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What colours are inside your house?

69 replies

DollyMatrix · 29/10/2023 22:12

Same colour throughout, different in each room, neutrals or colourful?

I would be happy with the same off white throughout but DP will rebel against this as boring. But he also does not like anything darker than cream, light grey, light beige, so while we have different colours, they are all pretty bland..

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StarDolphins · 29/10/2023 22:18

All walls in my house are white & each room different colours added - lounge has green chesterfield style sofa & terracotta cushions) kitchen is sage green & small amount of grey, my bedroom is safari themed & DD is muted pink/cream & leopard print.

TheSpikySpinosaurus · 29/10/2023 22:23

Lots if different colours. Deep red, teal, lilac, hot pink, bright yellow etc. I love colour. Would hate a white house . But each to their own!

EverybodyJumpsuit · 29/10/2023 22:25

Every room different but general pallete throughout is blue or green walls, with pink and grey accents (art, cushions chairs etc) Mostly farrow and ball, darkest blue is Hague, through to skylight. No white except skirts and doors but might paint all those too. We love it cos the walls do all the work and furniture etc can be quite simple. I find bold colour very calming and immersive. Period house though.

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Jemimapuddleduk · 29/10/2023 22:28

Lots of different colours! Some grey, some terracotta, some bright coral, navy and oatmeal colour, a lilac/mauve type grey and a blush pink! Hall/landing is boring of white. Colours are farrow and ball or Sanderson

AutumnFroglets · 29/10/2023 22:34

Different colours in each room. Some even have a lighter colour on the ceiling rather than white. I find colours add warmth to a room and only two have full sunshine in the winter months so the others are darker and therefore "feel" colder.

I have different gold based yellows, mint green, sky blue, peach, duck egg blue with a wallpaper feature wall and a boring magnolia one where stbxh sleeps.

Edit. The colour cheers me up in the same way cheap but pretty fresh flowers in the hallway would.

ShutTheDoorBabe · 29/10/2023 22:35

Completely different wallpaper and carpet in each room in our house.

SquigglePigs · 29/10/2023 22:37

Downstairs is pretty neutral - light beiges, bit of grey (left from previous owners), and then topped up with colour from pictures, curtains, cushions, blankets, table cloths etc.

Upstairs is an array of colours across the bedrooms and bathrooms to suit different people - blues, purples, yellow and grey primarily with the walls.

Floors are mostly more neutral tiles, wooden floors and pale carpets (beige/grey etc) but one small room has a fabulous purple carpet!

Totaly · 29/10/2023 22:39

Mint green and purple -
blues in bedrooms and hall and one bathroom.

Love colour hate white walls- so depressing

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 29/10/2023 22:43

All colours of the rainbow.

I even have rainbow window film so I have actual rainbows when the sun is shining.

KindaDefinitelyMaybe · 29/10/2023 22:46

A very rough theme of green, grey, pinks. Cromarty in living room and our bedroom, sage green kitchen and very light grey walls. Griege/green panelling in hallway. Cricket field green in DS bedroom and DH office. DD has pink leopard wallpaper and I have Sulking Room pink in my office.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 29/10/2023 22:47

Greens (sage, olive, forest), Browns (cocoa, taupe, fawn, walnut),
Blue (chalky pale, dark navy)
Turquoise (chalky, med toned between the greens and blue)
Purple/Heather in spare room, deep purple red like seaweed on bath panel.
Occasional beige/porridge colour.

Shit ton of white woodwork.

Accents include gold, bronze, brass, burnt orange and a lot of texture in fabrics, materials, and far too many plants not possible.

Snippit · 29/10/2023 22:48

I had every wall painted white then chose certain walls for an accent colour. They vary in each room, golden green, turquoise blue/green, ochre. I also introduce colour and textures with curtains, cushions, up cycled furniture and lighting. My floors are all wood effect laminate due to having 3 dogs.

DappledThings · 29/10/2023 22:50

A different one in every room. 3 reception rooms are duck egg blue, teal and dark green. Kitchen is yellow. Hall and landing are pink. Bathroom is dark blue and white, bedrooms are green (2 shades in one room), lilac, dark blue and royal blue with grey. En-suite to one room is green.

Not a fan of neutral walls as you can tell 😂

PawsisShady · 29/10/2023 22:51

Lots of grey - rock salt, goosedown, polished pebble and chic shadow! Grey blinds too
Colour with accessories - blues and greens mostly and textures

TheChosenTwo · 29/10/2023 22:54

A grey green in the kitchen, light blue in the living room, pale
sage green through the halls, stairs and landings. Bedrooms: one light blue, one various blues, one with a dark navy panelled wall and the rest a pale pink, one grey and one white.
bathrooms and toilets are all tiled floors and walls with white ceilings.

DilemmaDelilah · 30/10/2023 08:30

Living room - duck egg, with raspberry and gold accents. Wood effect floor with duck egg rugs
kitchen -warm cream and dull teal with wood effect floor
Stairs and landing - palest lilac with beige carpet
Hall/porch - gold toned wallpaper above white with wood effect floor
downstairs shower room - warm cream and crimson with wood effect floor
bedroom 1 - shades of jungle green and white with green carpet
bedroom 2 - light khaki and navy with sage green carpet
bedroom 3 - deep blue and antique white with deep blue carpet
office - dusty pink with wood laminate
family bathroom - deep dull blue/purple above white with grey floor
en suite - peppermint green with mustard accents and cream tiled floor

I love colour, but apart from a couple of rooms our house is quite dark, so I have tried to make the best of both - light and colour. I usually find something I love, a picture, fabric, rug, cushion cover, and take my inspiration from there either for the main colour or the accents.

GonnaGetGoingReturns · 30/10/2023 08:33

Different colours. I hate grey so none of that. White is in a couple of rooms and a light plum/sunflower yellow and cream in another room plus various greens in other rooms.

My bedroom is dusty pink and plum pink.

notprincehamlet · 30/10/2023 08:41

Magnolia - it's a rental so I don't get to choose and I can't even hang a picture or mirror to break up the bland. If I had any say I'd go for some strong colours - green with copper, purple with charcoal.

Dox9 · 30/10/2023 08:45

I am in the process of having everything same off white with white woodwork. We are decorating in stages and will use the same color throughout eventually. It took weeks and 30+ tester pots to find the right light beige 😅

AutumnIsMyFriend · 30/10/2023 08:50

Some rooms are neutral on the walls with bursts of colour, bedroom one, cream and sage, bedroom two cream but fabrics are duck egg, bedroom three white with burst of yellow.

Hall shades of heather, and kitchen is teal.

PosteriorPosterity · 30/10/2023 08:55

Walls are white, navy, pale grey, cream, sage green, turquoise, pink and dark green (not all in the same room). We also have brighter green and mustard accents in some of the rooms.

Spendonsend · 30/10/2023 09:04

Soft blue, deep purple, blood orange, bright red, natural calico, white and sage

ApolloandDaphne · 30/10/2023 09:11

Everywhere is painted Wimborne White apart from a dark green wall in the sitting room and a pale pink wall in my bedroom. We add colours to each room with sofas, rugs, cushions, blinds etc.

WhiskersPete · 30/10/2023 09:11

Green with botanical themes! Each room is different though so living room is dark green, kitchen is sage, toilet is minty green...

welshweasel · 30/10/2023 09:15

Pink, purple, grey, teal, dark blue, green. All winter/jewel colours.