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Anything Gray In the Home is Absolutely Gone?

BunSnoop — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:37:33 GMT

I was reading an article in the Sunday paper and it said:

"These days, so much is changing in tastes. For example, anything gray is absolutely gone, and that includes gray walls, window coverings and tile floring. Warm, bright colors, tans, golds and whites have replaced all the grays that came in during the 1990's. Particulary for young buyers, gray colors remind them of cloudy days, of prison cells and that sort of thing. What's especially the kiss of death for buyers, is gray flooring."

Oh my.....I guess when anyone young comes to visit me their going to feel like their living ia a "prison cell"! I have gray walls in my living room and silver carpet!

What are your thoughts on the color of gray on walls and flooring?

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msgb — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:41:02 GMT

I have grey carpeting that was installed about 3 yrs ago on the second floor.

I like it.

My home is decorated to my and my husband's liking.

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rockygems123 — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:42:46 GMT

@BunSnoop

When I remodeled in 2018 including removing carpet and changing out to hardwoods and whole house interior paint I stayed with warmer tones. Bisque to light coffee colored walls and medium brown wide plank hardwoods.

Grays were a current trend at the time for walls, flooring and accessories. It was a personal preference to go with warmer tones on the larger surfaces, the grays felt too cold. I did want some cooler tones / gray as to keep it fresh so added grays in accessories. And black and white for fun too. I did change out all the old round brass doorknobs and opted for modern nickel handles.

You can warm up your area with accessories including pillows, throws, new lighting and door handles. Kind of opposite of what I did but those items make a big difference.

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ThinkingOutLoud — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:44:47 GMT

I've stayed away from grays for the reasons stated - cloudy, prison - so I'm glad to see this color trend finally change and to see more options in stores.

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PamfromCT — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:45:55 GMT

I am likely the wrong person to ask about the gray trend.

First, anything that is such a huge trend in all things is going to have a certain "shelf life." Second, living in a cooler climate like New England, too much gray would be depressing in darker days.

With the exception of my bathrooms, all my walls are off-white. I have warmth in my home with wood floors, patterned rugs, many accessories, etc. My home was decorated many years back, and we are still fine with it. Perhaps not in the latest style, tweaked once in a while, but it makes us happy.

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kitcat51 — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:50:46 GMT

Just another silly article...there's all shades of gray & it will never be gone.

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GabbyAnn — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:52:15 GMT

We recently painted our kitchen cabinets a light gray and the wall a charcoal gray. We will be having new floor installed soon. After looking at the oak cabinets for almost 30 years, I LOVE my gray cabinets and wall. Working on choosing an accent color.

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Desertdi — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:53:58 GMT

There must be a LOT of people with "memories of prison" ....

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santorini — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:03:28 GMT

@msgb wrote:
I have grey carpeting that was installed about 3 yrs ago on the second floor.
I like it.
My home is decorated to my and my husband's liking.

@msgb This is totally off the subject, but I just wanted to say how nice it was to see someone using the correct grammar. I often see others putting an apostrophe on the word "I" and it drives me nuts. Example: "They came to Larry and I's house." Really? What elementary school is teaching that?

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bmorechick — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:11:48 GMT

Well, because we live near the beach, we redo in a coastal, light style. Just redid our downstairs flooring about 2 years ago in light grey LVP. It's beautiful and opens up the house. Walls are a light blue/grey. Furniture that was replaced or painted is white.

No carpet in my house. Upstairs, oak hardwood in a light maple color. It's more formal up there and was done when I was into antique furnishings. Which I now do not like and am trying to get rid of it. No one wants it so to Habitat it goes.

Third floor, no carpet. Put the same grey LVP up there. Our peloton equipment is up there as it is our home gym.

I have found that everything goes around and comes back.

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catter70 — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:06:59 GMT

I get tired of the powers that be telling us what colors to use, clothes to wear, styles that are in and out. You go to the expense of changing what they tell you to do and then the next year it's out. I don't care what they say, I'm gonna do what I want.

