I was house hunting for a good two years. Almost every single house I looked at had light grey walls and grey engineered hardwood floors. The HGTVification of America is unsettling.
Agree! I constantly struggle with getting what I like vs what is “in” . At the end of the day I end up with getting what I like, I am so much happier. But I hate that struggle!
I used to love and dream of this color scheme, paired with silver toned hardware, that was not available for the longest time. Then grays became in and killed it for me. In the new house I’m going for bold, in your face, favorites with super white trim and doors, in lacquer. Heaven!
I completely agree - but I would note that taupe can read almost a mauve, depending on which direction the room faces and thereby may just not work in some spaces...
I'm ALLL the way with you on snowbound (no yellow undertones), but depending on the light, along with blue and greens, as accent walls OR splashes of color here and there with throw pillows, wall art, etc., so you can change it around with texture...rugs, etc!! Enjoyed watching as usual.
Have you ever considered doing a series of videos with suggestions of room colors by exposure? My specific question would be a primary bedroom with walnut furniture that has windows facing north and east....but I'm looking to repaint all my bedrooms some of which face east and some, west.
I did entry in dusty pink, the interior living room wall dark brown. The exterior living room walls, green. The kitchen grey. The bedroom lilac, the bathroom, blue. The ceiling yellow. Gave tours all the time!
I painted the main part of our home in Topsail and couldn't be happier! We are north facing and have beachy decor-- everyone who walks in says the instantly feel calm. It seems cool/warm neutral because I have natural warm wood and gray furniture and white trim/ceilings and it goes with it all.
I agree with grey ! It's so outdated I've did it myself ! I am very bold have black as an accent wall black skirting and doors too in my living room! I also have emerald green in my hallway ! But I mostly use neutrals like beige and sage x
I appreciate your taste of paint color choices. I've been noticing how prevalent of those extremely light and earthy color applications are throughout the houses I visited. Real estate agents told me those are "safe" colors for selling homes but the colors look kind of boring to me, to be honest. I personally prefer deeper and saturated hues. And I'm glad some pro like you finally shared the same view.
Can you possibly do an episode on paint colours to use when you dislike flooring colour and due to expense, one cannot change it? Like if you have a warm floor but prefer cooler tones and vice versa to capture many tastes? Love your channel!!
I'm looking for the same help on color with the honey oak. I can't paint it, there is way too much of it in the home we bought 2 years ago. I have thought of using a gel stain over it to change it to a slightly different shade.
I'm in the same boat. I recently used Murphy's oil soap to clean, Howards restore a finish and Howards orange oil. They look fabulous. I also had too much to paint. We are going with a Sedona red rock paint for accent wall and Champagne white. Good luck
I had honey oak floors.....I stained them Jacobean. It looks awesome with light Grey's , beige, and taupe wall colors. It looks so timeless. I painted my trim white.
Oh no 😅 I just painted a bedroom accent wall a saturated blue green! I’m in love with this color though, I don’t mind being dated with Durango Blue to make eyes at 😍
Burnt Toast Space Girlfriend// is it made by Behr??? And do you think it would look good on kitchen cabinets? I just looked it up and only saw it by Behr. It's a gorgeous color, but wanted to ask you first. I hope you see this.
Well I’m sticking with grey, white and Smokey black. I don’t mind blue and green here & there either. Perhaps a taupe. Love this snowbound color by the way! But I’m not going anywhere near warms, well not the way these people want to anyway. I’ll go Navy, Emarld, forest, but no yellow, orange, red. There’s enough stuff I have that is warm inevitably, like wood floors or furniture. I still have antiques and hand me downs. I hated the 70’s style. I know it works for a lot of people. It’s more acceptable, more neutral while still using color. But not for me.
can not get on the taupe train at all.......yes i still love grey but I am looking at changing it up a bit by using a lighter grey than what I have now. I have considered white as well but I do worry I will get very very tired quickly of it although I know it would look good. I have decorators white on my trim. Snowbound sounds like it might be a nice white.
No color (including gray) is ever out if you love it and it works in your home. I seldom follow trends unless they suit my personal aesthetic. I do what I want. But maybe I'm a rebel lol.
I do what I want also. I don't care about trends. And especially when it comes to paint color, it's something that's easy to change if you don't like it a couple years down the road. The inside of my house is a bunch of different colors, they are all bright and cheery and rich colors. And yet for the outside it's gray and white. :-)
Trends are just stupid. I once painted my kitchen/dining area walls a bright electric blue. I could hear 'designers' howling as I rolled that colour on. I loved it. It was bright and made that rooms come alive.
