Painting kitchen as a surprise for DH

[amyshep]

He's working away and when he comes back the kitchen will have gone from white to orange.
My friend has made me doubt myself and says he won't be happy.
I was hoping it'd be a nice surprise 😳
Can always paint over if he hated it!

Here for moral support he's home tonight

Does he like orange? I don’t so I’d be extremely unimpressed.

I mean, depends on what type of orange it is? Pic?

I’m not sure I’d be thrilled tbh 😂🙈

My husband at the time once painted the living room walls orange as a surprise.

i was not impressed and they went back to white very quickly!

A lot depends on your DH and how invested he is in the colour of your kitchen. And quite how orangey it is.

Mine would either not notice, or nod and smile 'if you like it I like it'

But I can also see reactions of WTF have you done, depending on the orange.

What is your dh like? You know him best. I’m sure it will look great but I do like my white kitchen #minimal 🤣🤣🤣

That depends on whether he likes orange. I'd be pissed off if my kitchen went from neutral to orange. A surprise, yes, but not a nice one!

(I'm the only one responsible for decorating though so it's not going to happen!)

I've got an orange glass wall in my kitchen, I love it

Most men I know, even if they didn't particularly like it, wouldn't give it another thought after a couple of days.

Mine would be unlikely to notice for a few days at least

I painted our living room once while husband was away and he didn't even notice. He is colourblind though so I'll give him a pass, I think even he'd notice white to orange.

Why orange? Are we talking a lovely, soft, bleached terracotta orange or Donald Trump on the day of his spray tan orange? Is your husband very invested in the colour of the kitchen? It is an odd surprise.

Orange is DH's favourite colour so I think he'd like it. Friends of ours once painted their spare room a really strong orange and it was fabulous, great fun as a spare room. If it was done well and was what I was wanting to do with the room I'd like it but you're always going to get a negative response on here to 'orange' without context.

I love an orange kitchen 🍊

I’d be furious if I came home and my husband had painted the kitchen orange.

why do you feel it is some sort of gift or lovely surprise, has he expressed desire for an orange kitchen? Or do you feel he will kick off, so want to do it when he’s away as you want it, so will present it to him like this?

Oh I e just reread, you’ve already done it. So you didn’t even discuss it with him? Just want to play it off as a nice surprise?

I need to know, how did this work out? Did he like it?

I'd be pretty upset if DH redecorated any room in our house without discussing it with me first. I wouldn't dream of doing it to him either although I suspect it wouldn't bother him as much as it would me. Have you agreed on a change?

I’m hoping you mean the walls and not the cabinets?

I wouldn’t be happy, especially with orange (poor orange) but maybe your husband likes surprises. Are you going to play the ‘changing rooms’ music when he comes in?

Orange! Does he like orange?

Ignore the haters. Like you've said, if he doesn't like it, it can be easily painted over. Does he normally leave decorating choices, colour, style etc. up to you? My other half would just be happy he didn't have to do the painting.

I'm not sure if the fact you haven't updated the thread is telling?

Are you busy repainting? 🤣

My husband wouldn't care if I painted the kitchen orange.

If he painted it orange I would be very cross, but as he hasn't decorated once in the 25 years we have been here, I think I'm safe!

The haters, shocked anyone still uses that term, 😂

I’m also curious op, how did it go?

About 18 months ago my husband decided to paint our living room dark red without telling me. Didn't bother me in the slightest. It is only paint which can be changed easily enough if someone decides they don't like it.

Have you discussed this before?

It’s very couple dependent I guess but honestly, I’d be so annoyed if my husband did this unless we had previously discussed and agreed upon the colour. Our house is shared, so neither of us would ever change a big part of it without discussion. Admittedly decoration occurs at a much slower rate as we both have to be on board but it means we both equally love and have had full input into the house we share.