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Ugh, that "modern" all-gray home decor style. I can't stand it. Not saying everything should be purple and gold and rainbows, but for the love of all that is good and decent in this world, please: it's OK to add some splashes of bright color in your home!!

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Yep, I had to convince my wife to get the orange version of this rug: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F9NNJA0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

Because I think grey and orange looks cool with our hardwood (and it totally does), and while it took some initial arm twisting, she was sold on it as soon as it arrived as we put it in the room. Our friends meanwhile have a white fetish. Everything that can be white is some shade of white. If they didn't have carpet their house would feel like a hospital and/or wedding, I honestly feel more relaxed in their unfinished basement than their living room

Your rug is also removable. That means even if it's there while the house is for sale some day, the potential buyers will know that it won't be their problem if they don't like the color. Also, I think accent colors are required to make a home look great even if it's a color I don't like, it's better IMHO than all the bland stuff going around.

This, 1000%! I painted the exterior of my home a BRIGHT blue with a BRIGHT yellow door amongst the sea of beige and grey dreariness (I mean we live in Portland, was the 9 months of grey not enough?!). Two of my neighbors detest it based on their passive aggressive comments, but otherwise I get tons of compliments. Every time I arrive home from somewhere, it puts a huge smile on my face seeing those colors light up our street. This beige and grey trend can't die fast enough.

My preference is mostly greys with, as you say, color accents. Maybe orange curtains, or a blue couch.

Part of the appeal of course of a grey interior is that you can just drop in green upholstered chairs and not have to try and match the walls.

Gray walls are one thing, ruining perfectly good wood floors with gray finish is another thing, and a lot more expensive to fix than a coat of paint. Not to mention black/gray backsplash tiles and cabinets.

Who puts gray finish on a real wood floor? That sounds crazy.

I assume any non wood color floor that has wood-like markings is vinyl.

For interiors, you have to be a little careful; bold color walls can end up sucking in light, especially at night. At one point a relative's house had a red bedroom that they described as "the inside of an animal's mouth".

Gray interiors are also optimal for making a neutral space for doing color-sensitive work like photo editing because surrounding colors can taint your perception. My office space is mostly gray with a lot of wood and small accents in earth tones so I don't ruin the atmosphere for anything related to design.

Yeah. My brother just built a house and it's grey everything. As a homeowner I do see the logic in not proliferating too many different colors throughout the house but if it were me, I'd definitely have had at least some variety.

There was a famous artist who got brain damage. Afterwards he could only see grayscale.

He also started disliking colors. Couldn't actually see the color but he thought they looked "dirty and weird".

So that's a possible cause for the popularity of gray. Brain damage. Caused by ubiquitous use of antidepressants or bad air or whatever.

So add some color to your home?

> I can't stand it.

So don't do it. This isn't even a mole hill.

Key word being some. If everything is emphasized than nothing is. Growing up in India, I'd day good riddance to shouty colors and permanent visual overstimulation. Grey is calmn. Neutrals are calmn. Fuck colors.

Tragedy of the chromatic commons. Barren inoffense is maximum profit. Apartments go all white (with any tree that reducing light or view distance chopped down) and then it's on you to liven the place up.

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