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You missed my favorite color---white.
White? So generic....
You missed my favorite color---white.
You missed my favorite color---white.
Ugh. My parents have flipped houses my entire life. Everything was always white, neutral. I swore I'd never have white rooms in my house after that.
White? So generic....
That's exactly right. In my old house, I had that problem when I went to paint a room stark white. It looked awful!
In my line of business we call white a lack of decision. Like, oh, I cant make up my mind, I think I'll paint the wall white.
Before I bought the farm I live on now I looked at a lot of houses and flats and in every one of them the walls were painted white and it was horrible, I wasn't tempted to buy anyone of them
The farm on the other hand hadn’t been lived in since the mid seventies and hadn’t seen paint nor brush since the mid fifties. Full of lovely colours
What a wonderful find! I would have loved to see the original colors in this house.
By the way... lovely to "see" you!
All of my rooms have to be white. Each room a different color reminds me of some kind of Willie Wonka factory.
The problem with white walls in an old house is that they seem to highlight every lump, crack, patch, and flaw in the plaster. Colors, even muted colors, tend to camouflage such things. Which is why my living room walls are painted old-newsprint-tan.
The problem with white walls in an old house is that they seem to highlight every lump, crack, patch, and flaw in the plaster. Colors, even muted colors, tend to camouflage such things. Which is why my living room walls are painted old-newsprint-tan.
I only have two rooms that aren't the same color as the rest of the house, my living room and kitchen, and bath. Everything else is 'Yellow Sand' which is very close to Antique White, but with a little yellow glow, that gives it the warmth of an old yellow porch lamp bulb.
This is another reason why I never like white, even with modern drywall, I can see every flaw in my dad's work in the house.
White walls are boring. I need color!
I fine (off-)white walls to be a good neutral palette for wall hangings.
Much colour in the wall itself can severely limit what can be hung on it.
That's not why! They do it so that it's a blank canvas so you can imagine what color you wantThat is what furniture and accessories are for. White matches everything and you don't need to coordinate the furntiture with the room. That is why all developers paint their houses white. It is easy to decorate, popular and more than likely it will sell well over purple, blue or green.
The other thing about colors is when you collect antiques, so much is dark-finished wood, or dark colors. A bright 'canvas' to display them upon really makes them pop.