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STIR is the resource that explores the connection between color and cutting-edge design. It examines the many facets of color to help you bring a fresh perspective to your work. STIR is an e-newsletter for design professionals.
Our Trendsight Team℠ forecasting experts share how they navigate trendiness and timelessness, which colors they’re watching now, and what makes a bold trend moment mature into a coveted classic.
Our Trendsight Team℠ forecasting experts share how they navigate trendiness and timelessness, which colors they’re watching now, and what makes a bold trend moment mature into a coveted classic.
Explore the chocolate box interiors trend through expert insights and projects that embrace rich color, layered materials, and a warmer approach to comfort.
Explore the chocolate box interiors trend through expert insights and projects that embrace rich color, layered materials, and a warmer approach to comfort.
Trendsight Team℠ expert and Color Marketing Manager Ashley Banbury takes us behind the color – and leading designers take us forward – in this closer look at Celery SW 6421 (154-C1).
Emily Kantz – the Trendsight Team℠ Color Strategist behind our Colormix® Trend Forecast – walks us through the making of Rewild, with special first-look reactions from a panel of esteemed designers.
As design moves beyond extremes, midimalism is finding its moment. See how the Trendsight Team℠ and leading designers are using color, texture, and thoughtful editing to create interiors that feel both expressive and grounded.
Seven distinct viewpoints, 48 exceptional colors, and no limits to creativity – see what this panel of visionary designers created using the hues of our 2027 Colormix® Trend Forecast.
Celebrated mosaic artist Allison Eden muses on unconventional color, cultivating creative confidence, and why the least-tinted Sherwin-Williams shade might be the most quietly compelling one of all.
Learn more about the resources and relationships of the Design+ Trade Program that designers are most excited to implement in their design practices.
We sat down with Product Innovation Senior Manager Sarah Kelley to learn more about how our most premium paint delivers elite coverage, durability, and a zero-VOC carbon footprint through its perfectly balanced formulation.
An intimate look at Dabito’s New Orleans home, where historic character, fearless color, and modern practicality collide in a uniquely soulful, design‑driven retreat.
Blending everyday comfort with the curated calm of boutique hotels, these hotelcore bedrooms offer a transportive new model for residential design.
Explore how designers are blending warm modernism, natural materials, and personalized storytelling to create kitchens that feel grounded, human-centered, and rich with character.
Through color-focused cookbooks and a vivid, flavorful creative philosophy, The Taste Curators , Lish Steiling and Abbey Cook, explore the intersection of fashion, food, and interior design.
At House Beautiful’s Whole Home 2025, a team of designers use Sherwin-Williams color to shape spaces rooted in emotion, storytelling, and modern sanctuary. Explore their visions and the hues that bring them to life.
Explore these inspired interpretations of luxury that prove confidence—not volume—is the new measure of modern, expressive, and deeply personal design.
Hear from voices across the industry about the most inspiring moments of design this past year—from trade shows to personal milestones to our favorite unexpected uses of color.
From unexpected discoveries to daring design choices, discover how The Style Guys—designer Aly Velji and his husband Jason Krell—turned a dated bungalow into a soulful stunner of a forever home.
From a sunny California coffee shop to a moody steak-and-sushi concept in New England, these projects show how thoughtful design allows dining environments to tell deeper stories—of place, of culture, and of community.
Discover how the color experts on our Trendsight Team are using Universal Khaki to create spaces and surfaces imbued with timeless functionality, nature-inspired warmth, and lushly layered elegance.
Designers share a glimpse into the future of neutrals through timeless spaces that transcend tradition and inspire new interpretations of this foundational color family.
Hear from seven sought-after designers who share what they’re loving about the latest Colormix® Forecast—and how these color families are coming to life in their own designs.
Explore design projects of all sizes—from a luxe Boston restaurant to a Chicagoland administrative building—that were made possible with coatings available through Full Spectrum Possibilities.
Honor the unparalleled beauty of historic homes with our spotlight on forward-thinking restoration projects.
Brandy Holden, principal designer of Interiors In Design, answers all our questions about the stunning remodel of the Ronald McDonald House at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
The nation’s most successful home builders and new-residential designers provide their expert insight into the top trends to watch in 2025 and beyond.
Find out what happens when a group of 15 art and design students from the Savannah College of Art & Design set out to tell their city’s story using the language of color.
The world is embracing play as an essential part of our wellbeing, and these free-spirited spaces were designed to invite exploration, provide an escape, and spark the imagination.
Step inside these subtly sophisticated interior spaces and hear the designers’ expert points of view on the quiet luxury movement.
Get to know the year’s featured Designers of the Month, the opportunities they’re most excited for in the months ahead, and the Sherwin-Williams colors they’d choose to define 2024.
These unconventional interior projects blend equal parts surprise and delight and celebrate the beauty of designing a little differently.
We asked Katie Decker-Erickson, principal designer and founder of Color Works Design, to share her passion and perspective on current and continuing trends in multi-family design.
Read the story behind our selection of nine pivotal hues for our Color Capsule of the Year—and how our experts see them coming to life in residential spaces, commercial environments, materials, finishes, and more.
Get inspired by a roundup of interior design projects featuring an array of bright, pure whites.
For this year’s Colormix® Forecast, we look below the surface to connect four key trend stories to the design strategies and colors that will help us tell them.
These design projects from around the world demonstrate how our industry expertise and complete portfolio of innovative products, Full Spectrum Possibilities, can ensure success, safety, and customer satisfaction.
Indulge in a collection of candy-colored designs featuring uplifting pastels and fresh styling to inspire spaces filled with sweet-as-springtime serenity.
The co-owner and lead designer of Shine Interior Design Studio walks us through every careful, compassionate detail of a health-focused home she designed for a client with a challenging medical condition.
