House paint colour help please

[PastaRedWine]

Moving to a vile 1970's beige carpet and magnolia wall empty soulless house in a rush (I am really selling it here I know 😆)

I need to slap a whole load of something on the walls quickly. One colour would be best/cheapest/easiest. It's been freshly painted in the bloody magnolia so something will go on easily anyway.

What would you recommend? I like F&B greys and neutrals but is has to look instantly better than fucking satin magnolia!!!!

we've got a fair amount of Laura Ashley "Soft Truffle" which is a lovely colour....

Try bog standard Trade White. Not the Pure Brilliant stuff (has particles of blue in it which can be a bit cold). Just Trade White.

Dirt cheap, easy to apply and no cutting in between ceilings and walls. Also means you have a blank canvas to put further colours on in the future.

I'd go for a very light chalky grey

Johnstones 5L tubs are £20 in B&M

Could do a room a colour each for about that.

Thank you! I am googling like mad now.

@tickingthebox have you got the matt paint? Or the egg shell?

@PastaRedWine

Matt

We also have Twine/ Pale Twine in some rooms

Both Twine and soft truffle are nice beigy neutral colours - not at all vanilla/pink like magnolia! But go with pretty much anything.

And Pale dove grey in a bedroom. Which is a neutral grey colour.

www.lauraashley.com/en-gb/paint/matt-emulsion-paint/dc300matt

Trade matt white here. My entire house is painted in it. And my last one was too. Reflects back the colours you add in soft furnishings - lovely.

Don't put eggshell on the wall OP. It will look cheap and shiny. Go as Matt as you can. I hated white for ages but it can look good in a 70s house. Otherwise a powdery grey/taupe would be your best bet.

Just got dulux chic shadow. Looks really nice.

You say it's satin paint...I was told in b&q that matt won't cover satin paint. I've never tried it but worth checking out first?

I've painted matt over satin before, and think I got away with it! I hate shiny walls.
I painted the kitchen of my 1970s house with a stoney beige (can't remember what it was!) and it looks good - not pinky or yellowey.

My house is a big roomed 60s job. I have it painted white, agree with pp, it reflects back everything from the room. Also makes a fantastic background for art.

What colour is the woodwork? That will make a difference to what wall colour to go for, unless you're planning on repainting that too.

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I’m currently struggling with painting matt white over satin (before painting with my final colour). It just doesn’t adhere properly. If you touch against the wall or wipe it the matt paint falls off! I don’t really know what to do next.

Tower try b and q multi surface paint. You can use it on walls, wood, metal... I got some for my previous house so I could do walls and skirting at the same time!. It has very good stickability.

@TowerRingInferno that's what I was told would happen. The only thing I can think of would be to sand everything down with an electric sander and repaint, but that's a big and messy job!

@FaceLikeAPairOfTits Lots of light wood doors and sky light frames and the banister. Some strange dark fake wood in one of the downstairs rooms.

I was thinking painting the doors too! Not sure if that is feasible or if just the walls in a different colour will deaden the whole 70s wood look.

It will be silk if it's wall paint,not satin

You will need to abraid the surface if painting over in mat or you may have issues with adhesion

Everyone should avoid silk paint!

Yes, you’re right - it’s silk not satin 😳. Johnstone’s trade silk (found the old can the previous people left).

I wondered if it was just the case that’s the white paint I was using was awful (Valspar). Urghh, I’m going to have to start again.

To answer the op, white doesn’t look right in my house. It’s a very old and cold house and feels colder now that brilliant white has replaced shiny but warm pale yellow paint. I’m planning to paint over the white with a soft pale grey. White might work well in a 70s house though?

Go for it OP, slather it everywhere. My house is full of orange pine that is being very gradually obliterated.

To paint matt over silk you need to send the silk back or the Matt cracks and peels when it dries, bitter experience. I would recommend a cheaper sand 9.99 from Argos it will take no time. I did a room by hand it took me 2 days!

No need to sand right back, just abraid the surface lightly