At 08:57 AM 10/5/98 +0000, you wrote: >Margaret Lauterbach <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote: > > >> I recall similar feelings when we sold a house almost 30 years ago. >> It's the people who use the bathroom, thus "investing" in the >> septic tank, who'll buy for sure, Rosemary. Then they'll recarpet >> the house, a different color in each room. Never go back. Margaret > >You must have owned, then sold, my house 30 years ago. After they >put a different color of carpet in each room they painted the walls >cold, hard white. With the exception of the magenta shag bedroom, >it's the coldest house I'd ever seen. > >Liz >who wonders if Billie Bob has considered putting magenta shag in the >Oval Office > In view of the fact that I have no color memory and am Martha Stewart-challenged, I painted all of the walls of our house off white. It suits me, and it isn't cold to me, but others may disagree. What do you put on your walls? I dislike blue, green and tan walls, my husband loathes pink/rose or any shade of same. Margaret