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just bee — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:14:32 GMT

Our home was rebuilt after a fire and we chose Sherwin-Williams' Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for the interior.

Five years later, it's still very agreeable.

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Puppy Lips — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:15:01 GMT

@BunSnoop wrote:
I was reading an article in the Sunday paper and it said:

"These days, so much is changing in tastes. For example, anything gray is absolutely gone, and that includes gray walls, window coverings and tile floring. Warm, bright colors, tans, golds and whites have replaced all the grays that came in during the 1990's. Particulary for young buyers, gray colors remind them of cloudy days, of prison cells and that sort of thing. What's especially the kiss of death for buyers, is gray flooring."

Oh my.....I guess when anyone young comes to visit me their going to feel like their living ia a "prison cell"! I have gray walls in my living room and silver carpet!

What are your thoughts on the color of gray on walls and flooring?

@BunSnoop I LOVE the color gray. One of my favorite colors. A few years ago, we painted the outside of our house gray, with white trim. But I don't have anything inside the house that is gray. We built our house and one of my biggest regrets is not going with a dark gray tile for the floor, as my decorator had other ideas. I feel like articles like that are just trying to get people to spend money to redo their houses to keep up with the trends. I don't care what the trends are or what other people like. I do what I like as it is my home, and I am sure the other people here resonded in kind.

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Puppy Lips — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:21:09 GMT

@santorini wrote:
@msgb wrote:
I have grey carpeting that was installed about 3 yrs ago on the second floor.
I like it.
My home is decorated to my and my husband's liking.

@msgb This is totally off the subject, but I just wanted to say how nice it was to see someone using the correct grammar. I often see others putting an apostrophe on the word "I" and it drives me nuts. Example: "They came to Larry and I's house." Really? What elementary school is teaching that?

@santorini I have never heard anyone make a statement like that. But the, "Me and .......," drives me nuts. My adult son did it the other day, saying, "Me and Uncle Scott," and I lit him up for it. He did not care. His thinking was that as long as what he was saying was understood, the proper way to say it does not matter. Language usage changes, and we can not stop it from doing so.

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shoesnbags — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:21:36 GMT

As a person who loves color, I never jumped on the grey bandwagon. For me grey represents all of the negative things in the article.

Fortunately there are a lot of colors in the rainbow so we can all surround ourselves with what makes us happy.

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rockygems123 — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:28:43 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
There must be a LOT of people with "memories of prison" ....

@Desertdi

That was a good chuckle haha!

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I am still oxox — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:30:31 GMT

Just redid our apt with light grey walls and grey doors. Also grey in the kitchen with black and grey tiles and grey handles

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GingerHead — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:33:59 GMT

@just bee Most of my house is SW Agreeable gray as well. It's not too gray and can go either warm or cool depending on what's around it and the lighting.

In our house it just looks like a light neutral, not as harsh as white. I really find it very agreeable as well!

Saying this, it's not my absolute dream surroundings as I long for a darker more moody home. I like to call my style "vampire chic." But I designed this home more based on the masses as I don't consider it our forever home and want it to sell one day.

I do love grays but I also love dark and moody and find cloudy, dreary days cozy and warm. I'm happiest when it's overcast and cloudy. So, maybe I'm opposite most people and my thoughts don't apply here

But I say there are no rules in your personal space!

PS(please don't check my grammar, I'm terrible! haha)

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Snowpuppy — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:35:17 GMT

I am home shopping for a place to retire to and I see it everywhere!

Seriously, walls, floors, cabinets, carpeting, repainted fireplaces, countertops..ugh! It reminds me of prison and lack of imagination.

DS lives in an upscale neighborhood way above my price range. While browsing listings in his area I noticed a LOT of individuality in their homes. Almost no gray anywhere!

When talking with him he said "people in million dollar homes don't watch HGTV and don't shop Home Depot". 😉

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bikerbabe — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:39:12 GMT

The sea of grey depresses me as does an ocean of beige. No to both.