design, permeating spaces with the comforting tones of nature. Busy spaces often benefit from muted and quieter colors and a kitchen, with its modern-day hub-of-the-home status, is just one of these rooms.
Green is entwined with the permanence and beauty of nature and is a timeless choice for quiet luxury kitchens. Decorating with green, especially in its paler variations, is in general a relaxing color. Being the room color that represents nature, it makes us feel good and positive. A fundamental desire for the heart of the home.
Patrick O’Donnell, brand ambassador for Farrow & Ball agrees: ‘Green is a joy to use: the primary color of nature. It is the perfect option to deliver calm and tranquility and therefore has the flexibility to be applied to the busiest rooms in the home to ensure it remains a place of comfort. It symbolizes renewal and growth.'
Patrick O’Donnell is Farrow & Ball's color consultant & brand ambassador and has been with the brand since 2012. Patrick works with designers in the UK and North America, helping to bring their projects alive with the iconic, F&B color palette.
In this modern rustic kitchen, the pale green hue, inspired by the Caribbean sea, is a perennial favorite for classic and timeless décor. One of the cleverest greens in the spectrum, this color-shifting hue shares subtle blue and green tones, making it a sophisticated choice for modern homes, as well as introducing biophilic benefits with its organic origins.
‘We are noticing a change to the use of softer hues, such as sage and seafoam being used all over as a base color, just how neutrals have been used traditionally,’ says Ruth Mottershead, creative director at Little Greene. ‘These are very calming, positive shades with a timeless quality, that are muted but not enough that they fade into the background, so they work beautifully as a foil for similar earthy tones and richer colors such as browns and ochre, which can give a more dynamic effect.’
Our Interiors editor, Hebe Hatton, believes that this kitchen cabinet color trend will endure beyond 2025. 'In addition to its mood-enhancing properties, pale green is loved by interior designers for its versatility, and it is a color that I expect will dominate our homes in 2026, too.'
Classic, calming, and synonymous with nature, pale seafoam green is a hue that keeps the peace.
Ruth Mottershead is the creative director of the family-run paint and wallpaper businesses Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library, which specialize in creating luxurious paint and wallpaper that represent 300 years of decorative history.
Shop the look
The simple Acasia Salad Servers will introduce a modern rustic aesthetic (a popular trend for 2025) to your kitchen and dining table this coming year. Crafted from natural wood, the serving set is already on my 'must shop now' list. Get it before it sells out at its reduced price.
Copper cookware is having a well-deserved moment in the spotlight this year. An abiding presence in the best kitchens, this pan is simply too beautiful to hide away in a cabinet. Made of heavy-gauge copper, the lidded pan offers exceptional thermal transmission, which requires less heat to cook, and preserves the flavors of sautéed vegetables and meats.
Made of stoneware with a matte green glaze, the Rayen Stoneware Pitcher is full of character. The round body is complemented by a large handle and classically shaped spout, adding dimension to your kitchen styling. The gorgeous green color scheme will sit perfectly alongside other paler greens.
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