I bought a cookie-cutter house that came in beige, and after a few years I picked a dark red and repainted my living room. Everyone said I was crazy when I tol

I bought a cookie-cutter house that came in beige, and after a few years I picked a dark red and repainted my living room. Everyone said I was crazy when I told them what I was doing, but after it was finished and I invited them over to have a look they inevitably said "that looks a lot better than I was expecting." Most of them even said it was a marked improvement. Beige is boring. I'm no interior designer, but just about anything is better than beige. Pick a color, give it a shot. I picked out a couple of shades of red and painted a few large patches on the walls just to see how they'd turn out, then used that to narrow down which one I would prefer.