Dh says it makes him feel like he lives with a serial killer!

We live in a similar sort of house, lots of exposed granite, beams, wooden / stone floors and low ceilings….i think red would look awful so I’m Team Husband on this. But (and this is a big but 😉) I am colourblind so cannot always be trusted to pick good colours. For that reason we mostly stick with whites and creams on the walls in our house, apart from our bedroom which has a very smart dark wall (I would say it was dark grey, my husband claims it is navy) and the playroom which is full of colour. I like white walls with exposed stone or brickwork as the stone provides the colour in the room. Could you find a compromise with either another dark colour or a very bright colour if it’s just the red your husband doesn’t like?

I’ve lived in 2 houses with red walls. Unless the room is very large don’t do it. Gets very oppressive and not jolly at all. All my walls are white now and colour comes through paintings and accessories - cushions , etc

I have red in my kitchen but it’s a red sparkle wet wall on one wall. The rest of the walls are white and I have black worktops with black Lino. Red can work but not too bright and maybe in small splashes .

My dining room has been painted with F & Bs shade 'Blazer' for over 20 years now. It's a very old house and red is a traditional colour for dining rooms. However, I wouldn't want this colour in a kitchen, as it would be too overwhelming. Why not consider rich deep terracotta shade instead, or even a shade of orange? I don't follow home decor fashions as they inevitably date your home/interior and we must be alike. Reds and oranges have not been fashionable for some time now but I care not a jot. Go for a colour that makes you happy, but do consider your t'other half 😁

If your home is gloomy though, red doesn't really brighten it up. Red sucks the light from the room and it becomes darker. I painted a room red once, and painted it a lighter colour almost straight away. Massive mistake and hard to rectify. Took ages to paint over.

My kitchen is painted red with black flooring and appliances. I love it and everyone that visits says the same. Be bold @Pippyls67 I spend a lot of time in my kitchen and it's a nice calm place
Definitely stick to your guns, you'll only regret it if you feel forced into chosing another colour. If your OH had free reign In his study then go for it, if you don't like it, it can be easily painted over 😉

Have you looked at terracotta? It’s warm and would look lovely in a kitchen

I've had mine red before and honestly ylooked amazing. But if DH isn't on board maybe try a dark orange like a reddish orange or terracotta colour.

We love bright colours. Our kitchen is mostly black and white but the table in the island unit is made of this https://www.work-tops.com/products/red-sparkle-quartz and the chairs are American diner style sparkly red vinyl to match 😄

Sounds horrible, why not a nice green or blue ..

I LOVED my red bedroom. it was very OTT and opulent.
I forget the name of it, but it had one of those windows that rises out of the roof, so there was almost a sort of low, cosy nook there. my wooden window frame I painted antique gold, and had things like gold framed ornate mirrors, and lots of black metal candelabra and the like. it was gorgeous.
the red I used was quite raspberry toned, like on a raspberry split ice lolly. made my mouth water when I was painting. I'd happily have that colour in a room again, it's so opulent and cosy.

Surely a kitchen is very much a shared space - and own study would naturally be individual ‘free rein’?

I would want to be on the same page.

Bright red looks awful IME, but depends very much on the space - some darker shades might work well or as an accent colour. Red can be a grounding colour.

I have dark red gloss kitchen units with very light walls and a lot of windows, it gets real Marmite reactions as does my bedroom which is also luxurious dark red. It's a great colour if done well, in the wrong place it just hurts your eyes and mind!
Apparently, red was traditionally seen as a colour to encourage appetite so seems fitting in a kitchen.

Although I do find it odd when people are put off by paint… It is the quickest and easiest thing to change. When we bought our place it was pretty much all light Wedgewood blue type colours, absolutely opposite to what we like which is many creams and red yellow tones, etc. and I knew a lot would have to be changed but because the house is where we wanted to be geographically and it's the right house for what we wanted we went for it - and have been painting ever since!

Yup! I look round my house and love it, but do think it's going to take a very particular type of buyer, or an awful lot of neutral painting first, if we ever want to sell 🤣🎨🖌️

Green is the in colour, there are some lovely shades

I like a bright red, but instead of painting my cupboards or walls, I have bought my small kitchen appliances in bright red.
My favourite one is my red Smeg electric kettle. (I call it my Lister kettle) the rest of my kitchen is black and white.

The cop in happy valley has a red kitchen and I really liked it! But you've got to compromise I'm afraid.

Our Exec had a red office, it was very oppressive and we all hated it.

my Pa loved red too but we only had it in segments so it was bearable but it’s not my favourite colour so I voted YABU 😳

Presumably you don’t mean to paint it all red and are thinking of teaming it with another colour so the red pops?
www.magicbricks.com/blog/kitchen-design-red-and-white/122910.html

When we were looking to move house there was a nice bungalow but we were put off by the red decor even in the conservatory windows. It took years to sell and I imagine price dropped accordingly

My kitchen is red and yellow — deep red and ochre like a French bistro — lovely if you light and accessories carefully
PS will be going neutral if and when I want to sell 😂

the greige trend is so depressing.
and it tends to look like they just went into B&M and filled a trolley with all that stuff.

Wow that is a very bloody red. I'm afraid I voted YABU because your husband hates it. I'd go with another red, a nice witchy green or dark blue instead but find a way to break it up

I really like red, and other strong jewel tones. but it really does depend on the room itself, and if he hates it, then it's a no. it's his house too.
why should the only room he has any input on be his study?