Friday Fun…Color!

Good morning, Kathy... one home I never forgot was a coop in NY City that had installed Barbie pink kitchen cabinets, appliances, and paint! OMG! Now you know I love pink... but this was truly over the top!

Hello Kathy - over the years, in and away from real estate (you know the everyday world), I have seen a lot. And, perhaps most importantly, you can't please everyone - finding the "one" whether it be a potential buyer or lifelong partner is not as easy as some "say".  

Good Friday morning, Kathy.

I have seen many unusual color selections over the years. I recall a purple house that we frequently passed and when we saw the owner in the yard, she became the purple lady in our conversations.

When is International Black and White day. Maybe they could broadcast TV in black and white all day. The news might get better.

It was awful Kathy. It was a baby nursery that was all black including walls, ceilings, furniture, bedding and carpeting!

Kathy when I lived in RI there was a house near the Cranston Yacht Club that the exterior was painted hot pink with lime green shutters.   🤣

Kathy Streib - this is so true! DFW is culturally diverse. I can't tell you how many times I worked with a buyer who wouldn't even walk into a house if the direction the house was facing wrong, or everything wasn't perfect. If the last room, i.e., the Master Bedroom was fiery reddish orange, and they did not want that color they will still walk out and not stand to reason. You get the idea. Those were just a couple of examples. The wrong colors for superstitious reasons to me, were taken very seriously by the buyers.

Excellent post!

I met a young couple many years ago, and they had a wonderful house,  everything was staged beautifully till we got upstairs to one bedroom that was Pepto Bismal Pink, it was so bright even when you closed the door you could still see it on your eyeballs. Luckily they knew and over painted it.

Thanks for the colorful post, Kathy Streib! It's so true how shades can totally impact a space and even a sale. I love how you blend fun and practicality—here's to finding that perfect hue that makes everyone happy!

Not a client but a friend and a HUGE John Deere fan painted the exterior and much of the interior John Deere Green and Yellow Kathy Streib .

As far as a client her (deceased) husband was a Navy man and he painted the exterior a deep blue that everyone hated. It took 6 months to convince her to change it. It sold within a week of being painted white.

Oh Kathy I think I wrote about the most colorful house a few years or so ago.  A very dear lady, friend & client had some serious health issues as did her husband.  He had to go live in CA due to his issue which left her at home, alone most of the time.  She decided to make it fun and did so much color........and I'll show you a few pics if I can find them.  Of course when the time came for her to go into assisted living, we had to totally re-do the home and neutralize it.  I never had the heart to mention that to her. 

Hello Kathy,  I see lots of yellow today and a few blue.  Wait yellow is on my March Madness wins and blues are games lost.  LOL

Hi Kathy Streib  An entire home in Mauve or mauve toned wallpaper.  I still have nightmares from it!  

The colors that I am focused on right now are the red, white, and blue of my Arizona Wildcats as they participate in March Madness, haha.

Hi Kathy:

I have seen some "interesting" color combinations over the year but the most vivid was a home in MN. We were looking for a home in White Bear Lake and went to an open house. Every room was painted a different bright color including the ceilings while the kids bedrooms were vividly wallpapered. Most of the rooms had bright shag carpet as well - orange, purple, lime green, etc. It was amazing and not in a good way.

Jeff

Dark red and burgundy seems to be the hardest to cover over in my experience.

I've had clients refuse to paint and you just have to work around it. In most cases people think the thing to do is to bring in the same color elsewhere in the room to match the walls. I always recommend using a different color that compliments or takes attention away from the color. 

We had a home here they painted in yellow, blue, teal, green and pink That was just the outside! They used that theme inside too! Looked like an Easter Basket inside and out! 

I have seen some pretty crazy colors. A dark mustard yellow and dark green floors was by far the worst.