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!

Yeah, I don't think I have a single grey item in my house (oh, ds's duvet cover) so it's definitely not true that it's all you can buy.

However, there is some truth that if you're on a tight budget, it's much easier to find the on trend (or, arguably, the starting to go out of fashion) stuff at a lower price.

Example: I wanted a velvet sofa 10 years ago. I found one but it cost a fortune. Now, they're everywhere and very inexpensive.

I love a home decor thread. The only really boring thing would be if everyone liked the same.

A classic New England palette is unlikely to date: I think it's the monochrome/looks like it's been taken with a B&W filter look that will quickly be passe. The idea that grey's having a 'very long' moment in that sense probably isn't the case: it never really went away. (My mum had an old 70s home decor book with some lovely grey schemes which posed a nice contrast to the ubiquitous geometric brown and orange. It was dated even when she bought it).

Grey's a beautiful colour and not unimaginative: depends what you do with it. I personally don't care for all those 'grey and blush pink' schemes dominating the home interiors magazines these days. It seemed every girl in the 80s had a bedroom done in these colours - not unlike those cream and green kitchens of the 30s - complete with Pierrot wallpaper. People get so tired of seeing something that ubiquitous that they'll probably baulk at it for ever more; a bit like our old school uniform colours.

My living space is in shades of silver, grey, white and blue, with rosewood furniture, exposed brickwork, a pink granite hearth and wicker baskets giving a warm contrast. The only picture is an original mid-century seascape. We love that room (and we are the ones living with it every day). Can't wait to get started on the kitchen.

I think we Brits are a funny lot. Varying personal tastes are a good thing. Why do we always have to turn everything into a 'class' marker, and waste so much angst on how others perceive our backgrounds?

End note: I'm planning on installing - a terrible social faux pas-dropper that I am - a hot tub! Far away from any neighbours, in a non-overlooked garden with good care taken not to impose any noise-nuisance, it's of no odds to me that people here call them chavvy (ugh) sex ponds. No one but us and our visitors are even likely to know it's there, and life's too short to worry about what other people think!

Anyone who has had to redo a few rooms or so in the last couple of years knows what I mean anyway

I’ve redone a number of rooms in the last number of years and have found plenty of colour available.

@Yesterdayforgotten

Hate grey and beige together and I don't care how modern it is but I really don't think it goes. Imo it should be grey and a colour or beige and a colour and never mix the two.

I don't like grey items near beige items, but the colour between grey and beige is lovely (if I am right calling kashmir grey & beige mixed?)

We had a Kashmir kitchen which for me was more beige, but some people referred to it as grey.

Oh gosh-that is a lot of grey! I agree on this one-so dominant. Reminds me weirdly of the John Major Spitting Image puppet.

Generally, as a backdrop to splashes of colour, I quite like grey. It's the beige of this decade-too much and it's horrifyingly bland, get it right and it's just great.

Do you see Elephants Breath as grey or beige? I read it's grey, but my eyes see it as beige.

www.diy.com/departments/farrow-ball-estate-elephant-s-breath-no-229-matt-emulsion-paint-2-5l/1635369_BQ.prd

Depends on the room, the furniture, accessories, house, lighting etc etc

Ooh! I love these threads! I think grey is really just the new (well, old-new) magnolia: the neutral colour splashed up to make a house look ok and liveable. We have a grey playroom as it’s good for adding colourful things into the playroom and goes well with all the various toys lying about (this is a kids playroom, not a fifty shades playroom)

Lounge is grey, but a dark grey patterned paper, not “hinch” in any sort of way. personally I love my wallpaper. But I got the impression from the decorator that it wasn’t to his taste (but it’s not his House, so hey ho)
I imagine it’s not to everyone’s taste anyway, but it’s what I like.

I don’t think mine is especially unique though as the general look of the room is like every house in Pinterest under “Victorian house lounge”

@MrsKypp yes mixed is different but separately together no thank you.

The elephants breath reminds me of a light mocha colour