halfwaynowhere
December 29th, 2008, 01:59 PM
So I live at home with my parents, younger brother, older sister, and her husband (and their baby that's due any day now). My sister and her husband just moved back home a few months ago.
Now, over the summer, I bought new towels, in hopes of re-doing the color scheme in the bathroom. I had bought a pretty aqua blue color. Later, my mom went back and bought a few bright pink towels, knowing that I like pink. So we had the two colors for awhile, and I really liked the way they looked together. I was in the process of looking for a shower curtain that I liked, using those colors. Hadn't found one just yet, though.
So yesterday, I came home and found that our bathroom had been re-done, with a dark brown shower curtain with aqua and orange circles on it. While I can appreciate the hidden beauty of brown, I felt this color was inappropriate for a bathroom. For one, its the color of poop. Two, its just such a dark color, and putting dark colors in an already small room just makes it feel even smaller. Now, I have mild claustrophobia, and I can't bring myself to be in there, which obviously isn't healthy.
So this morning, I went out and bought a new shower curtain, using the colors I liked as well as the new colors. White with pink, orange, yellow, brown, blue, and green stripes. Very bright and happy, and that way we didn't need to get any new towels, because we already had ones that worked. I thought that it was at least a decent medium. It made the room feel more open and comfortable for me.
They hated it. My brother thought it looked too girly, with all the colors. My sister argued that there were just as many guys using the room as girls, so having girly colors isn't fair. But do guys really care what color towels they use? my brother uses the pink towels all the time! Still, I was outvoted, and reluctantly put the ugly brown thing back up, making me regret that venti frappuccino from this morning...
So, my question is- for those of you sharing your living spaces with others, how do you cope when it comes to decorating shared rooms? Do you compromise, or do just deal with whatever is in there? I guess there's more important things than color, but to me, color affects how I feel.
Now, over the summer, I bought new towels, in hopes of re-doing the color scheme in the bathroom. I had bought a pretty aqua blue color. Later, my mom went back and bought a few bright pink towels, knowing that I like pink. So we had the two colors for awhile, and I really liked the way they looked together. I was in the process of looking for a shower curtain that I liked, using those colors. Hadn't found one just yet, though.
So yesterday, I came home and found that our bathroom had been re-done, with a dark brown shower curtain with aqua and orange circles on it. While I can appreciate the hidden beauty of brown, I felt this color was inappropriate for a bathroom. For one, its the color of poop. Two, its just such a dark color, and putting dark colors in an already small room just makes it feel even smaller. Now, I have mild claustrophobia, and I can't bring myself to be in there, which obviously isn't healthy.
So this morning, I went out and bought a new shower curtain, using the colors I liked as well as the new colors. White with pink, orange, yellow, brown, blue, and green stripes. Very bright and happy, and that way we didn't need to get any new towels, because we already had ones that worked. I thought that it was at least a decent medium. It made the room feel more open and comfortable for me.
They hated it. My brother thought it looked too girly, with all the colors. My sister argued that there were just as many guys using the room as girls, so having girly colors isn't fair. But do guys really care what color towels they use? my brother uses the pink towels all the time! Still, I was outvoted, and reluctantly put the ugly brown thing back up, making me regret that venti frappuccino from this morning...
So, my question is- for those of you sharing your living spaces with others, how do you cope when it comes to decorating shared rooms? Do you compromise, or do just deal with whatever is in there? I guess there's more important things than color, but to me, color affects how I feel.