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What do people use instead of magnolia these days?
MamOfTwo · 28/08/2015 17:08
Looking to freshen up our living room and hallway. Both currently standard magnolia/cream/offwhite type colour. What is the latest neutral colour trend for giving illusion of space and yet warmth at same time?!
FinallyHere · 28/08/2015 17:16
Ours is ivory creme.
Magnolia has a pinkish base, this is more of a very light, but soft, golden tint
christinarossetti · 28/08/2015 17:18
Lots of people rave about Dulux Timeless. It comes in large size pots as standard, which is testament to its popularity.
We've got it in a few rooms and I can see why it's popular as off whites go - it's a lovely colour.
Otherwise, Dulux's Jasmine White, although can look a bit yellowy.
TheHoundsBitch · 28/08/2015 17:24
Grey I think. We are house hunting at the moment and there is a LOT of grey around!
vvviola · 28/08/2015 17:35
Our neighbours have a beautiful soft grey in their living dining room that makes me want to cry every time I see it, because it makes the room look so lovely and clean and spacious and our is a mismatch of green and white and 70s wallpaper I hate renting
So. Grey.
MamOfTwo · 28/08/2015 18:15
Ooh, thank you. I had a feeling grey would feature in the answers!
Macadaamia · 28/08/2015 22:31
I work in pai to. It's true.... Grey is the new magnolia!
Timeless is also popular
As is natural calico/hessian from dulux
BikeRunSki · 28/08/2015 22:34
Bedroom, living room and playroom are Dukux Timeless with various coloured other bits, but Timeless is taking over....
Rhgoddess1 · 03/09/2015 11:42
I have a lot of soft french greys.... But also have dulux timeless in my kitchen thanks to MM. It is the soft white the lovely people on here said it was. In fact MM was great when I did my kitchen.
I haven't tried but have also heard good things about chalky downs 6 - dulux
TheOriginalWinkly · 03/09/2015 11:48
Is grey going to look horribly dated in a year or two?
Rhgoddess1 · 03/09/2015 12:13
I don't think so ( god I can't face repainting so maybe it's just me hoping!! ) Grey seems to be be around for the long haul.
Latest trend though is for blues - dramatic dark ones like stiffkey blue F and B or a pale blue like little Greene China blue pale used instead of a neutral shade.
But off white is always lovely and literally is timeless so if you want to play it safe get that. Oh and buy the endurance / washable paint so you don't end up doing touch ups like I have in my lounge :(
mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 05/09/2015 22:01
We have used magnolia. Ivory was three times the price. We are calling it Ancient Parchment, if anybody asks.
Monica101 · 06/09/2015 10:53
Dulux's Thimble Case is a grey neutral that I think is a modern magnolia. I don't think grey is close to dating yet as a neutral, it's the 2010's colour of choice where the 2000's were all oatmeal colours with beige carpets.
BeautifulBatman · 06/09/2015 10:55
F & B's Elephants Breath is v v popular right now according to my painter decorator and furniture restorer friend.
TheOriginalWinkly · 06/09/2015 11:03
The decorating magazines are all grey. Too much grey makes it look like you live in a prison, no matter how light the room is. Just the right amount of grey is gorgeous.
My walls are all off white at the moment (Dulux Ivory Lace), because we're stuck with green carpet throughout and the flat is a funny shape. There will be some grey when (if!) we move into the house we're trying to buy.
LastTripToTulsa · 07/09/2015 21:32
Greige is the most up to date ... A cross between grey and beige if you couldn't guess 
LadyB49 · 07/09/2015 22:26
I've used a lovely soft sage green on a main wall and a much paler shade of the same tones on the other walls.
Main wall....serene scene
Other walls...sheer shadow.
B & Q Valspar .. it's mixed while you wait.
MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 07/09/2015 23:14
Anything by Farrow & Ball, especially if it has a poncey name. Extra points if it is yet another bloody shade of grey.
futureme · 07/09/2015 23:23
We are redecorating. I dont like grey (we have a small boxy house, it uld look like a prison.) I'd probably like oatmeal, i may just be behindnthe times...
I have ayellow in my kitchen that i like, and i like sage, but have a darkmhallway. It was buttermilk but that looks murky andnws wondering bout a v pale yellow or creamy white. I may have to investigate timeless.. plain white would look emptynand wrong (but looks amazing in my grans cottage!)
BackforGood · 07/09/2015 23:33
I would go with magnolia over grey, any day of the week, but I'm partial to a bit of yellow in our house (with poncey names like 'custard cream'), as it's light but not too draining.
WhiteHairReally · 09/09/2015 15:42
Crown's Sail White. Now onto our third 'mid century' house and Sail White has seen us through each.
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