This Is the Only Spring Color That I Want to Drench My Home In (It’s So Refreshing!)
There are some specific colors (or a pair of complementary colors) that I associate with a feeling, time, or place. For instance, if I see burnt orange I’m transported back to Upstate New York hiking trails in the fall. A flash of bright blue? I’m on summer vacation, swimming in Florida with my family. But when I see seafoam green, I immediately feel like it’s spring.
Seafoam is bright and cheery, with hints of light green (which always makes me think of the fresh outdoors) — no wonder it’s Pisces’ 2025 color. Spring is all about refreshing your energy and surroundings, and that’s exactly how I feel when I look at the color — especially when it’s painted in real people’s homes.
Keep reading if you’re wondering how to incorporate this happy color into your home. I’ve pulled my favorite seafoam green colors in rooms and decor items. With this hue, it can feel like springtime year-round.
Seafoam Green Paint Brightens This Bohemian Fireplace
What makes the fireplace in Dani Nagel and Philip Butler’s California home pop isn’t just the Moroccan, bohemian-inspired tiles and the paint color above. (It’s Dunn-Edwards’ Pistachio Ice Cream, DE5717.) The light blue-ish green adds visual intrigue to an already inviting home feature.
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Color-Drenching a Room Feels So Cozy with Seafoam Green Colors
When Faye and Morgan Hurley were designing their house in Massachusetts, the living room was the easiest and most budget-friendly makeover. It already had gorgeous built-ins, and much of the furniture came from their previous home, so the only thing left to update was the wall color. “I knew I wanted to color-drench the room, and was in love with this green we picked,” Faye explained at the time of the tour. They landed on Clare Paints’ OMGreen but had it color-matched to a Benjamin Moore shade.
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Seafoam Green Adds Drama to a Dining Room
Joel and Sarah Blumer packed a lot of personality into their mid-century modern Pittsburgh home, including the seafoam-painted dining room. “Don’t be afraid of color!” Sarah encouraged at the time of the tour. “Adding box trim and then color drenching a room is one of my favorite high-impact designs.” I can only imagine the joyful conversations that happen in this splendid room. If you want to re-create it, the color is Behr’s Laurel Tree (S 390-5).
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Historic Home Details Are Made Modern with Seafoam Colors
Liza Veenendaal is an interior stylist, graphic designer, and crafter, so it’s no surprise that her eclectic home in The Netherlands is bursting with color. Namely, the dining room is colored with Flexa’s Let’s Thyme hue. Even though the house is from the 1930s, the seafoam color complements the original features, like the stained glass and ceilings in the dining room.
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Bathroom Tiles Are an Unexpected Spot to Use Seafoam Colors
Where is an unexpected spot to display seafoam colors? Bathroom tiles. When I saw Camille Nichelini and Nilsen Humphrey‘s bathroom in their 96-year-old California rental, I was amazed. What makes these tiles even more special — besides their color — is that they’re original to the home.
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Seafoam Colors Don’t Necessarily Have to Be Permanent
It’s OK if you love seafoam colors but don’t want to commit just yet to painting or tiling a space in the hue. If you want to get a taste of how the color will shine in your home, follow what Teju Adisa-Farrar did in her Brooklyn rental apartment. A seafoam-colored, almost-translucent shower curtain in a primarily white bathroom makes the space pop.
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Seafoam Colors Can Dress Up Your Decor
I can imagine that Naomi Wilkinson and Noel Deasington often smile when they glance at the seafoam-colored dish and cactus sculptures in the primary bedroom of their colorful U.K. home. I even smiled when I saw the photo of them! Smaller decor objects are a great way to infuse pops of color (especially seafoam) into your space without committing to a wall color.
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A Pop of Seafoam Goes a Long Way
I can’t think of a better way to start my day than warming up water for my tea in a seafoam-colored kettle. Kate Jansen and her family have that opportunity in their minimal house in Australia. The SMEG kettle proves that a small pop of color goes a long way.
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