Best Living Room, Bedroom Colors for a Home Sale
Home stagers weigh in with their favorites for 2025.
March 17, 2025
Staging, Design & Architecture
While attention-getting hues like lime green and bold pink were voted as the worst colors to use in real estate for 2025, home stagers and designers advise a softer color palette to make a home more sellable.
Fixr.com recently surveyed more than 60 top home staging and design professionals to uncover the best paint colors to attract potential home buyers. And while bright, dominating colors are a current focus in home design, stagers still overwhelmingly rank timeless neutrals for the real estate win.
Here’s a breakdown of their favorite colors for adding value when selling a home in 2025.
Top choice for living rooms: Soft, warm whites
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Best Colors to Paint a Living Area in 2025
Soft or warm whites: 85%
- Greige: 28%
- Beige: 24%
- Taupe: 18%
- Blush, earthy tones: 12%
- Soft greens: 10%
- Browns: 6%
Top choice for bedrooms: Warm neutrals
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Best Colors to Paint a Bedroom in 2025
- Warm neutrals: 76%
- Soft or warm whites: 42%
- Earthy greens: 25%
- Cool blues: 18%
- Blush tones: 10%
- Taupe: 10%
- Beige: 8%
Top home exterior siding choice: Off-white
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Best Siding Colors in 2025
- Off-white: 45%
- Natural wood: 36%
- Dark gray: 24%
- Natural stone: 18%
- Taupe: 18%
- Light gray: 15%
- Black: 13%
- Navy blue: 13%
Melissa Dittmann Tracey
Melissa Dittmann Tracey is a contributing editor for REALTOR® Magazine and editor of the Styled, Staged & Sold blog.
