That's right, beige is not a color. No matter what it is called, whether it is Sahara Sand or Potato Chip, or Viennese Waltz, it is still beige and it is still not a color. A house filled with beige does not give those who visit any feeling for the people who live there. Colors set the mood, express who you are, and evoke feelings. Surely living surrounded by beige causes people to become bland as their walls and furniture. How can anyone be creative and thoughtful surrounded by beige?
Once upon a time, I saw people struggling to pick out just the right beige curtains to exactly match their beige carpet. I wanted to shake them and say, "Who cares, it's all just beige." I did not. I am guessing that they they would not understand. Doubtless, those people would have taken offense, first at my poking my nose where it did not belong, and secondly for refusing to accept their beigeness.
It does not really matter in the great scheme of things if the guests do not care for the color of the sofa. I would much rather have someone come away wondering what in the world I was thinking with the lime green curtains, than to leave no impression at all. I chose my house, my walls, my furniture for my pleasure not to avoid offending the occasional guest.
Decorators call beige a neutral, but that only means that it is nothing. Being neutral means that it "goes" with everything, how is that good. Being neutral means not taking a side, it means watching the world swirl around and refusing to take a part in it. Being a neutral observer means watching bad things happen and doing nothing. Is this who we should be, observers with out any desire to make things better?
Do not settle for beige, take a stand, have an opinion, show who you are and how you feel! Whether that means painting your dining room red, or saying, "No, no, that is not right and we must find a way to make it stop."
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