Marsala in Real Life Rooms: Pantone’s Color of the Year at Home

Nancy Mitchell
Nancy Mitchell
As a former Senior Writer at Apartment Therapy, Nancy split her time among looking at beautiful pictures, writing about design, and photographing stylish apartments in and around NYC.
updated Jul 22, 2020
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Dog lying on a bed with a light blue ruffled blanket in a room with red walls, a wall shelf, and a framed poster.
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(Image credit: Kristy Ahumada of Volatile Photography)

Pantone’s color of the year for 2015 is Marsala — a winey reddish-brown that brings a rich warmth to interiors, and, as these pictures from our house tours prove, can be surprisingly versatile.

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(Image credit: Beth Lundell Garver)
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Kristy’s Lovely Bedroom + Workspace

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(Image credit: Adrienne Breaux)

Perry & Lestat’s Colorful Romanian Home

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(Image credit: Darren Bradley)

Elise & Darren’s Modernist Sensibility

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(Image credit: Beth Bates)

Mallory & Liz’s Santa Monica Prop House

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(Image credit: Lindsey Kay Averill)

Cyndi’s Fearless Family Home

What do you think? Do you dig Marsala?

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