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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Jennifer Ebert

Color capping is 2025’s most sophisticated paint trend – and Martha Stewart’s '90s home is the picture-perfect example, but with a twist

Martha Stewart attends Martha Stewart's 100th Book Party Celebration during Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival .

Some interiors make a statement, and Martha Stewart’s three-season room does this effortlessly. It showcases a bold mastery of color while quietly anticipating one of 2025’s most talked-about trends: color capping – but in reverse.

Traditionally, the color capping trend is immersive. A single hue is chosen and layered tonally, deepening as it rises up the walls and often culminating in a bold, enveloping ceiling. The effect is dramatic, drawing the eye upward, stretching the room visually, and transforming the ceiling into a defining element of the design.

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