Grey - yay or nay?

8 years ago

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The colour du jour, grey has been having a moment for a while now. From washed out shades to stone colourings, grey has proved it can be both interesting and versatile. But in this recent craze, some people are feeling a little too grey about it - is there any escape?

So decision time - which side are you on?

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Emmanuelle

8 years ago

Yay! In all shades! It is simply a brilliant background colour which goes with so many other colours! It is soft on the eyes and induces calm... I think it is there to stay!!!

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standroid
8 years ago
Bored of grey
headers13
8 years ago
Yes I love it. I think it will carry on being popular.
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Kerry Donnelly
8 years ago
I LOVE it, goes with anything, like it in every room as it makes me feel uniformed, like a uniform probably lol
honeypoppet
8 years ago
I'm a yes too! It's such a calming colour...and can be essential to creating a certain mood...cold bluey greys to warmer almost browny toned ones.. they're all SO luverly! :-)
Emmeline Westin
8 years ago
Absolutely! And I love the images Emanuelle included.
alant1000
8 years ago
Definite yay! Although it can be tricky to find a suitable shade as some are hints of blues and some are browns.
Kerry Donnelly
8 years ago
Alan try the wickes range as they seam to be true greys
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8 years ago
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Hello Tom,

Yes I'm a huge fan of grey. It's not black and white-There are many shades of grey- not only 50! From painted walls, to stone, to velvet to concrete.... With earthy, inky, cloudy.... : ))

Grey and purple...
Grey and gold... I even prefer charcoal... but the darker the better! : ))
minnie101
8 years ago
Love the image AJ, the stairs in particular!
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8 years ago
Thank you Minnie : ) )
kb_55
8 years ago
Definitely yay!

We've been updating our house since we moved in July and have so far paired it with purple, teal and yellow.
Sherbert Barnes
8 years ago
Absolutely love grey - in all its tones..... Loving grey with old gold at the moment!
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8 years ago
Depends...as in all things... Whatever the colour, we need the whole spectrum. As in beautiful nature.
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Love Grey!
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Not keen.
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johunt
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Yay but you can go too grey and bland. Mix up shades and textures and it's a win win
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Yay! But you have to make the correct choice of shade, especially if the room is north facing. You also have to consider lighting. If you get this wrong grey can become 'murky' :)
chalkandbell
8 years ago
It's been done to death, why would you want something everybody else has? So no, no and thrice NO!
Jeanne Banks
8 years ago
Just got a grey kitchen. Love it. Makes a nice neutral option instead of white or cream which have been done to death.
kilmouski
8 years ago
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Yay, I love grey... but unfortunately as with any decor colour it will come to define an era, and therefore in the end become outdated!
nudejude
8 years ago
Yup! Love grey in all shades, although a whole room done in it does become a little dull, it needs to be mixed with a little colour and LOTS of texture.
annebarretto
8 years ago
french grey is my grey of choice.
163 hrd
8 years ago
Lamp room grey for me.
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Blondilox
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So everyone's pretty on the fence about grey then? ;)
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7 years ago
love love love grey
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7 years ago
Nope! Am with standroid and chalandbell on this one. Vanilla is my go to warmth factor and goes with everything.
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7 years ago
Inside a house you can change the paint colour easily when trends change.
But there is a trend for grey window frames- sometimes it sits badly on houses (particularly those with plainer fronts or dark brick) so you have to be careful. Also wood windows can be repainted but this is not so easy with UPVC and I worry that the grey plastic windows fitted today could be a desirable in the future as the previous trend for mahogany coloured windows.
Deb C
7 years ago
So what paint did you use and the name? Trying to find very light grey to go with this

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