Coffee coloured skirting & pale cream walls?

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Can this ever be a good look do you think? I have seen it (once) somewhere, possibly a cafe or pub and I thought it was nice.

Has anyone dared to do this?

I am thinking entrance hall and stairs.

I think it sounds like it could be nice - but DH would have palpitations. In his world woodwork and ceilings must be white.

I think I ought to be having palpitations at the very suggestion.

Something tells me it will look nice but I need to know that someone has actually done it and preferably, what colours they have used.

No. Woodwork should be white, natural or stained.

I had cream walls and chocolate brown windowsills.. all very nice until it came to redecorating and was a bigger to go back to white satin again...

I don't want to be radical, just a little bit different.

I so wish I could remember where I saw this. Might need to re visit every pub, cafe and restaurant I've been to in the past 12 months!

Ah, ruby, so it is a cafe look? I don't like that idea.

It was probably in a pub toilet...

I used to have cream walls and F&B old white. It looked really nice and was an idea stolen from a top London interior designer, apparently it was very fashionable among the rich. I'm not rich though!

My mum did it in her bedroom and it looked okay.... But not great
Is your house new or old? Hers is very old and it just didn't look right somehow

Mine is modern (ish)

I will investigate F&B Old White Silly. thanks.

Silly was the F&B Old White on the skirtings? If so, was it egg shell or gloss? It looks kind of greyish

I have painted the walls and skirting boards all the same colour on one occasion (it was quite a dark - equivalent to mouse's back f&B) it was lovely and cosy in a bedroom. try it - it is not for life!

It's very 80s - I remember it only too well - and like neon leg warmers and glittery hair gel it really should stay there.

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Google images worth a try

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Not sure I like this

What you are thinking about?

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What I had once and still love this look myfriendshouse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/greentowhite-e1294327812583.jpg?w=600

We are doing all our woodwork in sage. The ceiling is offwhite and most of the walls are pale gold.

I've just done my walls in an off white (Little Greene Clockface) with dark grey (Little Greene Dark Lead) skirting and doors. It is lovely. I would also consider doing just dark doors with white walls and white woodwork. I've got pale oak floors which have been waxed with a greyish / white wax. Sounds horrid, but I get loads of compliments.