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Let me explain why I hate the colour grey....


Just some background info, I just started my first year of uni and moved into a new house where my bedroom was twice the size I used to have. Like almost everyone I gave into the “grey design” trend in my new room. I painted all my walls grey and had grey pillows and bed sheets and to “even it out” (I thought I was such a cool designer). I added a couple of drops of colour mostly hot pink and lemony yellow here and there. I thought that meant evening it out. But this was were I needed someone to say to me, what in the world have you done, has Pinterest not given you any advice at all?!


I mean why though?.....




So there I was in the most stressful time of my life in a grey room in you guessed it - GLOOMY ENGLAND. What a great decision that was. But why is grey so bad? I have heard the saying multiple times on shows where they say: “Bring the outside inside” but I don’t think they mean literally. I however literally brought gloomy England into my room so wherever I looked it was just a sad grey world.




Me literally not long ago....



The colour grey itself is a very natural colour, it can be found anywhere you look outside. It’s very natural and neutral and combined with other colours it can bring them to life while just existing in the background patiently. It doesn’t particularly give any emotions (but I would question that). The right shade of grey is just soooo important I can’t even emphasise it enough. My mistake was choosing precisely the colour grey.


This is where it can go wrong and the exact reason why I hate this colour so much. If you choose a darker grey, the mood in the room automatically changes even if you have tons of light coming in. The vibe it gives off is cold and unfriendly. But if you choose a lighter grey, there is just so many shades that it becomes more confusing then it already was, plus the undertones can be warm, cool, neutral and dark . If you choose a warm undertone then just why not pick a beige instead? But of course people who paint their walls grey don’t stop there, they are like a different breed (Yes I know I was one of them). Once you go grey it’s hard to stop. You want grey bedsheets, pillows, accessories and floors all because it “matches”. NO SIS it does not match, it puts you in this depressed stage of emotions and who needs that. Definitely not me anymore, and once I opened my eyes, in one day I redid the whole room. I was so done with this colour and stage in my life and I was so motivated that it only took me one day. I put a whole new bed together and painted all the walls a warm linen colour, added wooden elements and straw baskets. UGH I love my room now. I mean there are so many other colours and shades to choose from where grey can just be one pillow or two. NOT THE WHOLE ROOM!




But I agree, and yes mom it was just a phase jeeez and everyone wanted a grey room, or at least thats how I saw it. And according to google, more specifically: https://www.homelight.com/blog/is-gray-paint-going-out-of-style/ grey is finally dying down! The most important reason for this I would guess is covid. This jailed people in their homes for months on end and this was when people realised that hey, maybe grey isn’t a nice colour after all. MORE LOVE and positivity.



Yes now my room is “beigey” and white and more warmer than it was. But the house I live in is still rented so there is not much I can do. Nevertheless its cosier and it feels like a place I can relax. Where grey made me feel anxious and depressed. And no I will not show you a before because I don't have the pictures....




Learn from my mistakes and if not for yourself, then for your family, friends, mailman whatever just anyone. For the love of God stop using the colour grey! If you still disagree after all of this, please just tell me why......(ugly crying kim face)











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