Do you think if they get a great compliment about the decoration they would take a dive on the price?

Gorgeous!

Real estate photographers use a lot of bright strobe flash to make the interior much brighter than it is. Houses here in The Villages are not normally that bright. Plenty of solar tubes are used to bring light into the center of houses here for that reason. Even though the colors are there, I would expect it to look a lot different in person, especially on a darker day. All those deep colors might look quite a bit more darker and depressing if you saw it in person.

Absolutely love it! Had these colors in my last home (not the dull blah green - we like bright colors), and have them in our new home. Terra Cotta Red, Turquise, Sun Yellow, and Tangerine. When put together right, they look fantastic, and make you happy every time you walk in the house.

I don't understand why I see comments where folks say "I love it, but I could never do it". If you love it - why wouldn't you do it? Life is too short to be dull :)

I also agree that current buyers can't see past the colors - which again I don't understand. That has never stopped me. If you like the layout, like the price, it's only $2,000 or less to change the entire home - just lower your offer. We had to repaint our last home to sell - it killed me to go with ice blue (more like a blue gray).

Also, as an FYI - all of those colors will easily cover with one coat - two at the most. Just use good paint any color is easy to cover.

I have to admit I keep going back to look at the pictures of this house - happy, fun is a good way to describe the feel of it. I can't imagine using such intense colors in a small house though. Since you seem to know something about this, with a smaller house would it work better to paint just one wall in such a bright color versus the entire room?

One thing's for sure, if this house ever lists as an open house, I bet this thread will result in quite a few visitors. :)

Agreed!

I have seen this done both ways, and it can work for either. The amount of color you want to use really is dependent on just how adventurous and daring you are. You don't want colors that clash. Having a single wall in a bright color will really make it pop, so select the wall with that thought in mind.

I don't like white, black, grey, or beige... they make me feel blah, so the first thing we did was to select a primary background color that would be used on most walls - the same way most folks use white, grey, or beige. In our case we selected a muted yellow. It's bright enough to feel cheery, but doesn't dominate the rooms. Then we selected accent colors to make the lines in the house pop. In our case we used a fairly bright Turquoise on the rear wall of the living room, and as accent on the walls that go to the foyer and dining room. As you move to the kitchen, the turquoise gives way to Terra Cotta Red.

My study and the master bedroom are tangerine... because it makes us happy, and because tangerine (or orange) evokes creativity and energy :)

Bright colors are not for everyone, but if you find you like them, once you put them in your home it's impossible to go back to the norm. I honestly don't care if other folks don't like it -what is important is does it make you happy? I have had comments all over the place - from "I need sunglasses in here", "It's a hoot!" (real comment from a realtor - haha), to the other end - "Gorgeous", "Warm", "Happy", "Alive".

I guess I like to wake up every morning and get reminded how bright and fun life can be!

One staging designer told us that because our furnishings were traditional, we should put them all in storage and rent transitional furniture which has aboslutely no personality at all.

I agree. The idea that all of the houses should look alike is ridiculous given that we all come from different parts of the country. If the buyers can't see beyond the furniture that is pretty sad.

Love it! Thanks so much for the response. This is really giving me something to think about especially since my husband actually liked it which surprised me. Now we just have to break out of our neutral mode - lol.

I feel a yard sale coming up.

Realtors in our area up north are often recommending the same. I have noticed that many houses up here that have done that, along with some minor upgrades and updating, have sold very fast and usually at or close to asking price versus comparable houses that have not done so.

Realtors also stress up here the importance of the quality of the photos that are posted online. According to the realtors the younger generation, because of their busy lifestyle, filter everything online first and will totally blow off any home with not so great pics.

Haha....I should be having one. We are getting rid of a lot of stuff trying to prep for going between 2 houses in the near future. Want to keep everything as streamlined as possible.

If we try the paint idea, it will probably be in the TV house. It's much smaller and will be easier to fix in case it ends up looking like something out of the '60s - lol.

Steve from Kling Painting has the Natural ability to help you select colors that would be tough to try to figure out on your own. He helped me before the mistake happened in two different rooms in our little house. Its time to be a little daring as we close in on the finish line. Some Florida colors in our life are nice. Just Nothing crazy in the bedroom color wise, soothing colors are best.

Thanks for the referral, Nucky. I was thinking the same thing about the bedroom colors. I have a hard enough time with sleep some nights without "energized" walls around me - lol.