Hello and happy Thursday!
I appreciated having Tuesday off from school, but I swear yesterday felt like a Monday all over again. Also, we finally got rain, and it just made for such a dreary day!
That being said, it’s Thursday…my favorite day of the week…and I have some thoughts…
Have you seen this post (or a similar one) on Instagram?
Well, it “stopped my scroll” as they say. I hadn’t really thought about it until seeing that post, and the other pictures included (a few are below):
I tend to be a neutral person, and I think I’ve always been this way. Neutral is “safe” and I’m not a risk taker. haha!
My first thought about this was that I feel like many of us are over-stimulated in society…by all the people, all the noise, the text message notifications, the ding of a new email, and more…so maybe we want our homes and other items to be more soothing?
To me, neutral colors are more calming. I prefer a “pop” of color as far as design goes in my home.
Through the years, I’ve “leaned into” this pale blue/green color as an accent. I appreciate the traditional white dishes, but I like the subtle details in this set, for example.
The first house that Trav and I owned had pink tile halfway up the wall…what a vibe! Honestly, it was a charming element to an older home. Eventually, we did have the tile painted, and it did freshen up the space, but I can see why the pink color was a choice at some point.
When decorating, I think that neutral colors are more practical, so that’s why I gravitate towards those. If I have a neutral couch and chairs, it’s easy to swap them if needed down the road without having to spend money on an entire living room overhaul.
I used to have “pops” of color with pillows on our leather couch, but even now I have pillows with neutral (washable!) pillow covers because of Homer.
Even Homer is a neutral color. haha
I’ve even moved to more neutral colors with my Christmas decor as I’ve replaced some things during that years. That being said, I do still love classic red and green touches which is what most of my holiday decor still is at this point.
What are your thoughts on this? Is it something you’ve noticed?
I can’t say our house is very neutral at all but after seeing something similar on Instagram about the bleaching of color from our world I’m noticing more on store exteriors and brands. Where many like Walmart, McDonald’s. etc. are going more to gray and downplaying their bright tones/logos and only use as accents now. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing but it wasn’t something I had picked up on until seeing the post.
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I know what you mean…I hadn’t thought about buildings and signs until seeing the post.
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