Making a little white box

When I moved into my little house, my decorating style was a little…. well, it was weird. I could blame the woman I bought the house from, with her leopard-print toilet seat (which, she actually made part of our sales contract that she got to take with her. lol.), and animals sponge-painted into the downstairs bathroom, but really, I just liked bright colours and slightly odd designs. (Which, considering I’m slightly odd, kinda fits. )

So, I painted Cinderalla’s castle on the walls of my spare room, my upstairs bathroom is an aquarium, and every room is a different colour – from my green and silver kitchen, to my red, black and white living/dining room, to my bright pink office and my dark purple bedroom.

The thing is, I’m trying to sell this house. And the slightly odd colours that made me happy 8 or 9 years ago don’t really appeal to the average home buyer. But, with all of my design ideas (not to mention my budget) saved for the new house, I really don’t have the inclination to repaint this house.

But that’s the thing. When I bought the new house, we didn’t look at the colours. In fact, I think I’d have a hard time telling you what colours they used in that house. Because once I knew it was going to be mine, all I can think of is the new colours I’m going to put in there (even if they will be slightly less in your face as my current house, tho not less odd. ). So, why is it that people come into my house and are scared of some paint? The house is clean, there’s no real “we have to fix that” ares, so there isn’t a lot of work that they’d need to do, except slap a few coats of paint up in a couple of rooms.

My realtor doesn’t think I should go out of my way to repaint, but I’m worried. I love the “sell your house” shows on TV and they *always* repaint in these blah neutral colours.

What do you think? If the house was perfect in every way, except for bright colours on the wall, would you still buy it? Or would you be scared off by pink, purple and red?

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