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What's wrong with white? Jack 02-28-2007
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Posted by Jack on February 28, 2007, 5:41 pm


On the TV home improvement shows, seems like everyone hates the wall color
white and replace it with funky colors like purple, orange or somesuch.
Funny when a new owner comes in and repaint the existing purple wall with
green, brown or other bodacious colors. In most cases, the rooms seem dark
compare to white so you need to add more lighting. I like white as a blank
canvas as I (more like the wife) could add splashes of colors from my
furniture, paintings. door and wall trims. Painting walls in bright bold
colors seem like a sensory overload to me. Doesn't anyone like white
anymore?



Posted by Charles Schuler on February 28, 2007, 5:44 pm



> On the TV home improvement shows, seems like everyone hates the wall color
> white and replace it with funky colors like purple, orange or somesuch.
> Funny when a new owner comes in and repaint the existing purple wall with
> green, brown or other bodacious colors. In most cases, the rooms seem dark
> compare to white so you need to add more lighting. I like white as a blank
> canvas as I (more like the wife) could add splashes of colors from my
> furniture, paintings. door and wall trims. Painting walls in bright bold
> colors seem like a sensory overload to me. Doesn't anyone like white
> anymore?

Real estate agents often recommend neutral white repainting before putting a
home on the market.



Posted by DAC on March 1, 2007, 8:29 am


You know I've always heard that too. I sold my house this past
December, nothing fancy just a little 1K ft2 ranch. When I moved in
the walls were all white...and it looked and felt cold an lifeless.
When I left the house had 5 different colors on the main floor, and
everyone that looked at the house raved about the colors. I'm
convinced the colors sold the house.

Bottom line, you have do what's tactful...just because it's got color
doesn't make it right!

Oh yea...the house sold for more than asking in 4 days. 2 qualified
first time buyers.

wrote:
> Real estate agents often recommend neutral white repainting before putting a
> home on the market.



Posted by Judge Seidlin on February 28, 2007, 5:55 pm



> On the TV home improvement shows, seems like everyone hates the wall
> color white and replace it with funky colors like purple, orange or
> somesuch. Funny when a new owner comes in and repaint the existing
> purple wall with green, brown or other bodacious colors. In most
> cases, the rooms seem dark compare to white so you need to add more
> lighting. I like white as a blank canvas as I (more like the wife)
> could add splashes of colors from my furniture, paintings. door and
> wall trims. Painting walls in bright bold colors seem like a sensory
> overload to me. Doesn't anyone like white anymore?
>
>

That's just some gay decorating for the show. It makes me cry.

Posted by Greg on February 28, 2007, 5:57 pm



>On the TV home improvement shows, seems like everyone hates the wall color
>white and replace it with funky colors like purple, orange or somesuch.
>Funny when a new owner comes in and repaint the existing purple wall with
>green, brown or other bodacious colors. In most cases, the rooms seem dark
>compare to white so you need to add more lighting. I like white as a blank
>canvas as I (more like the wife) could add splashes of colors from my
>furniture, paintings. door and wall trims. Painting walls in bright bold
>colors seem like a sensory overload to me. Doesn't anyone like white
>anymore?

White is fine, though it can be boring. The trend to more colors is
probably partially due to apartments tending to be all white. People
like me who lived in one white-walled apartment after another tend to
consider the ability to paint my wals other colors to be one of the
joys of home ownership.

To be honest, I'm still not that adventurous. I still stick to fairly
neutral colors and a couple of lighter colors.

Greg

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