Taste or follow convention?

We are considering new kitchen cupboard doors and have looked in several showrooms. At least half of what is available is in varying shades of grey. I do like the grey but would never get it simply because it is so popular and I like something a bit different. Though it isn't easy to find something more unique without a bigger budget.

It probably won't be long until the current fashion for grey changes as it has been about now for several years.

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I agree with most on this thread that you decorate to your own taste - I couldn’t enjoy my own home otherwise. One of the tv programmes I understood the least was Changing Rooms. How people could let someone else dictate how they lived was beyond my comprehension.

There's not much point in decorating and furnishing your home in the current style if you don't like it. Your home should be for you to feel comfortable in - not a showpiece for other people.

Having said that, if I wanted to sell a property I would steer clear of brash colour schemes and remove clutter.

I have never had conventional taste, nor the mindset to follow anyone else's.

I would not dream of even asking a question like this but before you leap at me with jewelled daggers, I understand it was to spur discussion.

Predictably, there will be those who go with the latest trend
and if you have a large bank balance and can't think for yourself, that's fine.

And those who choose to buck that trend and have their homes decorated in the way which makes them feel comfortable - be it Gothic, Gaudy or Garage.

Unfortunately (or maybe not) I am a tenant in a home owned by a charity (think alms houses) and they decide on the decor, which make it academic as far as I'm concerned.

I have my own paintings on the walls and that's about as unconventional as I can be these days.

And no, they are not all nude pictures of ex-lovers.

You've been listening to gossip!

Follow your own taste. Unless you are selling. Then go neutral.

I couldn't be bothered to find out what the latest 'trend' is, and decorate accordingly.
How boring (and expensive!)

What everyone else says.
If painting/wallpapering whole house, and you think you may move in a few years, probably better to go for pale colours, but otherwise have anything you like.
I really dislike the fashion for everything grey and would never have it.

I was painting rooms in our new home. My mother warned me not to use colours that were very bright in case we wanted to sell it.
I told her I wasn't going to make colour choices based on what some hypothetical stranger might like.
So that's my advice.
(We are still in the same house, 38 years later.)

No house, no matter what its decor, even if it is neutral, is going to appeal to every buyer when you sell. So do your own thing, Be happy in your home and when you come to sell, sell a happy home.

Own taste. But neutral to sell.

You have to live in it Silverg, I agree with Calendargirl, if you’re thinking of selling, you may what to tone it down, but if not, just go for it!

Do what suits you. I suppose if ever you want to sell your property, it might not appeal to some if your tastes are different to current fashion, but cross that bridge when you come to it.

Always follow you’re own taste.