Rarely am I surprised at the housing industry information that comes across my desk. Last week was an exception.

According to Zillow, blue bathrooms can sell for up to $5,440 more and blue kitchens can sell for up to $1805 more.

The causes of these changes are not known to me.

New colors are constantly being introduce by makers, colors of the year are introduced by paint companies, and mass trends for certain colors often come with mass production, but the price increase by using one particular color is, to me, some what of a new quirk.

Colors for any interior space should be chosen because they are the best for the use, aesthetics, functions, and personality and life styles of the users using the principles of aesthetics and the laws of physics and it’s relation to the outside conditions and placement location.

To make a kitchen and bath blue merely to make more profit for the seller may be desirable for the seller, but what does it say about the intelligence and aesthetics of these spaces over the long haul?

Is this new movement simply a blip in the time of design or a movement toward a new course of action?

How do you go about choosing the colors used for you kitchen and bath room?

What happens to this movement will decided by the passage of time.

Food for thought.