Move Over, Neutral Midcentury Remodels

Before the gray supremacy of today’s one-shade-fits-all home design, one neutral ruled them all—and it covered nearly every surface of the house Chelsea Rudd toured with her husband, Jordan, in 2021. The exterior was beige. The walls were beige. So was the unwieldy atrium, a veritable greenhouse jutting out from the kitchen. 

At a midpandemic moment when space to grow got snapped up in days, and for well over asking price, this ’60s-built khaki castle received just one offer. The Rudds—after two visits revealed a direct path to the park and played host to a diaper change for their son, Julian—saw its potential. 

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