Anthra****ingcite grey!!!!

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wolfracesonic

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8,239 posts

142 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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Anthracite grey, RAL 7016 whatever you want to call it, is it compulsory now? Three houses close to me have had their white pvc windows sprayed in it and quite a few others had their replacement windows finished in it. I’ve just re-painted the outside of my property in green and cream, will I have to re-do it in order to conform?Mini rant overlaugh

Jambo85

3,447 posts

103 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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It's tomorrow's brown but even knowing that we can't stop using it.

Lotobear

7,996 posts

143 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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Plantation shutters, bi fold doors, chimineas, outside kitchens, boiling taps, the list goes on

anonymous-user

69 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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It’s horrid, render / grey (pebbledash / brown) of yesteryear.


Hoofy

78,565 posts

297 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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I saw a Karen walking her freshly painted kids to school this morning.

silly

toasty

7,998 posts

235 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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Guilty - new bifolds and kitchen doors just gone in. frown White just looks too dated.


PrinceRupert

11,585 posts

100 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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And everyone seems to be painting every surface in their homes a different shade of grey. With grey furniture.

Not me. Colours everywhere, thank you very much.

PositronicRay

28,067 posts

198 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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PrinceRupert said:
And everyone seems to be painting every surface in their homes a different shade of grey. With grey furniture.

Not me. Colours everywhere, thank you very much.
What,, even the outside kitchen?

budgie smuggler

5,730 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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Totally agree, along with these




wolfracesonic

Original Poster:

8,239 posts

142 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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toasty said:
Guilty - new bifolds and kitchen doors just gone in. frown White just looks too dated.
News just in!!!!!!!!! There are other colours besides white and greythumbup

outnumbered

4,611 posts

249 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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We've got grey window frames and doors because the house was built with them. It's a modern design of house, and it looks fine in context. A few older houses in the street have recently had mild refurbs including grey window frames, and they just look odd. I bet they'll get replaced with white again next time round when the fashion has changed...

BobSaunders

3,099 posts

170 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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budgie smuggler said:
Totally agree, along with these



I like that.

PositronicRay

28,067 posts

198 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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wolfracesonic said:
toasty said:
Guilty - new bifolds and kitchen doors just gone in. frown White just looks too dated.
News just in!!!!!!!!! There are other colours besides white and greythumbup
Technically white and grey aren't colours.

V8covin

8,509 posts

208 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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My house had a grey bathroom suite when I moved in in the 90's.
Trendsetter or what wink

Drezza

1,455 posts

69 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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I see old houses with floral carpets, pink/green porcelain bathrooms and do wonder if this grey fad is our equivalent.

Still, it's better than these glossy white kitchens everyone seems to have with spot lights everywhere...

Mr Pointy

12,556 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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PositronicRay said:
Technically white and grey aren't colours.
Of course they are; they just have equal parts of red, green & blue (or the complements).

thebraketester

15,035 posts

153 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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We had our loft conversion done with anthracite window/doors. Knowing that they will be a total pain in the to clean, white was a 100% no go

budgie smuggler

5,730 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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BobSaunders said:
I like that.
Everyone seems to, which is why it's going to look mega dated in 5-10 years.


toasty

7,998 posts

235 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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budgie smuggler said:
Totally agree, along with these


Guilty again. laugh

aponting389

746 posts

193 months

Tuesday 29th September 2020
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thebraketester said:
We had our loft conversion done with anthracite window/doors. Knowing that they will be a total pain in the to clean, white was a 100% no go
On a roof it’s a good idea. Looks very commercial on a house. See whole ‘contemporary’ estates being done now in anthracite, doesn’t look too bad when they are all the same. White looks great with the right windows, just not the plain shiny PVC