# Rich people and white carpet **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234 "2026-08-08T22:01:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234/41 "2026-08-11T15:35:16Z")
I would visit a friend from school whose living room was white white white gold gold gold. Adults only and kids could not even short cut through it to the bedrooms or their white German Shepard, a nasty beast named Pax​🙄 would chase you. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234/42 "2026-08-11T20:40:54Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Well, did the house sell? I _assume_ there was a good reason why orange walls worked for your parents’ house. My house-flipper friend says that her houses sell faster when the walls are painted in bold colors. Then the first thing the new owners do is repaint all the walls off-white. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234/43 "2026-08-11T21:58:17Z")
> [@JWT\_Kottekoe](#): > > In the opening scenes of the 1960s TV series, Mission Impossible, the apartment of Mr. Briggs (later Mr. Phelps) was furnished entirely in black, white, and gray. The actors also wore monochrome clothing. I don’t recall if the floor was white carpeting. All of the episodes that I watched in the 1960s (as a kid) were in monotone black, gray, and white. Years later we got a color TV. (Rim shot) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234/44 "2026-08-11T23:22:37Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Well, did the house sell? I _assume_ there was a good reason why orange walls worked for your parents’ house. > > My house-flipper friend says that her houses sell faster when the walls are painted in bold colors. Then the first thing the new owners do is repaint all the walls off-white. I can kinda see the psychology behind that. Buyers will think they are getting a gem only hidden by the garish walls; something that can be resolved with one of the easiest of home improvements. Realtors have moved on from raising the curtain rods and the smell of fresh cookies. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234/45 "2026-08-12T00:41:18Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > My house-flipper friend says that her houses sell faster when the walls are painted in bold colors. Then the first thing the new owners do is repaint all the walls off-white. > > I can kinda see the psychology behind that. Buyers will think they are getting a gem only hidden by the garish walls; something that can be resolved with one of the easiest of home improvements. I should have been clearer. She paints the walls with bold, but very tasteful colors. The kind Martha Stewart would approve of. The walls are gorgeous, but people seem to like them more in aspirational theory than in practice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234.md?page=2)