I have my original 1970's microwave and food processor, as well as a hand me down 1960's Sunbeam Mixmaster, with all its attachments! My jug is electric blue, with a matching toaster! I also have 1960's canisters, two sets one ranges from tangerine, to pale lime, beige, deep aqua and salmon, the others have bight fruits, with black lids. I kept to white enamel appliances for 60's authenticity, but did use a stainless steel cooktop. I have a lime green glass splashback in my kitchen, with terazzo look minoleum floors and blackwood cabinetry, with butcher block benchtops. I have an orange and cream geometric patterned quilt cover and pillow slips I love in my bedroom and found psychedelic lime, purple and hot pink, with white splotches linen for my guest room. The rest is white and beige lamipanel in the wet areas. Psychedelic black and white vinyl in the bathroom. I am currently using 60's and 70's colours and patterns to decorate my fabulous 1965 built home, with a 1970 sunroom extension. I still think it was the coolest room I ever had! Lipstick pink carpet and psychedelic curtains and bedspreads. Wuff, you wrote my bedroom memories of my room at our farm.
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I, however, struggle with in-between colours, almost candy-like (not pastel but not really bold and bright either) that seem to be so popular in UK decoration magazines and TV shows :) But again, I think it is a personal, cultural thing.
Coming from France, but from the Southern part (where the culture is very Mediterranean), I do love the white and grey and taupe and linen colours that are emblematic of Parisian apartments (which define the French "chic"), but I am very drawn too to the colours of the region I grew up in (terracotta, peach, red, pink, yellow, olive green - with a hint of grey, indigo blue, etc) I wouldn't use those colours throughly around the house, but to me, they are colours that, used with moderation and know-how, and in the right setting, look summery and inviting and rustic and "honest". I think our perception of colours depends a lot on our personal story and cultural heritage (as illustrated by pwwkapwwka's comment above.
A room where neutrals dominate the wall and floor but which is "spiced up" with accent colours, lots of texture and interesting lines would be anything but boring. A room is not only defined by the wall colours these are only the first layer of decoration. It looks like walls were supposed to be off-white but turned dusty and "yellowish-as-if-discoloured-by-age" :) I don't think that there is such a thing as "boring"colours. I'm fine with off-white and I'm fine with a more pronounced sandy colour, but standard builder beige, to me, looks "dirty". This being said, I tend not to like beige. It all depends on the room, on the house it's in, on the natural light it receives, on how it is furnished and accessorized, etc. There is no particular colour that I dislike, and I think that every colour has its attributes and can make or break a room, if done properly or not.
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