We are painting the outside of the house. I wanted to make sure these colors would go well together. You seem to know so much more than me concerning color. Siding SW City Loft, Trim SW High Reflective White, and door, downspouts and metal accent roof SW Black Fox. Your thoughts??
Yay sea salt! I'm going to paint my living room sea salt! I thought of using it for my bedroom also, but it's on the north side of the house and the sample just looked dead. So disappointing, starting over.
I enjoy your videos and I love Snowbound! I was very close to choosing that recently for some repainting in our house. I ended up doing a blended mix of Benjamin Moore’s Dove Wing and Sherwin Williams Origami White and love how it turned out.
I've always loved a darker taupe ever since I had my first apartment and then a house. The old Laura Ashley Taupe #3 which has a lot of depth and the cozy feel I like. Do you know of a quality paint company that is selling this color? For the ceiling, would you recommend 10% Taupe#3 since I don't like white? I'm looking for a cheerful color for the small galley kitchen we'll be renovating with light wood cabinets. Thanks.
Other than the white shades that I liked, I think my favorite was persimmon. I have an entryway that was done in Pennywise, a dark coppery orange which I love. I think this would be a nice transition into the area where the front stairs are.
Iam fed up of taupe brown again after seeing my parents house in this color for 10 years. Iam looking for a new color that means good times as well as healthy times. What is the best shade of purple/ lavender for interior wall color
You missed an opportunity to insert a Dolly Parton reference to Dusty Rose. In the movie “Straight Talk” her character kept trying to decide between 2 carpet colors for her new place… between Dusty Rose and a green color (something like “Christmas Tree”)
My whole house was painted gray including the ceiling and it was awful!! Awful! AWFUL!! I paid too much money to have someone repaint a brand new house. I don’t know who’s great idea it was to paint all the new homes by this builder gray. 😤
If you have a North/NW/NE facing room, SW White Duck is wonderful. Turns this creamy moody shade with touch of soft Gray undertones. Looks amazing with SW Pure White trim color. Be careful because it can turn totally Yellow in a SW/S facing room. It is a keeper of a color for me as a REALTOR trying to lighten up a dark home for re-sale. As for leaning into color on walls, if you are thinking of selling soon get with your REALTOR to help pick what is actually helpful in re-selling your home. STAY away from all these Mauves, Oranges, Pinks (stay away from any fleshy colors they turn off 99% of buyers and these colors can lean in on this specially Mauves) and stay away from any deep colors if you are going to sell (nobody likes deep colors on any walls no matter what you think). I don't care what any decorator says to you or what your personal preference is.. just don't waste your money on the wrong colors if you plan on selling soon! GET with your trusted local REALTOR.. they will know what works for re-sale.
I was house hunting for a good two years. Almost every single house I looked at had light grey walls and grey engineered hardwood floors. The HGTVification of America is unsettling.
Agree! I constantly struggle with getting what I like vs what is “in” . At the end of the day I end up with getting what I like, I am so much happier. But I hate that struggle!
Why didn't uou just paint it???
I can’t stand this color scheme
I used to love and dream of this color scheme, paired with silver toned hardware, that was not available for the longest time. Then grays became in and killed it for me. In the new house I’m going for bold, in your face, favorites with super white trim and doors, in lacquer. Heaven!
Yuk! That grey brainwash! Yuk, just yuk!
I love your page. I am so happy you're using Sherwin Williams today. It's my favorite paint choice.
I completely agree - but I would note that taupe can read almost a mauve, depending on which direction the room faces and thereby may just not work in some spaces...
I'm ALLL the way with you on snowbound (no yellow undertones), but depending on the light, along with blue and greens, as accent walls OR splashes of color here and there with throw pillows, wall art, etc., so you can change it around with texture...rugs, etc!! Enjoyed watching as usual.
Have you ever considered doing a series of videos with suggestions of room colors by exposure? My specific question would be a primary bedroom with walnut furniture that has windows facing north and east....but I'm looking to repaint all my bedrooms some of which face east and some, west.
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Here you go.
Please compare Greek Villa vs. Whitetail for whole house interior paint, dark rooms and direct sunlight rooms included.
Thank you!
BTW, threshold taupe looks beautiful. Thank you for introducing the color.
White is happy and timeless. I love Chantilly lace!
As I live in W. WI and bluey-greens are perfect - they remind me of blue spruce.
