Released in December 2023, Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024 13-1023 Peach Fuzz “captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others,” say the color experts at the renowned Pantone Color Institute.
“It’s a velvety, gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul,” says Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone Color Institute’s Executive Director. “In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance. A shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful with the timeless.”
Both subtle and sensual, this soft peach hue communicates a feeling of kindness and nurturing—a warm message of community, collaboration, sharing, and caring. So, how do we introduce this inviting color into our lake homes? Here are some inspiring ideas that will guide you in creating a warm and fuzzy sanctuary all your own—whether you want to make a WOW statement or introduce soft touches throughout your rooms.
Palette Play
“With this year’s Pantone Color of the Year 2024, we see an increased focus on community and people across the world reframing how they want to live and evaluating what is important—that being the comfort of being close to those we love,” says Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute. “The color is one whose warm and welcoming embrace conveys a message of compassion and whose cozy sensibility brings people together and enriches the soul.”
Comforting and approachable, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz harmonizes beautifully with a wide range of color tones. Mix it with barely-there beiges and whisper-soft peachy pinks to evoke a warm and inviting ambiance. Or create a cheerful high contrast with bright orange, blue-greens, and vibrant, deep pinks. For playful inspiration, check out these Pantone Color of the Year Palettes featuring Libations, Flavor-Full, Hybrid Hues, Peach Plethora, and Pairings.
“A cozy peach hue softly nestled between pink and orange, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz brings belonging, inspires recalibration, and an opportunity for nurturing,” Eiseman adds, “conjuring up an air of calm, offering us a space to be, feel, and heal and to flourish from whether spending time with others or taking the time to enjoy a moment by ourselves,”
So, whether you opt to decorate expressively or quietly, the choice is yours to select the palette that embodies your taste and lifestyle. If you don’t want to commit long-term, experiment with pillows, throws, artwork, lamps, rugs, and tableware.
Dreamsicle Décor
Enliven a seating area of your lake home with this limited-edition Pantone Peach Fuzz Pop Divide Rug from Ruggable. Featuring Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024 and inspired by Bauhaus architecture, this asymmetrical geometric composition blends dreamy pops of Pantone Peach Fuzz, Pantone Peach Purée, Pantone Peach Pink, orange, and cream for a vibrant statement in any space. This machine-washable rug is water- and stain-resistant and is available in various sizes and flatwoven or tufted textures. Its minimalistic modern-retro style works with endless décor styles and creates an eye-catching accent piece for your home. Offering a comforting set of three rugs, a doormat, and a bath mat, The Ruggable x Pantone Collection “harnesses Peach Fuzz’s cheerfulness to transcend seasons and inspire well-being in homes all year round,” say the Pantone color experts.
Peachy Prints
Bring a sense of warmth and serenity to spaces throughout your home with this exclusive launch collection of fabrics, wallpapers, bedding, and dining/living room décor from Spoonflower in collaboration with Pantone. Spoonflower’s partnership with Pantone for the Color of the Year 2024 “brings together the authority in color and the authority in surface pattern design,” say the Pantone color experts. “Three distinguished Spoonflower independent artists have already unveiled new designs for print-on-demand wallpaper, fabric, and home décor, and the creativity continues in January with Spoonflower’s 2024 Pantone Color of the Year Design Challenge.”
With everything from floral and modernist-inspired wallcoverings to throw blankets, curtains, and cocktail napkins, The Spoonflower x Pantone Collection celebrates PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz in impeccable style.
Warm & Fuzzy
“Drawing comfort from PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz, we can find peace from within, impacting our well-being,” notes Eiseman. “An idea as much as a feeling, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz awakens our senses to the comforting presence of tactility and cocooned warmth.”
This dreamy hotel lobby design says it all. Enveloped in textures embodying the Peach Fuzz philosophy and aesthetic, this nurturing, fantasy-like space portrays a warm embrace. Who wouldn’t want to sink right in?
Nourish & Flourish
“Sensitive but sweet and airy, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz evokes a new modernity,” say the Pantone experts. “While centered in the human experience of enriching and nurturing the mind, body, and soul, it is also a quietly sophisticated and contemporary peach with depth whose gentle lightness is understated but impactful, bringing beauty to the digital world. Poetic and romantic, a clean peach tone with a vintage vibe, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz reflects the past yet has been refashioned with a contemporary ambiance.”
As you seek out the cozy moments at your lake home this year, let PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz inspire you and “enkindle warmth from the outside in.” From all of us at Lake Homes—may your 2024 reveal a refreshingly peaceful sense of renewal.