Please help me make an interior design decision!

[Invisiblewoman1]

The plumber needs to order my radiators today. Please help! I will try to upload photos but if that fails - I have a Victorian house I am renovating. I plan to have neutral decor, I am putting in wooden floors, stripped wooden floors, wood burner, original cast iron fireplaces, sash windows back in. All door and window furniture is antique black.
I’ve chosen traditional looking column rads. Shall I go for anthracite grey or stick with white?

I love how the grey looks in traditional homes with neutral decor. It adds a Morden flare and is striking. But I worry it will end up looking old fashioned and maybe white is safer but also white against neutral decor is very calming.

Yes - anthracite grey
No - white

Yes grey
More interesting!

Grey. Possibly you can paint them if you’re bored of them some years down the line?

thank you!!

Voting wise I meant to say
Yabu - grey
Yanbu - white

I would choose white as I'm not a fan on grey grey everything and am quite bored of it now and I think it will date quickly. But it doesn't matter what I think! If you like the grey you should get it, but as PP said check how hard they are to paint if you wanted to change in future then it matters less.

I think there's a difference in the heat output with grey? Vaguely remember from when we looked a while back...

I'd go with white, personally. They look more traditional imo.

Grey!

I think the grey will look really dated in a few years, so I voted for white.

White, Grey is going to datestamp our interiors quicker than you can say 'rag rolling'.

Just to throw another option in there, what about cast iron black to match the fireplace etc?

I subscribe to three interiors magazines a month and had to Google "Morden flare" in case it was a new trend I'd missed. Luckily Google knew what the OP meant

White BTW. Without question.

Grey

White. I think we have reached "peak grey" and it will look dated soon.

White. Grey is going to age so badly and radiators can last years.

White - grey is already starting to look dated

White 100%

Grey is already on its way out and there’s a reason why despite the blip that was avocado bathrooms, white has been the colour of choice for sinks and rads for decades.

I’d also say white as grey is beginning to look dated and going out of fashion. White, whilst not the fashionable choice, is inoffensive.

Depends if you want to make a feature of your radiators or for them to blend into the background. Personally I'd go with white.

Are those the only choices?

Grey. It isn’t going to date in a Victorian house 🙄

Anthracite grey rads are almost black, we are in a period house and have a mix of anthracite against dark walls and white on light walls. I wanted them to blend in as much as possible.

I’m more concerned with the wood burner plan- really bad for air quality in your home.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/01/avoid-using-wood-burning-stoves-if-possible-warn-health-experts

Grey. Wish I could justify the cost to replace all my mix n match white ones.

Radiators are a long term investment not something to buy because it's in fashion now. I've gone for white because they don't 'go out of fashion'.

[quote Greenmarmalade]I’m more concerned with the wood burner plan- really bad for air quality in your home.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/01/avoid-using-wood-burning-stoves-if-possible-warn-health-experts[/quote]
Not if you season your wood and junk treated or painted wood.