I’m weird, but I like colors and real wood tones. It just kind of hurts me to see literally everyone it seems, live in this ‘aesthetic’ where everything is pure white walls and grey fake wood floors. And how this scheme has taken over every home, office, and retail space.
I guess it’s the equivalent of how all 80% cars are gray scale now? (black, white, or a gray/silver shade). Why has color become so ‘offensive’ the past decade?
It’s so bad that I’ve had folks tell me my blue car is ‘weird’. and my home, which is wood trimmed/floored with maple stained wood, and off-white tints in each room, is ‘gross’. My bedroom’s are robin’s egg blue, and my kitchen and living room are an off white yellow. I love it, especially at night when I use the low-temp lighting and it’s warm instead of HARSH. Folks keep telling me how ‘old’ it looks and that i need to repaint everything BRIGHT white and then put that shitty grey flooring over everything. I hate them.
I was told by multiple real estate agents to paint my old house white and gray inside and out to have it sell well. I ignored it and kept the colors, wood, and brick. And it sold just fine.
The reno industry just needs to move the goalposts. Around 2012, acoustic ceilings got labelled “popcorn ceiling” and they all have to be removed, along with carpets, now we have echoing houses.
Popcorn ceilings were awful and collected dust and were difficult to clean.
Open concepts have nothing to break up sound and those are all the rage. I would love doors I can close between rooms, but my house is small enough I don’t have rooms to close off.
I just want to personally thank you for not painting the brick because it makes my eye twitch every time I see it