I painted houses and apartments in H.S. and college and I can't stand to lift a paint brush or sand spackle at 50 yrs old. I was good at making things look good and now I just don't have the energy/motivation. I've found the most comfortable houses are houses that use lots of earth tones. My brother has a home painted and furnished in earth tones and it's unbelievably soothing and relaxing. I've had a few manic episodes where bright colors just jumped out at me like walking into a grocery store once - I had no idea how many thousands of bright colors were in a grocery store before - it was really freaky (and distracting).