Trying to choose a paint colour should be a simple task. It seems like you should be able to just walk in the store, point at the colour you like, and take the paint home. But instead you find yourself swamped in swatches of colours you don't even like. No one likes beige. But beige is so reasonable.
The problem is, when you choose a paint colour, you're choosing your style. The room doesn't just sit empty with the beautiful colour as the main event. No, you've got to fill it with furniture. So if I paint a room robin's egg blue, I've gotta come up with chic and glam furniture to complete the look. You can't just stick a dingy couch up against the wall and call it good. If I want a nice clean white, I've committed to crisp furniture and bright accents. But white will make my house look like it's made of bare drywall. Yellow reflects in too many ways, and besides, how do you match furniture to a yellow room? And it's not called yellow, it's called Soleil, for your information.
So beige it is. Beige is a safe colour. No one will argue with beige. But wait, do you want a pink-beige, a yellow-beige, a green-beige... because you've got to keep in mind if you're getting a beige couch it's best not to have the beiges clashing.
Somehow I've got to figure all this out from 2000 km away from the house.
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