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I rather like the rooms that are white,
and the room with a lot of black is fab. But DANG I hate beige!!! Can't help it.

There's something really soothing about a neutral palette. In my book the understated elegance of these rooms, for example the living room pictured with the cowhide upholstered chairs and antique carpet, is a lot more sophisticated and urbane than some of these color contest entries with chartreuse walls and hot pink sofas.

I love the openness, uncluttered, airy and brightness of this room. Also, the furniture is a fab! However, I wished there were more colors. Bright colors, gives a pop to a dull or neutral room. And this room is so huge, it would be able to withstand bold colored furniture's.

Francesco's Well-Curated Flat is absolutely gorgeous!

Pic #9 shows that neutral need not mean minimal/blah/devoid of personality. Most of others shown here look like catalog pages or furniture showrooms to me.

Agree with beddybee. I prefer most of the homes here to what I've seen in this year's color contest. I love color, but I haven't voted thumbs up much in the contest, very few of the entries are speaking to me...

Anyway, love the examples shown above!

i love beige! it's a difficult color as it can easily make any space look like an unexciting and standardized rental but used right it is soothing and sophisticated.

There are some nice examples here, but I have to agree that some look like catalog shots—still too sterile. What is supposed to stand out in #1? The niches? It's not working currently, but does have potential.

#1 is on the market I think, if you really, really like it....

I love the look of neutral rooms. So calm and clean. But I can never pull it off. I always ruin it by becoming hopelessly attracted to some ridiculous bright lamp or something and from there it's a slippery slope into crazy color.