When decorating your home what colors do you prefer?

Ruth n Jersey

Ruth n Jersey

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My daughter recently purchased a fairly new home. I tagged along while they were looking. It seems all the newer homes have very open areas and are almost all painted in a very light neutral color. The house they decided on was all cream color even the upstairs. There are pillars downstairs that is the only thing that separates different areas. It's a very beautiful home but I feel like I am in ancient Rome. I prefer more vibrant colors leaning toward the dark side. I like separate rooms and lots of wall space so I can hang pictures and put up shelves. These photos show my new kitchen with, as my Son calls it, tomato soup color walls. The other was my daughters room which I use now for my computer and craft room. It is a deep Amish blue. What do you prefer,light and airy rooms,muted shades or neutrals? Maybe age has a lot to do with our choices. What003 (800x600).jpgcabinets (800x600).jpg002 (800x600).jpg do you think?
 

I used to like earth tones until I moved south and had to live with red clay stains on everything for years.:p Now I like shades of green, gray, maybe lilac for wall colors. Light colors. The rust color (that's what I'd call it, not tomato soup) on your rooms looks good, though.
 

One thing I know for sure after years of observance.

The guys never get to pick the colors.

"What to you think of this ecru for the bathroom??

"Fine by me, how much is it going to cost and am I supposed to do the painting?":love_heart:

The Church was considering a female Pope but in the interview she showed up with paint chips and recommended painting over the Sistine Chapel because it was 'dated'. Off white was the recommendation.
 
I have a 10 year old modern home ,all my walls are the same colour ..a sort of bone / off white throughout

When you get a new home built ( here in Aust )
you are only allowed to have one colour ..for the walls and the same colour for the ceiling ( I don't like the ceiling the same as the walls ) but the neighbour who built after us had it have it like that ....it kinda looks dirty to me ..not .. having a white ceiling ..which we have ...or if you want something different you have to paint it yourself .I like the same colour throughout ,but we have two rooms we painted a feature wall in ..it's like a powdery blue ...( we live fairly close to beach) so blue fits in here

My kitchen is white with mid blue bench tops ..
I don't like earth tones ...
 
I like "warm" colors. Unfortunately, I live in an all-white house (I live in the Spousal Equivalent's house and he likes all colors as long as they are white....) He also likes blank walls, but he didn't get his way on that. I go for as much color in accessories/fabrics/pictures as I can get away with.
 
I like your colors Ruth, I usually go for lighter colors and earthy tones. My rooms are very small, so dark colors just make them look smaller. For the living room and hallway I just went with a light heavy cream color, beige in the den, bedroom a light honey color and the kitchen and hallway that leads to the basement is painted in Catalina Blue, it's a bluish green color. Hard to get the exact color in photos, but I just went into the kitchen, flipped on the light and took this one.

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I live with landlord white walls, gold carpet and ancient harvest gold appliances in my little apartment.

I would prefer English country house colors with lots of clutter, sort of fancy, but homely and comfortable enough for a wet dog with muddy feet.

So far all I have is the clutter and my muddy feet.
 
When we moved into our mobile home, 19 years ago in Florida, every wall was wall paper and mostly the same design. Ugly.....Now the kitchen is a moderate light green, hallway is a light blue, my bathroom is a light rust color and Florida room is a light yellow. The other rooms are still the same wall paper but will eventually be changed.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I live with landlord white walls, gold carpet and ancient harvest gold appliances in my little apartment.

I would prefer English country house colors with lots of clutter, sort of fancy, but homely and comfortable enough for a wet dog with muddy feet.

So far all I have is the clutter and my muddy feet.
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Landlord white? Now there's a color I am familiar with.

I couldn't stand every room the same color so I painted the bathroom on my own. A nice light green. I love it.

By the way I am a real good painter. No need for masking tape or anything to cut in. I can paint with my left hand and right hand equally well. From years of practice. The only problem? It takes me half an hour to get up and down the step ladder. :eek:nthego:
 
I also have small rooms, all walls painted ivory, with curtains, cushions and paintings in earthy tones but when I was decorating my bedroom, I just loved this wallpaper and used it on one wall with the other walls a soft cream
 

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I recently had my house remodeled, went with grayish/green wall color trimmed in white with dark laminated wide plank floors in part of house in the other half it is an adobe/coral color trimmed in white with the dark floors.
 
You know what would be nice.? I'm a bachelor. I would love it if someone would come over and introduce the what I call 'touch'.

I would pay someone to do that. Pick the colors. Make suggestions. Whatever.
 
I would do it for free Camper6, I love interior design, but with over 6,000 miles between us I don't think that will be happening any time soon !
 
Wren said:
I would do it for free Camper6, I love interior design, but with over 6,000 miles between us I don't think that will be happening any time soon !
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I will just have to struggle along with landlord white. I bought a sewing machine and made my own curtains and drapes and even sheers. That was fun and dressed the place up a bit.
 
Thanks. I will send a picture when I get around to it. Not too many guys own sewing machines. My friends are always bringing over slacks to be shortened or altered. It's fun.

As a small boy I used to sit behind my mother sewing and carefully watched all the processes. I was fascinated. When my grandson visited he picked up on it right away. It was amazing.
 
I dislike blue in the house, especially kitchen, Ok maybe for a bath.

Really love greens, pale to medium, rich tans, creamy beiges and in the kitchen, yellows or black white and red. Or green. LOL, did I say I like green?
 
When my Husband and I bought our first house he chose all the colors. I went along with it because he was very artistic and I thought he would make the best choices. Well I was wrong. I didn't care for any of the colors or wallpaper. So little by little over the years I chose what I like which is earth tones. Now I'm happy !
 
As we have moved, I tried to let the house itself dictate the decoration. I contemporary Nevada ranch style took different colors than the 1900s Victorian four-square Currently we have a very open place with a lot of trees and woods near the lake. When we bought it, the owner had left it primer white - because she couldn't decide what to do with it. It needed some warmth so the living room walls are Ben. Moore Desert Tan (pale gold) and the back kitchen wall is pale sage to offset the maple cabinets. I tried to keep the "mountain lodge" look.

I love color but the walls need to be my canvas - not the painting (That said I LOVE that wall paper that Wren picked out - very bold!!) Next house I am hoping to go more simple. So many of the decorating photos show white furniture - SO impractical!! I figure, I would rather paint the walls white and put color on the furniture and accessories. We'll be house hunting in the next few months. Will have to let you know how it turns out.
 
I always start my DIY projects with a stop at the paint counter to see what cans of paint they have that were mixed incorrectly. The local Home Depot sells them for a few dollars and they can be a great value if you don't have your heart set on a specific color.
 

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