Designers and tastemakers around the world rang out their New Year home trend predictions, from the Pantone Color Institute declaring “velvety gentle” Peach Fuzz the 2024 international color of the year to Elle Decor announcing that “underestimated areas” such as the pantry and laundry room also deserve a design uplift. Warm colors and organized spaces are ways people in the Pacific Northwest are enhancing comfort and functionality while also personalizing their living spaces with unique tile, wallpaper and textiles, says Mary Miksch, Portland design director for the 77-year-old Neil Kelly design-build remodeling company. Miksch has also noticed that some renovations made during the pandemic era as a reaction to temporarily…