We collaborated with design icon Dapper Dan to celebrate uniqueness, revel in risk-taking designs, and rediscover the beauty of color through the lens of our least-tinted hue.
Social media–inspired microtrends or “aesthetics” like librarycore are influencing interiors and telling a larger story about how some passing trends might have a more permanent impact.
Get inspired by this roundup of residential interior design projects featuring beautifully painted trim, cabinetry, millwork, and doors.
Explore the current trends defining 2024’s most beautiful bathroom designs, like nature-inspired harmony, bold patterns with painted wainscoting, and innovative products.
Hear about how Sherwin-Williams Account Executives can provide support with color resources, specification assistance, and so much more.
Hear from commercial designers specializing in healthcare design about their recent projects, the latest trends, and how to inspire healing, calm, and positivity in spaces where they’re needed most.
We asked the owner of Aimee Walker Interiors about one special client whose inspiring story and strength influenced the bold palette and thoughtful details of a not-so-typical home build.
Join interior design experts as we venture through the soothing and invigorating realms of the decade’s most defining color families—blues and greens.
Learn more about the Designers of the Month we’ve featured this year, their passions and partnerships, and what they’re looking forward to in the year ahead.
Explore how designing with all the senses in mind can encompass the full complexity of human perception and create one-of-a-kind sensory experiences.
We asked two designers to share their insights on slow design, sustainable sourcing, and the secrets and strategies of truly future-proof designs.
Shared coworking spaces are more essential than ever. Discover how design can create a sense of community and an environment that fosters creativity and productivity.
We’re spotlighting spaces that bring joy—throughout the creative process, with each completed project, and in the personal relationships designers make along the way.
Join us for an exclusive conversation with Director of Color Marketing Sue Wadden about the story and symbolism behind our Color of the Year for 2024.
Learn from Sherwin-Williams color and design experts about creating cohesion and color harmony in your designs, especially when featuring our 2024 Color of the Year, Upward.
Through a closer look at the recent evolutionary shifts in color trends, delve deeper into the four key color groups and 48 stunning hues of Colormix® Anthology: Volume One.
Explore these curated hues and their growing importance when designing for commercial, hospitality, education, healthcare, multi-family, new residential and beyond.
Lee Crowder, National Director of Design and Model Experience at the leading home builder Taylor Morrison, shares her expert perspective—and predictions—on modern new residential exteriors.
When it comes to design success, strong partners are key. We chatted with designers and Account Executives to see just how big of a difference the right relationships can make.
From wood to walls, floors to fireproofing, see some of our quality coatings in action with this roundup of recent projects.
Read how our finest paint formula, Emerald® Designer Edition™, brings to life the most beautiful qualities of this eternal favorite color choice.
Go deeper into understanding paint sheen and how the right choice can have a significant impact on the look, the feel, and the function of a space.
Learn more about the collaboration behind our exclusive, limited-edition Christian Siriano x Sherwin-Williams® Color Collection.
We’re exploring some of the most meaningful developments in adaptive, inclusive design—and how we can all benefit when we design with empathy.
We’re serving up a selection of delectable kitchen trends to inspire your projects in 2023.
Step inside some of the dreamiest designer dressing rooms we could find—and learn why high-end hospitality design is coming home.
Kellie Sirna of Studio 11 Design gives us her expert take on modern hospitality design, celebrating the spirit of a place, and creating space for memory-making.
Our Colors of the Month are carefully chosen from among the top trending hues of the year. Take a look back over a few of our favorites from 2022 in the form of satisfyingly styled moodboards.
We asked you to send us your most jaw-dropping before-and-after space makeovers, and we're sharing all the astonishing remodels and reimaginings to inspire you into the new year.
Get inspired by our readers’ projects featuring designs destined to cure a common case of chromophobia.
The brilliant minds at Barbour Spangle Design in High Point, NC, have masterfully revitalized a historic-yet-homey hub in The Commons at Congdon Yards.
As trends shift from cool to warm, we embrace the magical ways that rich and earthy colors are transforming our spaces—and our states of mind.
Read all about the stories, movements, and influences that inspired Terra, our 2023 Colormix Forecast.
Hear from our experts in performance coatings and commercial design how Redend Point will play out in beautiful inventive applications.
Join us for an exclusive Q&A with Emily Kantz, our lead designer for the Commercial Colormix Forecast, on trends in the commercial design world.
Our Color Forecast Team gives us the inside scoop on the color trendspotting (and trendsetting!) process.
We’re spotlighting clever and contemporary kids’ spaces, plus a chat with the design geniuses who put the “fun” in functional at grOH! Playrooms.
Take a walk with us through the current trends—and the colors of the Commercial Colormix® New Residential palette—defining the next era of exterior design.
A flawless finish and the sophisticated colors you’ve asked for—there’s so much to love about our made-for-you designer paint and color collection.
Known for her bold use of prints, patterns and colors, artist and designer Bari J. Ackerman gives us her take on how to make maximalism manageable.
Some colors speak more loudly to us than others—see what design and color experts consider to be their “signature” shades.
The world of interior design is embracing the styles and shades of the past to create spaces that are comforting, familiar, and fresh.
Explore the new frontiers of mixed reality, advanced tech, digital renderings, and designing remotely in a fully phygital world.
From blissful, barely-there tints to dramatic, dark-as-night deeps, we’re showcasing a beautiful spectrum of hues that soothe.
Explore the many ways that workspitality design invites the WFH world back into the office.
Modern kitchens are the ideal place to add a little design flavor and a pinch of positivity.
Learn more about six companies that are transforming waste materials into beautiful and inventive products to serve modern spaces.
From home gyms to spa-inspired spaces to zen zones—take a closer look at the trends that give new meaning to the phrase “well designed.”
Get the latest inspiration on color and cutting-edge design.
