To paint the house just normal white?

[ShinyMatt]

Just moved. The house needs a total repaint.

I am not originally from the UK, and where I'm from walls are usually just white. Pure brilliant white. I like that look - white walls with colour for accent only - but I am from a hot, sunny place in a lower latitude, and I know colour can look different in different places.

I admit, friends and the internet have gotten into my head, with all their talk of pure white being too harsh, their talk of Timeless and Jasmine White and Egyptian Cotton and dozens of others.

Should I buy 10 shades of not-quite-white and try them out? I'm not sure I feel qualified to make a decision based on a swatch on the wall! I am not a great decorator.

The house is bright (when there's sun!) with one or two darkish rooms. It's an east-west orientation. It is currently painted white - it's chipped and dirty but it looks like plain white to me.

So... AIBU to ignore all decorating advice and buy a big tub of trade white and go for it?

Anyone out there with better taste than me and more experience, feel free to set me right.

I put white in all my btl houses as it's inoffesive and bright and tenants can warm it up with soft furnishings. At home we have Timeless but really DH picked it. I'd be just as happy with white.

Most of our house is now Slaked Lime.

Lots of whites to chose from that have a hint of colour -

www.littlegreene.com/paint/colour/white

I’m looking at both of these whites silent white and Wimborne white

I have mostly white all through. The plan is to add colour, but I wanted to live in the house for a bit and see what furniture/curtains etc we bought, before deciding on what colours, and where.