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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Eleanor Richardson

Have You Heard of ‘Peige’? It’s the Soft, Calming Neutral Designers Are Actually Embracing in 2026

Bedroom with plaster pink walls, dark red velvet bed, linen bedding, round floor mirror, vintage desk with rattan chair, floor lamp and large arched windows.

If I told you beige was making a comeback, you might question my sources. It wasn't long ago that we all unanimously agreed to ditch the lackluster neutrals that ruled the last decade – beige, cream, gray, etc. However, no neutral stays out of style for long, and most of them have a resurgence, just in a new, more 2026-appropriate form.

And for beige, it's making its return as what top designers are calling 'peige', a soothing, warm but subtle neutral that I first heard Leanne Ford claim as a neutral she was loving using right now.

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