AIBU to think grey decor is so dull?

[NachoNachoMan]

Looking at houses for sale. Not to move, just to have a nosy. There is so much grey! Is it just me or is it a bit boring and samey?

For example... I found this, and whilst it's a lovely house, the decor is so... grey and boring!

www.fineandcountry.com/uk/property-for-sale/richmond/kt8-9bs/1728661

It's like the photos have been taken with a b&w filter on!

There's so many of my friends who have painted a room / rooms / the whole house grey... but I love a bit of colour! Fine to want something neutral, but I think beige/creams are much nicer & warmer.

YABU = grey is great & less is more
YANBU = grey is dull, gimme some colour!

I love grey and it’s easy to accessorise. I love all the dark blue farrow and ball colours too, but I think they are much more suited to period properties.
I hate the fact that people who don’t like grey come on here to put it down and suggest that it’s “boring “ . It’s so sanctimonious, and when there are whole threads about it it feels undermining when it’s so critical of someone else’s personal choice. Unpleasant and bullying.
There are plenty of decor decisions made by other people that I dislike but I don’t come on an Internet forum to denigrate that persons choice

It's no longer about taste at all, it's about blindly following fashion.
I can't stand homes without any character, just a blind replicate of what is everywhere because that's the way it 'must be", not because people actually like it.
Some people are genuinely scared of having any personality and show any personal taste.

That said, whilst I don't care about other people decor, it's just funny or cringey, I do care that it's so difficult to find something that is NOT grey when you go shopping! Don't tell me you find everything you want, it's simply not true: I was looking to replace some bit and 90% of the choices in the DIY stores & shops were GREY. From pale to dark grey, but still grey.

Everybody believes they have taste (and a sense of humor), it's just a bit sad that so many people are so insecure, but plain annoying that it's difficult to find something non-grey!

YANBU , OP.

That house is well ugly. Bland. Corporate shite.

I live in Melbourne, where the brilliant sunshine begs for something to move against but God they love the sludge and grey.

Agree with PPs who say it's now hard to get furnishing which isn't grey. Which is why I buy sofas at op-shops.

Only 1 room in my house isn't grey, and that's because we haven't got round to painting it yet

I love grey, but I do think you need to have an accent colour as well. My living room is grey and yellow, DDs room is grey and pink etc. Much prefer grey to magnolia or white.

People do tend to neutralise their houses for selling to create a blank canvas so pitr tiles buyers can better imagine their own taste in there. People have far too much time on their hands to sit and scroll through peoples houses online then create a thread like this....craziness

potential* not pitr tiles

Yanbu that house could be so much better

Fortunately it wouldn’t take much when they take those big grey sofa elephants out and walls etc are re-done

I have a grey hallway/stairs in a silvery grey wallpaper but with a bright stair carpet and I don't think it looks drab. It looks better than the previous laura ashley yellowy/cream wallpaper. More up to date.

People seem to be preferring beiges/creams again. My living room is this with a feature wall called something silly like Cookie Dough or Spiced Honey. There was a thread about this recently saying how awful it was. Make no mistake, it is brown. Its my homage to the seventies.

So many homes are now done up for sale in the grey/taupe look that make the pages of Beautiful Homes. I prefer something a bit more quirky and less perfect. Just as well in my house with it's second hand sofas and old ercol.

My dd's lounge is a dark slatey blue/grey. I told her not to do it, but it looks great and definitely not safe.

I don't like loads of grey but omg the expression 'pops of colour' does my head in completely, topped off with an 'accent' 😖

The house is pretty much a blank canvas, I'm struck by the fact that there's only 2 pictures on the walls.

Love grey, an easy neutral. My whole house has just been painted in one shade of grey ready to add colour, pattern, texture, mid century furniture to define each room.

As with everything, it will date...that is the nature of 'fashion' (and consumerism).
At the minute I'm paying a fortune for the mid century furniture of my childhood that my parents chopped up ( and I HATED) less than two years ago, now I love it ...fashion and trends are a strange phenomenon!

Obviously everyone should decorate their homes absolutely how they see fit but yeah OP I'm with you.

I especially don't get why it's so popular in the UK it's bloody grey enough outside all the time, why would you want it inside too!

It is very clearly just an expensive possibly not lived in refurbed house for sale, it is not an example of a normal lived in 3 bed semi. Seen as it’s such a high value home I imagine it has very high spec work done to it. It has original period features such as the fireplaces. The range cooker looks very expensive and it has a freestanding bath with amazing views. Anyone who thinks this house looks boring is odd to me. It just looks clean and newly decorated to me. It’s got really beautiful flooring too.

No clutter and looking clean is literally the first cardinal rules of selling a property!

My dining room has grey walls & grey silk blinds with a red ceiling, white ornate coving and ceiling rose , red curtains & a red velvet chair - it's not dull, it is very grand.
Grey can be great but like everything it can be overused or done badly.

I hate it and couldn't bear to live with it, it's so characterless and ubiquitous and cold. Houses seem to look more like hotels or offices at the moment, with operating theatre style kitchens.

But I must admit my taste runs along the boho (scruffy) line. I like an eclectic look rather than match matchy. Each to their own and it doesn't really matter a jot what you have in your own home as long as you like it.

I saw a thread somewhere with photos of a brand new, very modern (and quite nice actually) obviously expensive kitchen.

Some of the comments were that it looked "dated" because it wasn't grey

If there was a thing that kitchen wasn't, "dated" was one! People are funny.

I don't take back what I said previously but if I had a choice of grey or a feature wallpaper wall I would stick to grey

I don't mind the decor of that house, but most of the furniture is hideous.

It seems to have had its day TF. I don't like the colour grey in general so I hated the trend. I've got my house painted mainly pink.

YANBU to have a subjective opinion

But it is good to be tactful about things like this. Remember you are surrounded by people who choose this decor.

That living room looks like a waiting room for a Harley St doctor’s clinic.

I honestly thought grey was on its way out despite Mrs Hinch’s impressive commitment to greyscale living. All new kitchens now seem to be navy with brass fittings.

Having interior "trends" is all a bit of a con really, just a way of getting us to spend money and replace stuff that doesn't need replacing.

I hate the way people rip our perfectly good kitchens and bathrooms, it's so wasteful and bad for the planet. Someone posted on here that they replace theirs every six years or so, I couldn't be bothered with the hassle!

I think grey is really great if you live in the countryside, because all the green outside you see through the window really pops against a pale grey. There's your colour

It's more the case that the decor doesn't seem to suit the style of the property. Having seen something so striking and individual from the outside, to enter and find this on the interior would have left me disappointed. It might be better fitted to a new-build, but I've never been a fan of the 'boutique hotel' look.

It's a similar deal with those art deco homes on the Sandbanks in Poole. I've always liked those and had imagined how they might look with sympathetic art deco interiors. Unfortunately most of the ones I've snooped at on Rightmove resemble the Hilton. There's a real sense of disconnect between outside and inside.

Depends on the nature of the property and features as to what best fits. Grey can look great if it's used with a bit more imagination, accents and features than this.