I don’t hate white cabinets, but I hate white cabinets with a white countertop and white backsplash and white walls and a white sink...

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Anonymous wrote:Easily fixable, but nothing makes me giggle more than McMansions with two big pointy topiaries in huge urns in front, framing the door.

Usually the McMansions are "Italianate."

Wow, do you say that about other countries? That's racist.

Interesting.

Tell us who else you hate.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't like gray walls, then what color would you suggest instead? Doesn't it pretty much have to be either beige or gray for much of the home?

Why would it have to be those colors? There's a whole spectrum out there - what do *you* like?

But you need to have a neutral backdrop for most of the house, right? Or are you the one who paints the dining room red and the living room blue and the kitchen green?

If you don't like gray, then what color do you like to see in homes?

I do like gray! In fact, I just repainted the formal living/dining room (and the damn ceilings) -- previously they were a dusty green kind of like scrubs. Yes, the ceiling was green too. I painted that white and the walls gray.

I have neutral furniture, and then brightly colored walls. I feel like it's easier to repaint when I get bored than to buy all new stuff. My kitchen is this lovely purple, my dining room is mostly cream (high molding thing happening) with the top a bright blue. My dining room is over the top - a fantastic yellow/green, that I admit was a super risk, but it's so fantastic when the light hits at certain times of the day. Plus they all play off each other to make my small house look bigger. Certainly, this is someone else's version (including my mother-in-law who believes in shades of white and maybe a touch of wild gray) of a absolute nightmare. My bedrooms are all a dark grey, except for my son's, and he picked out the crayola shade of green.

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Anonymous wrote:Easily fixable, but nothing makes me giggle more than McMansions with two big pointy topiaries in huge urns in front, framing the door.

Usually the McMansions are "Italianate."

Wow, do you say that about other countries? That's racist.

Interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't like gray walls, then what color would you suggest instead? Doesn't it pretty much have to be either beige or gray for much of the home?

Only if you're trying to market the home to the broadest swath of people possible.

I had a house of "many" colors and just updated it with grey and white throughout and refinshed the wood floors .... it is striking how fresh the house now feels. Wouldn't change it for the world!

I don't mind color or pattern in a house if people know what they're doing, but usually it just looks busy and incongruent. A neutral palate is easier and more forgiving.

Anonymous wrote:It's 2018, people/flippers still use grey? Who knew!

+1

Blech. So overdone.

Cheap row house flips with too much exposed brick and the breakfast islands with the swivel seats. They all look like they should have the special of the day displayed.

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Anonymous wrote:Easily fixable, but nothing makes me giggle more than McMansions with two big pointy topiaries in huge urns in front, framing the door.

Usually the McMansions are "Italianate."

Wow, do you say that about other countries? That's racist.

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Anonymous wrote:White kitchens. Timeless? Nope. Sterile and Trendy.

Totally disagree! I was in one in Chevy Chase this weekend, fabulous! It is absolutely timeless if done in a high end manor which would include the wolf range in this particular kitchen. So jealous!

Wolf Range...trendy, too.

Anonymous wrote:Easily fixable, but nothing makes me giggle more than McMansions with two big pointy topiaries in huge urns in front, framing the door.

Usually the McMansions are "Italianate."

Wow, do you say that about other countries? That's racist.

Easily fixable, but nothing makes me giggle more than McMansions with two big pointy topiaries in huge urns in front, framing the door.

Usually the McMansions are "Italianate."

Anonymous wrote:White kitchens. Timeless? Nope. Sterile and Trendy.

Totally disagree! I was in one in Chevy Chase this weekend, fabulous! It is absolutely timeless if done in a high end manor which would include the wolf range in this particular kitchen. So jealous!

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't like gray walls, then what color would you suggest instead? Doesn't it pretty much have to be either beige or gray for much of the home?

Only if you're trying to market the home to the broadest swath of people possible.

I had a house of "many" colors and just updated it with grey and white throughout and refinshed the wood floors .... it is striking how fresh the house now feels. Wouldn't change it for the world!

Anonymous wrote:White kitchens. Timeless? Nope. Sterile and Trendy.

White kitchens are definitely trendy again, but they've been around since the early 20th century so it's a recurring trend. I personally don't like owning one because they take extra effort to clean and the painted cabinets will chip.

herring bone pattern for flooring and tiles.