Name a bold, outrageous colorwhatever you choose, I was probably infatuated with it at some point.

Needless to say, I quickly grew tired of that, too.

My Interior Motive

Constantly changing color preferences faster than I could change my clothes was becoming tiring.

Colorful bedroom with pink and yellow pillows.

My Interior Motive

It was becoming not only time-consuming to switch up my decor so frequently, but also quite expensive.

Something shifted as I moved into adulthood, though.

I longed for my personal style and my home to take refuge from the chaos that was high-school-into-college.

Neutral living room with large brick fireplace.

Ashley Montgomery Design

And in that, I discovered the beauty, the quiet, and the sanctuary ofdecorating with neutrals.

Ashley Montgomery Design

Call it sad beige, call it boring vanilla, call it what you may.

For me,neutrals are the first color lovesto never leave me.

Neutral bedroom with vintage lantern.

Jessica Nelson Design

Growing into neutrals has almost corresponded with growing more into myself.

And for this semi-sentimental reason, I never want to give up my neutral color scheme.

There are two aspects to decorating with neutrals that reign supreme for me: timelessness and flexibility.

Neutral, off white kitchen with marble backsplash.

Jessica Nelson Design

Jessica Nelson Design

Neutrals are incredibly flexible, too, the bend-over-backward kind.

A neutral home provides the perfect foundation to build upon, change, or update.

This ensures my home will always stay fresh and relevant, unless that yearning for purple comes back.

To make one thing clear: neutral doesn’t have to be synonymous with ‘boring.’

To make one thing clear: neutral doesn’t have to be synonymous with “boring.”