Yeah that was me
But I don't see the connection. Painting a wall is easily redone to suit changing tastes. A piece of furniture, not so much.
I have more white walls than not, but only white becomes a little boring if the architecture itself doesn't have interesting details to draw the eye IMO. In some places it looks great. Especially places with large windows and amazing views.
And there was no mention of "strong" colors. No one suggested stop sign red, or neon green. All white is a little trite and a little safe if you ask me - but you didn't, I guess.
Walls.
I use to love color on walls. Now I'm more into neutral (Grays, beige, whites). I like adding color threw my decor and art not my walls. In my bedroom I have the main wall painted "elephant gray", the other 3 walls are an off-white. It works well, because we have a contrasting wood beam running through both colors. It gives the room texture, without overbearing the room with color.
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Actually some of the colours used on the interiors of the Masters houses at the Bauhaus looked quite good, they were dark and saturated I think, when people use colour its often horrible teal or raspberry. Best of all though is stone, glass, wood and screens.
Dahmer, yikes, wish I hadn't mentioned that, evil man thankfully gone and that house should be demolished.
Klees house, I wonder how accurate the restorations are? Gropius had better colours in his but can't find a picture.
I grew up in a Victorian Home...
I grew up in a Victorian Home, so I'm partial to rich earth tones. I go for taupe, greens and rich accent colors. Nothing too wild...no raspberry or eggplant. White is too institutional and sterile. When in doubt, paint it a beige....everything except pastels will go with it.
Avoid trendy colors at all costs! The trend will end and then you'll hate it. I've been back to many a client's house a year or two later only to paint over the trendy color of the previous year.
The use of neutrals is also t...
The use of neutrals is also the use of color other than white - just neutral color. So that would count as being not all white.
I only use two colors other than neutrals in my home, and other than the large amount of white that I have... one orange wall in my son's room. C'mon he's two and needs something to stare at!
And a nice light blue in my room ... not every wall. Other than that I use white, a deep gray-brown, and a deep brown-gray.
Handmade textured paper,...
Handmade textured paper, copper leaf? There are heaps of things you can do but can't seem to find any good pictures.
Apparantly if you paint a bare room all blue (or any other colour) and stick a person in it after a few hours they have no idea what colour they are looking at.
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. . . unfinished sentence of the year award ?
Great discussion. Now I'm going to read the whole thing ! The short answer ? White is a classic for good reason. But grey (and there are so many grays) is wonderful, not only because it makes white-matted art, B+W photos, etc, look so good.
Some greys seem cold to me,...
Some greys seem cold to me, but we have a color called Fossil Grey in our living room. Depending on the time of day it moves in and out of a grey/taupe range. With natural light it looks taupe and at night it looks grey. Another color I recommend to clients quite often is called Jade Frost. It moves in and out of greys, greens and blues, depending on the time of day or the accompanying decor. I like chameleon colors like these.
I'd have to say "No" to the Honeysuckle. I used paint named Honeysuckle before, but it was a pale yellow. I guess Honeysuckle could be any number of colors.
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I'm guessing our op, Henry45, is looking for color, and yes,
white is a color, but i think he may have asked about whites
specifically if that was the issue.
Architecture and personal taste, furnishings and collections,
all play into such a decision.
My old loft in the city was 'gacked' with pipes and conduit,
all exposed, so i painted it a neutral white all over. Only the
sprinkler system was painted red by code. Didn't make sense
any other way.
My home in the forest north of NYC is a cedar post and beam.
The original previous owners were artist and did some outrageous
wall coverings. I just decided to embrace it. A bit crazy but
hey, you just can't make this stuff up.
When we were looking for property, a brownstone was a possibility.
The real-estate, sq footage just in the staircase, always buggged me.
But i decided that all one color, a neutral white, including the massive
moldings, would best suit my furnishings.
If one wants color, give it a try. Not that difficult to change it.
I've not regretted any choices so far.
Sanitariums & prisons rarely have "dull" white walls, from what I gather--
You're much more likely to find "exciting" colored walls used in such settings, as an attempt to alter mood (& disguise dirt). Institutions should BE so lucky as to enjoy white walls!
A dull room full of dully-arranged dull objects is still dull regardless of wall color-- why do people insist that colored walls add "interest" to a room? A room that needs interesting wall color is a room in need of much more help than wall color could possibly provide. (The irony is that color would more likely harm than help-- now you've a badly arranged room where the background color very likely clashes with furnishings. You call this progress?)
http://www.mizozo.com/weird/09/2010/15/prisons-in-pink-swiss-paint-priso...
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