How To Balance Style With Resale Value? -- Good Questions

Pin it Q: We just bought our first home in an up-and-coming neighborhood of Atlanta, which we plan on selling in a few years. My biggest design roadblock is balancing my own style ambitions with resale value. I'm thinking: black fireplace! Dark lower cabinets! A black wall in the dining room! A bright orange window in the bathroom (ok, the last one may need to be repainted, my husband said it reminded him of caution tape...)! But we are concerned how these relatively simple paint jobs may be int...