Why don't people like my home

[Woodward23]

I've had a few comments from family and friends about people saying my house is boring in colour we don't think it is we think its clean and inviting downstairs-my front room is painted grey and magnolia with grey and pink furnishings
My kitchen is painted white with two tone of door colours grey and white
Bathroom is white and anthracite accessories

Going upstairs the hall is painted green (a light green but not sage )
Daughters room is pink and grey with a feature wall paper
sons room is blue with stickers that he likes
Upstairs loo is light blue
Our room is cream and chocolate brown

Im constantly thinking about what to paint the rooms and what can we keep doing to decorate
What is your home painted in ?

They're very rude! Totally uncalled for to comment on someone's house in that way.

However, I'll bet it's not really about the colour but about the extras that make a room/house look like a home - pictures, plants, soft furnishings etc. If they're focusing on the colour maybe it's because there's nothing else really to look at?

I would never dream of criticising someone's home when I've been invited as a guest. How rude. You need to stop spending time with these people.

What kind of friends do you have that would make comments like that?

I used to have a job where I went into people's homes a lot.

The Grey Houses were talked about.

All of them beautiful, usually new builds, bit of bling, splash of sparkle, a small cushion of colour, but very, very, very Grey. So Grey that it rubbed off on you while you were in there, and when you left the house, you were suddenly confronted with a renewed realisation that the world was colourful and flawed, - reminding you of your own imperfections, and that the Grey Houses would never accept the likes of you.

Do you have a Grey House OP?

How rude of them! Like other posters, I wouldn't dream of criticising the homes of family/friends.

Our home is definitely not going to be to many people's taste as we have lots of deep, saturated colour and loads of art, colourful rugs, textiles plus stuff we've collected throughout the house. But we love it so I couldn't care less if others don't.

When we were selling our last house and my DH was showing a woman over because the EA wasn't available, he told me she asked why we'd painted the main bedroom a particular colour (it was Craig & Rose 'French Turquoise'), then proceeded to say she hated it....cheeky cow!

I guessed it would be grey from the title.

If you like it though, who cares what others think.

I love the idea of a green hallway! My house is boring Egyptian cotton, throughout, except for the bathrooms, which are white, all with white skirting. If anyone were to come in and criticise this i would honestly wonder what made them feel it was appropriate to tell me. Why would i care? I didn't take a poll of other people's opinions before decorating, so why would i want unsolicited opinions after the fact?

Opinions are like arseholes.Everyone has one and they should generally be kept private.

Anyone voicing a negative criticism of someone's home without being asked for their opinion is rude.

Not everyone enjoys interiors and that's ok.
(at the risk of being flaked) I'm willing to bet that some of the people who are quick to voice their unrequested opinions on other people's houses are likely to be the sort of people who buy shit loads of tat from the Range or expensive version of the Range, and think filling their house with meaningless trinkets like a show home is the same as taste.

I'd take a plainer, less up to date house over one that someone's endlessly 'curating' any day.

I love grey homes. It can be jazzed up with colourful accessories.

You obviously like a neutral calming palette. Embrace it and fuck anyone who doesnt like it. You do you.

It matters far more that you decorate how you like. Your home sounds much more colourful than mine!

It doesn't matter why, OP! You live there, not them.

Notice you have called it 'my home' - not 'my house'. That tells me you are happy with it as it is. Don't change anything purely for the sake of other people.

I think they will have identified your house already.

If they are on Mumsnet and see, that should be a good lesson to them to see that their comments can actually upset someone! You are not bitching just repeating their words so I don't think it would do any harm to share (plus I'm curious!!)

I don't paint. I wallpaper. Aside from the hall which is also light green paint like yours (for now - I have my eye on some wallpaper for that too)
Paper is far more interesting and homey to me. But never a "feature wall"

Aside from the grey though, your colour scheme sounds perfectly nice.

Your friends are rude.

So people just randomly out of the blue say 'by the way your house is boring'?

Your home sounds fine to me. I wouldn't dream of giving a negative opinion on someone's decorating, and anyone who does is just plain rude. Ignore them and enjoy your home.

That's brilliant and so true! Suck the very soul out of you

Personally I think they're jealous 🤷‍♀️

As others have said, that’s very rude and uncalled for, Our own flat is off white throughout and I prefer it that way, nice and light. The interest comes from the furniture, books, pictures, the view out of the windows, interesting ornaments, plants, family photos etc. Don’t need coloured walls!

Haven't painted anything for 5 years and it really needs it now. I can't be bothered and I can't be bothered with the upheaval of having someon do it. I do wash the walls down once a year but other than that letting it scrufff up.

It's your home, if its clean and comfortable you are doing well. Who gives a fuck what others think about your decor.

Rude. Ignore them if you like it, they don't have to live there.

Fwiw, I love my grey lounge with feature wall and I feel relaxed every time I go in. I don't care if it's fashionable or not. It wouldn't suit my friend who painted her whole house white, nor my other friend who likes bright loud colours. But they have their own houses and I prefer mine.

If they do it again, tell them the colour of their clothes doesn't suit them, or the colour of their car/handbag/whatever is really boring. See how they like it.