On 28 Feb 2007 16:23:18 -0800, wrote:

On Feb 28, 6:17 pm, "Frank" wrote:
On Feb 28, 5:59 pm, (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:





In article , "Jack" wrote:
On the TV home improvement shows, seems like everyone hates the wall color
white and replace it with funky colors like purple, orange or somesuch.
Funny when a new owner comes in and repaint the existing purple wall with
green, brown or other bodacious colors. In most cases, the rooms seem dark
compare to white so you need to add more lighting. I like white as a blank
canvas as I (more like the wife) could add splashes of colors from my
furniture, paintings. door and wall trims. Painting walls in bright bold
colors seem like a sensory overload to me. Doesn't anyone like white
anymore?

An off-white/pale beige color offends the least number of
people and makes a room look bright and spacious without
the stark and clinical glare of pure white. That is why
new home builders rarely use anything else. They KNOW (do
not just think/guess) that's what sells houses.

When I was a kid, I did a little painting for a builder. He did not
like to put on 2 coats of paint - more likely with darker colors.

Also, stint as a realtor, we were told it is better to have white or
off white walls and ceilings and bring color into the room in form of
window treatments, furniture, etc.

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The realtor stuff is a bunch of hooey. Sure, if your house is poorly
decorated then a lot of realtors will tell you just to paint it white
but if you have it tastefully done then it can be a positive as much
as a negative. A lot of people say that having all neutral colors lets
the prospective buyer imagine their own furnishings better, but most
buyers aren't that imaginative. If you look at the decorating catalogs
or magazines like Pottery Barn, Ethan Allan, House & Garden, you will
see color used tastefully.

Some years ago I walked DIRECTLY out of a house for sale.. Black and
red walls with purple carpet. I just could not get past that first
impression and over look it.

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Oren

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison