I prefer white, because white reflects light better creating a brighter environment. I do not like dark rooms except when I am watching TV or sleeping.
My wife and I both agree, especially with the problems with electrical power we have to deal with everyday over here, we can use a lower wattage bulb and still maintain a brighter and happier home.
I am a color junkie! Hubby and I are currently remodeling our home. Built in 1979, it was NEVER updated except for carpeting. Guest bath is currently being rehabbed, it will be a lovely shade of crimson. Had to argue with hubby on that color…
Master is a olivey color, living is panelled in really nice picture frame oak panelling. The upstairs bath is currently a riot of 70’s color - I call it the Brady Boys room. Toliet/sink/tub are robin egg blue, counter top is orangey-brown, and the wallpaper matches exactly!! This room will be done in all whites, with sage green as an accent color. I think it will be relaxing for guests…
PLEASE, no matter how much you like a colored toliet at Home Depot, don’t do it!! You or your home’s future owners will regret it…
Ah, yes, like my 1950’s style pepto-bismol pink bathroom. Hideous. Bathtubs are just too darn expensive to replace. I cover it up with a shower curtain until I can get enough money together for a layover.
I beg to differ. My bathroom has almond colored fixtures and they look quite nice.
Okay, okay, the 70s-style cotton-candy pink and baby blue stuff is hideous, but the almond is nice.
Actually, I have become rather fond of my turquoise toilet, tub and sink. No, I didn’t select them, they came with my 1970s ranch house, but they’ve grown on me.
Um, I think the proper term is “Chromatic-American”.
Varies.
Normally, the walls are an off-white (non-yellowy though): we have so much stuff that colored walls would be (visually) fighting the furnature, pictures, etc. The trim on the other hand, normally gets painted with color: for instance, the kitchen/‘eating room’/hallway all have the same off-white walls, but the trim in each area is a different shade of blue. (Kitchen/eating room is strong royal blue, hallways are a muted pale blue.)
The one exception at the current time is my bedroom: 2 of the walls have dark wood paneling on them, so having the other 2 walls white (or any light shade) simply would not have worked. So, instead it’s a ‘light herb’ green (Wal-Mart paint, I forget what they called it). Not hospital green, not pastel green, but a nice soft color that stands up to the wood without fighting it. Makes the room seem so much more cozy, yet open at the same time.
Now, if I could figure out what the heck to do with the small 50’s half-bathroom from hell… the tile in it is orang-ish w/pink-ish w/brown-ish, with matching orangy-brown-kinda-pink-in-an-odd-way toilet and sink. :eek: WTF goes with that?
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Our bedroom is a cream colour. Living room is a dark blue, but not black enough to be Navy. The kitchen is ‘hussy white’ - deep cream, and the bathroom is a light fruity green.
It’s a hell of a lot better than the dark wood panelling that was in here, lemmetellya.
I’m in an apartment. The previous building owners decided that panelling was all the rage. So, everything, except for the bathroom is panelled. The bathroom is white paint with spackling over parts of it.
Now that the building is under new management, the panelling will come down. Eventually. The new owners first projects have been replacing windows so that the apartments are more heat efficient, replacing wiring, painting the hallways a custard color, and trying to get rid of Smelly Old Guy and Lady With Hellian Kids Who Vomit In The Hallways.
I have gone over plans for my apartment with them. I want the hardwood floors refinished and sealed. I want the drop ceilings to disappear so that I can appreciate the height of the apartment (the place has ceilings that should be about 12 feet up from the floor, not 9 feet). I want any brick that is underneath the hideous panelling to be showing and natural, the rest painted various colors (and if I ever leave, I can repaint it neutral or white if they want). They’ve been fine with all of those plans, but I know its going to take some time for them to happen.