Oh, is that an insult?

[trickofthedark]

So this painter guy we know, in an effort to convince us to get the outside of our house painted (it does need it), told us that the red-brown colour was OMG, so 70s.

Sheesh, good thing he hasn't seen the kind of 70s offenses I commit on our dining table.

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[okojosan]

It looks nice and elegant to me! I love the chair with the frogs on it in the corner. :D

[trickofthedark]

Thanks! Perhaps I'll have to get a closeup of my appalling hot pink 70s tablecloth. It's less elegant close up and more eye-bleeding.

[imhilien]

If you like red-brown, go for it. :) I know I cringe when I see so many modern houses painted grey, but that's just me.

I like the medieval display on the wall, it's very Bayeaux Tapestry-ish. :)

[trickofthedark]

Our house currently is red-brown. I think it would be really ugly painted grey. I'm not a fan of grey houses either.

Thanks, it is in fact a take-off on the Bayeaux Tapestry.

octopus!

[monnsqueak]

Random, and not a reply to this at all, but...

... saw this and thought of you! :)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=551984&fbid=162781693732767&id=100000028116246&ref=nf Hope you can see it - it's a gorgeous black dress with purple octopi all over it, from an Aussie shop called Quirky Stylin' :) It's got you all over it. Well, octopi, actually. Er...

;) *waves*

Re: octopus!

[trickofthedark]

Wow! That is one heck of a dress. I don't think I could quite pull that off, but it is gorgeous.

[karisu_sama]

What a cute dining area! :D

And since when do house exterior colors get "dated"? I have always thought that quaternary color tones drawn from nature (red-brown fits right in with that) are perennially attractive for painting house exteriors. Our house is a color somewhere between eggplant and chocolate, with mostly sage and off-white accent colors.

[trickofthedark]

Thanks!

I don't know, and red brown seems so inoffensive as house colours go. I think he was attempting to be a salesman and is not a natural. Your house colours sound great. Our front door is red red, and I don't think it works and I was thinking maybe some sagey greeny thing would work better. And I love brown with purple tints hidden in it. Picture maybe of your house? If we ever do eventually repaint our house maybe I might go for something like that.

[karisu_sama]

Picture.... I found one! Color rendition depends on monitor settings etc. etc. of course... :)

[gentlehum]

Beautiful dining room, and as to the colors, well, they'd fit right in with my living room decor.

[trickofthedark]

Thanks! I'm sure I'd love your living room then. =)