I'm keeping my Repose gray. Love it with everything. Taupe is retro. Had it years ago and it's tiresome.
I did entry in dusty pink, the interior living room wall dark brown. The exterior living room walls, green. The kitchen grey. The bedroom lilac, the bathroom, blue. The ceiling yellow. Gave tours all the time!
I painted the main part of our home in Topsail and couldn't be happier! We are north facing and have beachy decor-- everyone who walks in says the instantly feel calm. It seems cool/warm neutral because I have natural warm wood and gray furniture and white trim/ceilings and it goes with it all.
I just love my kilim beige with white trim against darker woods/metals.
I agree with grey ! It's so outdated I've did it myself ! I am very bold have black as an accent wall black skirting and doors too in my living room! I also have emerald green in my hallway ! But I mostly use neutrals like beige and sage x
I appreciate your taste of paint color choices. I've been noticing how prevalent of those extremely light and earthy color applications are throughout the houses I visited. Real estate agents told me those are "safe" colors for selling homes but the colors look kind of boring to me, to be honest. I personally prefer deeper and saturated hues. And I'm glad some pro like you finally shared the same view.
Can you possibly do an episode on paint colours to use when you dislike flooring colour and due to expense, one cannot change it? Like if you have a warm floor but prefer cooler tones and vice versa to capture many tastes? Love your channel!!
I agree. This can be a struggle.
Can you talk abt honey oak doors and trim? Keep or paint? What color? Floors are also honey oak
I'm looking for the same help on color with the honey oak. I can't paint it, there is way too much of it in the home we bought 2 years ago. I have thought of using a gel stain over it to change it to a slightly different shade.
I'm in the same boat. I recently used Murphy's oil soap to clean, Howards restore a finish and Howards orange oil. They look fabulous. I also had too much to paint. We are going with a Sedona red rock paint for accent wall and Champagne white. Good luck
I had honey oak floors.....I stained them Jacobean. It looks awesome with light Grey's , beige, and taupe wall colors. It looks so timeless. I painted my trim white.
Please do segments on EXTERIOR house colors in different environments
I like white never get sick of it you can put any color with it
I think Sea Salt is a perfect choice for laundry rooms and bathrooms
Oh no 😅 I just painted a bedroom accent wall a saturated blue green! I’m in love with this color though, I don’t mind being dated with Durango Blue to make eyes at 😍
Burnt Toast Space Girlfriend// is it made by Behr??? And do you think it would look good on kitchen cabinets? I just looked it up and only saw it by Behr. It's a gorgeous color, but wanted to ask you first. I hope you see this.
I love that Dusty Rose-beautiful colour but I would put it in a bedroom.😀
High reflective white and Greek villa don’t cover at all. Plan on 4-5 coats. We do net use them
I enjoy taupe more than grey. Can't do the dirty rose or the bright peachy orange.
Well I’m sticking with grey, white and Smokey black. I don’t mind blue and green here & there either. Perhaps a taupe. Love this snowbound color by the way! But I’m not going anywhere near warms, well not the way these people want to anyway. I’ll go Navy, Emarld, forest, but no yellow, orange, red. There’s enough stuff I have that is warm inevitably, like wood floors or furniture. I still have antiques and hand me downs. I hated the 70’s style. I know it works for a lot of people. It’s more acceptable, more neutral while still using color. But not for me.
Restful is very nice for a coastal lover!
It really is!
Love the Persimmon
can not get on the taupe train at all.......yes i still love grey but I am looking at changing it up a bit by using a lighter grey than what I have now. I have considered white as well but I do worry I will get very very tired quickly of it although I know it would look good. I have decorators white on my trim. Snowbound sounds like it might be a nice white.
I used taupe all over, in the form of Martha Stewart's Sharkey Grey (it was taupey), so now taupe's passé to me.
No color (including gray) is ever out if you love it and it works in your home. I seldom follow trends unless they suit my personal aesthetic. I do what I want. But maybe I'm a rebel lol.
I do what I want also. I don't care about trends. And especially when it comes to paint color, it's something that's easy to change if you don't like it a couple years down the road. The inside of my house is a bunch of different colors, they are all bright and cheery and rich colors. And yet for the outside it's gray and white. :-)
Trends are just stupid. I once painted my kitchen/dining area walls a bright electric blue. I could hear 'designers' howling as I rolled that colour on. I loved it. It was bright and made that rooms come alive.
