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JLo's sage and cinnamon living room
Jennifer Lopez paired soft green walls with burnt orange curtains, and the combination works long past fall.
In brief
Jennifer Lopez paired soft green walls with burnt orange curtains, and the combination works long past fall. Sage green plus cinnamon orange gives you fall warmth without the gloom of dark, heavy palettes, and it still looks right in spring. Originally reported by Homes and Gardens.
The fall palette problem
Most seasonal color schemes look wrong by February. The hunt is for something cozy in October that you don't want to repaint in March.
Jennifer Lopez posted her living room
She shared the inside of her Hidden Hills home on Instagram. The living room pairs sage and cinnamon, a combination that reads cocooning without feeling closed in.
What's actually in the room
Light green walls, burnt orange curtains, and a light brown rug do the warmth. A wooden pedestal and a mahogany piano add the money.
Sage is the 2027 color
Dulux named Soulful Sage its Color of the Year for 2027. It marks a turn away from the deep, dark shades that dominated recent seasons.
Why green calms a room
Dulux color expert Marianne Shillingford ties it to instinct. Green is what we associate with growth and being outdoors, so a room in it feels like an exhale.
“There's something wonderfully uplifting about green.”
Sage bends to its neighbors
Next to earthy tones it turns warm and nurturing. Next to quiet shades it goes restorative, and beside brighter colors it sharpens up. That range is why it lasts.
“Soulful Sage can feel warm and nurturing alongside earthy tones.”
Layer with warm neutrals
To keep the scheme from feeling dated, put darker orange and brown against the green. The contrast is what makes it read as deliberate.
Start with colors from outside
Designer Chloe Dacosta points to burnt orange, cinnamon, deep brown, and mossy green. Biophilic design keeps growing, and this is its moodier, cozier end.
“It's about bringing the outside in.”
Go bold on the orange
Orange feels like a risk, but it's gaining ground. Dacosta suggests a pumpkin spice shade on something with a soft texture so the boldness lands as comfort.
“Opt for a bolder shade like pumpkin spice to really bring this trend to life.”
At a glance
Sage green plus cinnamon orange gives you fall warmth without the gloom of dark, heavy palettes, and it still looks right in spring.
