Over the last 10-15 years, it seems many have been trying to remove orange-toned wood from our homes.
What with gray and colorless spaces reigning supreme, and white-washed wood tones seeming to be so on-trend and in-style, it seems that orange-toned wood had just too much color, too much richness, and stood out way too much.
For the ever-so-popular greige Belgian look, many have been removing the orange-toned wood from the room.
I am wondering, however…
Is orange-toned wood back on-trend? Or, did it ever leave at all?
The thing about orange-toned wood — when it’s done with quality wood, with richness, and in partnership with cool tones that cause the wood to become the color in the room — is that it’s always beautiful. Really, there’s no denying that.
Do you see how those cool whites and grays enhance the color of that wood?
How the wood is a perfect balance to the cool tones?
How the contrast of warm and cool make this space interesting, accentuates the coolness and quality of the materials and adds warmth to an otherwise cold environment?
Let’s see some more!
The orange toned wood ceiling adds so much warmth to this super contemporary white and gray home in Malibu, seen at the Dwell by Design home tours.
The floors in this coastal home we stayed in one summer in California. It's orange! And it worked!
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This wood wall and bench in a bar in an Austin boutique hotel brings a richness and club-like appeal.
Warm wood paneling in an Austin area boutique hotel bar.
The orange toned wood nightstands paired with cool gray bedding, pictured below, seen in The New American Home tour.
An orange toned wood and raffia chest adds color and warmth to a cool toned bedroom. Carla Aston, Designer
An all white bathroom with Carrara marble gets some color and richness from the orange toned wood in this contemporary bath remodel done several years ago.
Orange toned wood in white and gray marble contemporary bathroom. Carla Aston, Designer
Here is a guest bath in that same home, the owner loved this orange toned color of wood.
Orange toned wood with light gray in a guest bath. carlaaston.com
Here’s an all white bathroom with just a touch of warm wood. That orange tone really adds some color and elevates the look of this space. Oregon Airbnb
This warm toned stain looks great on the rift cut oak cabinetry in our Oregon airbnb where we stayed.
A warm wood tone was a nice contrast to the whites and painted cabinetry elsewhere in this Texas hill country home.
