I thought I'd start a thread on the color red because I too am a red lover. The carpets in my house are red. I love red clothing and furniture and just about anything in the right shade of red or burgandy, even a lighter rose color. The trouble is we can't have everything red. That's a problem for me. I guess I want to share what I read in a home design book once, something to the effect that your eye needs a break from the red in the room. If everything in the room was red it would be overwhelming.
This conversation stemmed from a gal here who wanted a pair of sandals in the red color but thought she already had so much red in her wardrobe that she should probably choose another color. It's hard to do but sometimes we red lovers have to pick a complimentary color to it so the eye can have a rest from all that beautiful red. Too much of a good thing. Just a thought.