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Readers Respond: My Favourite Colors for Home Decor and Why I Like Them

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What colors make you feel most comfortable, happy and content in your home? Have you tried several colors before deciding on your current wall color? Do you like to experiment with color? What are your favourite colors and how do they make you feel?

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Purples

all shades of purple i love them it makes me happy in viting i have eveything purple u could name it an i probly have it that's purple. i am remodling my room an i'm a purple junky. i'm a very bold kind of girl i have my wallpaper an fell in love with it i have lavenders, purples blacks whites al in one but something feels missing http://www.americanblinds.com/wallpaper/productid,69008
—Guest TiAnna

Colors

My favorite color is hot pink, but as far as decorating goes I really like black and olive green for the living area. And in the bedroom I like black, white with red decor.
—Guest Tam

Black White and Red

I think black and white is classic with a touch of red.
—Guest Sheila Johnson

Brown

I like brown because is warm to look at that color
—Guest Lyn

Too Pale means Illness

I tried whites & neutrals and I felt like my home was an office. Finally deep salmon, red, terracotta, with glass & brass made me feel at home again. Yellow lights up dark rooms and I love green. Sage, gum, forest green and vintage teak timbers or oak! That's home to me.... Blue is cold. White is cold! So....what to do for the bedroom? any ideas people?? Tan mustard feature wall never made me sing..... Where to from there????
—Guest Faye

Blue

Blue, lavender, violet, white trim These colors remind me of water. I'm going for soothing, relaxing, cozy.
—Guest Eleni

My colors

I'm using these colors for a place of business. black, ivory, beige, and violet purple.
—Guest Kieu

color choices

brown, mahogany and black colors for my cabinets furniture and frames, garden green for my wall, and beige for my ceiling.... wonder if these colors are good for my little house...
—Guest diamond

Cindy

I love red yellow and orange with a little green it makes me feel happy and warm.
—Guest Cindy

my fave colors for home decor

I love the cool hues and neutral tones, I combine lots of blues, greys with hints of hot pink or violet and purple in artworks Im a painter and I love to play around with my artworks at home and I like my furniture in neutral colors such as wooden chocolate tables, beige tones , etc... u can visit my art at www.paolagonzalez.com.mx or on facebook: PaolaGonzalezAr
—Guest paola

Color

One wall side of the room painted in earthy pistachio, white bed white cover and while photo frames.
—Guest Sara

Feng shui colors

Purple because it makes me feel mystic, pink is so lovely and friendly, blue because of its calming & relaxing theme
—Guest Mona

Bedroom and bathroom

Black, white and red colours. In the living room whie couch on white carpet in front of a window.
—Guest Lin

RED SOFA

I have always wanted a red sofa and now that I have it...I cant decide what colors should I paint the walls. I am leaning towards a camel/taupe with a golden yellow in the kitchen area as the space is very open...what do you think?
—Guest VANESSA

earth wind and fire

I have alot of green with wood and natural and semi - precious stones laying about, but they are rather big so I use them as a paper weight. Also yellow with the lilac can transfer you to a serene and magical place. I have been practicing feng shui all my life I didnt know any other way .. I was raised by my paternal grandmother who passed at 88 on jan 18 th 1998, she followed all eastern ways, massage, reflexology, acupuncture, herbs only ''western" ways make a person sometimes even more ill and dependent on toxic medications. We are a bodies of channels that react so well to color and smell... It has only been 50 yrs that the west has accepted all of there ways.
—Guest suzanne

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My Favourite Colors for Home Decor and Why I Like Them

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