This year will see the introduction of spicy color combinations in hues that warm the soul. The coppers and metallic colors that stretched from 2005 through 2006 are fading in popularity. This does not mean a full overhaul. A quick deep cranberry dry brush or sponge over the deep coppers from 2005 will bring lamps and trim up to date, and give your accents added luster and depth.

Color trends in 2009 contain palettes that work independently to create a subtle backdrop. The ‘statement colors' create the perfect backdrop for home furniture. The industry is taking into consideration advances in furniture design and textures. In response, they are developing home design techniques that frame and show-off fine furniture.

The spicy color combinations mix hues that warm the soul, just like comfort foods. The stress on elegance and artistic tastes is giving way as homeowners are turning back the clock, returning to a simpler time, and a ‘hearth and home' feel.

A perfectly decorated room will envelop the occupants, relaxing them, and creating an oasis in today's high stress, ambitious, dog-eat-dog world.

The color palettes include biscuit and wheat neutrals that contain no traces of the beige tones, which haunt most home decorators. Coca brown and pumpkin orange replace beige and burgundy. Salmon gives way to cinnamon apple pie.

Biscuit and wheat neutrals, cocoa brown, pumpkin orange and cinnamon apple pie, are just a few of the comfort colors that will wrap your room with warmth and promote a stress-free space. Flooring is dark, rich mahogany browns and pale, non-descript colors.

Children's rooms and kitchens have shed their primary colors and are taking on muted hues in mustard yellow with robin egg blue trim. Like the coppers and gold trims, burgundy rooms can be given a treatment of deep plumb, rich red, to bring them up to date and add a touch of elegance.

These colors lend themselves gracefully to white furniture and are a perfect choice for out-dated, white, bathroom renovations. Any room with deep, rich walls, can be perfected with the elegance of black and white. The black and white creates a stark contrast to rooms that normally fade, or are overpowered by dominant rooms with powerful color schemes.