Who has a grey house

RelievedSheff

I think it depends on the greys used. They are not all cold and clinical.

SnooksNJ

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I blame 50 shades of grey where Mr Grey wants everything grey because thats his name. I didn't read the book but I tried the film. I lasted 10 minutes, it was as unimaginative as Mr Grey wanting everything grey.


I've got a few grey tiles in my bathroom but they were free.

Unimaginative? I can't think of any lead characters more unlikable than those 2.

Davesnave

JGB1955 wrote: »

There is ALWAYS space for one unexpected colour scheme though - ours is our downstairs cloakroom/loo - currently apple green, it was fuschia pink before. Perhaps banana yellow next?......

Or do as our kids did and paint a mural in the space behind the door.


People would go into this bland little beige cloakroom, close the door, turn round...and be face to beak with a large flamingo.

They didn't get the proportions quite right, and there was something slightly sinister about the way the bird looked at you, but I visited 3 years after we sold the house and it was still there.

greenbee

PasturesNew wrote: »

I see those grey carpets in 99% of the refurbished houses/flats for sale. I despise them.

Somewhere there's a man making a fortune flogging rolls of this stuff to every "developer".... and I want him found and shot.

I want to be the person who sells carpet to hotels in the US. No grey in sight, but some seriously psychedelic patterns!

I have grey woodwork in my hall, sitting room and bedroom (dulux egyptian cotton). The walls are a grey-toned white (dulux natural calico) which was chosen as it doesn't affect the colour of the pictures on the walls. And the woodwork colour was chosen because white is frankly boring. My decorators were a little surprised, but one of them has gone on to use the same colour combination in his own house.

Grey-toned colours are calming. They also tend to come into fashion in recession, which expains why they've been around for so long...

Doozergirl

ka7e wrote: »

I'm one of the few that find grey depressing and drab. I'm currently renovating a house and just finished a new wet room in ochre, orange and white. I'm desperate for a yellow fitted kitchen - my last one was pale blue.

Every kitchen warehouse says they only stock white and grey kitchens because they are popular - but consumers have no options unless they go bespoke. There are sage kitchens - grey with a hint of green, cashmere - grey with a hint of pink, dove grey, pebble, graphite, slate, charcoal, stone, mist, pewter. There can't even be a backlash against grey, because there is little choice - noted that Homebase have introduced plum and peacock blue, but only in their premium range.
Trying to buy furniture, bedding, textiles and flooring that haven't got a grey element is a challenge!

I believe Howdens do a paintable kitchen...

Doozergirl

You know the forum is dated or we're all getting old when not one person posts a photo. It would be so much more dynamic with pictures rather than paint brand varieties.

I can't talk as I haven't posted a picture on my own self-build thread, but someone very kindly posted some for me from my instagram account. :rotfl:

hazyjo

F&B "London Stone" - got it in my lounge, dining room and hallway/landing.

Will try to upload a pic of the lounge - but, Doozergirl, yeah I'm getting old and haven't yet tried it on here LOL. It may or may not work.

https://ibb.co/H74Dbrm
https://ibb.co/9n95bWv

This was my old grey hallway in my last house. Prob painted that around 3 years ago:
https://ibb.co/bJrXFTk

It was Laura Ashley paint but can't remember name.

phoebe1989seb

Here's a couple of pics of our kitchen -

https://ibb.co/bQrbbNB

https://ibb.co/hgVzMMb (worktop not finished in this one!)

Little Greene 'Knightsbridge' on cabinets and walls.......

Joanthebone

We have very pale grey (called white oak) laminate in lounge/diner, hall and bedrooms, White Mist on all the walls, which is about as pale a grey as you can get. Teal sofa in the lounge, lime green dining chairs and oak furniture. We are planning a bright colour carpet for the stairs and landing and a wallpaper on the long stairs wall. When I finally get the kitchen done I am hoping for 'patchwork' style ceramic floor and the rest - anything but grey! I do like a contrast!

Waterlily24

We don't have any grey but I do like it better than magnolia. Our living room is taupe and another similar colour but looks a bit grey lol. The kitchen is stainless steel and black so does look grey.


All the other rooms are various colours and the stairs and landing are white.