Cool White Lights indoors did I make a mistake?

[Jooolz1]

I know this gets talked about on MN alot but wanted a hand hold. Last year I had warm white lights on my tree. I have white and silver colour scheme and just felt it looked wrong with the yellow of the lights against the crisp white and silver. This year i bought some cool white ones and they are lovely on the tree. However, I wanted some lights inside my window and assumed they should match so got cool white too. I've spent a pretty penny on all these lights and think I made a mistake. DP will leave me if I change them as the lot were fifty pounds in total. Have I made a massive boo boo?

Don't worry about the wood burner. That doesn't need to match the decorations

If you added some navy or dusky pink (or even red) decorations to the tree would they be a bit warmer by adding colour but still cool toned?

I think it's lack of colour rather than the tone of the lights that's making it feel so "cold".

You can't take them back . I bought the cool white and had to return them because they gave me terrible headaches. The shop was fine about it .

I’d have to put an extra jumper on! Personally, I’m not a fan of the cold white lights. Feels like an industrial freezer. Colouring them in is a good idea though.

Oooo can you please show us

I'm afraid I don't like it either, it does look cold and not xmasy to me.

@fishfingersandchipsagain no he really isn't controlling. We need to spend a fair amount on the new house that's all, so it's a bit frivolous to go buy more. I can't send them back either as all were bought online a few weeks ago so out of the 14 days you have to return them.

Think the best thing to do is just to put up with it for this year. I will try sell them on Marketplace next year and get warm white ones instead.

We managed to put cool ones back in the box and get them exchanged for warm ones a couple of years ago. The cool ones lit the window up like a shop window display! I think cool would look good on your silver themed tree though.

Only multi-coloured lights and mismatched random decorations can look cosy. Silver and white can look smart and nice in a different way but never cosy.

For what it's worth, I have warm white lights on my tree and in the living room windows, but cool white around the front door and railings (i.e. immediately outside the windows).
They look perfectly fine together.