What are the paint names of the dusty fiery clay and the blue/green one? How do I find them?!
We are painting the outside of the house. I wanted to make sure these colors would go well together. You seem to know so much more than me concerning color. Siding SW City Loft, Trim SW High Reflective White, and door, downspouts and metal accent roof SW Black Fox. Your thoughts??
Yay sea salt! I'm going to paint my living room sea salt! I thought of using it for my bedroom also, but it's on the north side of the house and the sample just looked dead. So disappointing, starting over.
I enjoy your videos and I love Snowbound! I was very close to choosing that recently for some repainting in our house. I ended up doing a blended mix of Benjamin Moore’s Dove Wing and Sherwin Williams Origami White and love how it turned out.
That is awesome!
I love your videos but still cant do taupe. The word alone reminds me of panty hose.
I've always loved a darker taupe ever since I had my first apartment and then a house. The old Laura Ashley Taupe #3 which has a lot of depth and the cozy feel I like.
Do you know of a quality paint company that is selling this color? For the ceiling, would you recommend 10% Taupe#3 since I don't like white?
I'm looking for a cheerful color for the small galley kitchen we'll be renovating with light wood cabinets.
Thanks.
Other than the white shades that I liked, I think my favorite was persimmon. I have an entryway that was done in Pennywise, a dark coppery orange which I love. I think this would be a nice transition into the area where the front stairs are.
I can understand why these paint colors are out of vogue. Thanks for the video.
You’re welcome 😊
Iam fed up of taupe brown again after seeing my parents house in this color for 10 years. Iam looking for a new color that means good times as well as healthy times. What is the best shade of purple/ lavender for interior wall color
Hi James! Is Snowbound a possibility for both ceiling, walls, and trim or do you need the ceiling paint to have a higher LRV?
You missed an opportunity to insert a Dolly Parton reference to Dusty Rose. In the movie “Straight Talk” her character kept trying to decide between 2 carpet colors for her new place… between Dusty Rose and a green color (something like “Christmas Tree”)
I have a house painted in 1980 is taupe. Hate it. Going Chantilly
🤔I’ve used taupe back in 2004…and 2008
I like the Dust rose much better than the Persimmon color
Lamo, now that was good! A "great" telling us to stop buying gray and get some help
Have you checked out Backdrop paints? They have some interesting colors, too.
They do!
how thrilling, from grey to greige.
I’d like a new series about bright colors
I HATE grey!! Always have!
My whole house was painted gray including the ceiling and it was awful!! Awful! AWFUL!! I paid too much money to have someone repaint a brand new house. I don’t know who’s great idea it was to paint all the new homes by this builder gray. 😤
Just say nope to taupe. But persimmon is interesting!
I love persimmon. But I live in a 100-yr-old house where such colors are appropriate.
Okay, so what colors would you paint your hallway?
My last house was all earth tone
No white
Brown and tan was the thing before Grey
Dusty rose is retro 90's along with gold, dusty blue... People born in the 60's and their children that again are the millennial's
Grey is boring and depressing. I hate that everyone is now using this color everywhere.
Grey is house mouse
Behr Marquee is the way to go.... js
No to taupe. Beige is coming back grey is out. Taupe is more like a purple grey which will quickly get dated.
I like the taupes that have a grey/brown undertone.
Yuk! Taupe! Yuk!
No mint…..please!
Too much groupthink for me!
Grey is depressing and for Millenials and those that birthed them.
None of the above.
If you have a North/NW/NE facing room, SW White Duck is wonderful. Turns this creamy moody shade with touch of soft Gray undertones. Looks amazing with SW Pure White trim color. Be careful because it can turn totally Yellow in a SW/S facing room. It is a keeper of a color for me as a REALTOR trying to lighten up a dark home for re-sale. As for leaning into color on walls, if you are thinking of selling soon get with your REALTOR to help pick what is actually helpful in re-selling your home. STAY away from all these Mauves, Oranges, Pinks (stay away from any fleshy colors they turn off 99% of buyers and these colors can lean in on this specially Mauves) and stay away from any deep colors if you are going to sell (nobody likes deep colors on any walls no matter what you think). I don't care what any decorator says to you or what your personal preference is.. just don't waste your money on the wrong colors if you plan on selling soon! GET with your trusted local REALTOR.. they will know what works for re-sale.
Not good colors for wood trim. Don’t care for painted trim in a craftsman style home.
Gray is depressing.
I’m sick of gray
Yeah hgtv boring and uninspired