Which white paint? Brilliant white? (midcentury house)

[CityDweller]

We've moving soon (hooray!) and want to paint all the rooms the same shade of white while we figure out what (if anything) more exciting we want to do with them. House is mid-century and lots of the rooms have some wood panelling on ceiling/wall (panelling is pine, I think).

I was thinking just going for brilliant white, as I think the architecture and features can carry it (and it'll make a good canvas for pops of colour elsewhere through e.g. pictures on walls, furniture, etc). But, will it be too stark/ boring? If so, is there something that's just one shade softer? I want the whole place to look clean and to accentuate the masses of natural light (lots of windows).

We used Dulux Timeless for this, slightly off white and it looks fresh and clean. From what you have said though Brilliant white would look good too..

Funnily enough I was just reading a very similar old thread this evening. The consensus was that brilliant white is too harsh and that dulux timeless is a lovely alternative. I'm going to try it for my hall, stairs and landing.

I've used Crown Chalk White in a soft sheen finish and it was lovely. Needs doing again now but it's been 7 years so I'm going for the same again.

I'm in Ireland and dulux timeless was hard to get as a sample so we ended up doing whole place (similar sounding to yours) in dulux moonlight white (light and space range). We're only a few weeks in new home but I'm kind of wishing we'd tried brilliant white - the shade we picked looks amazing in sunny hall/porch but meh everywhere else.

Thanks for the responses. I've since also read some of the other threads about this and its seems that a lot of people mention Timeless being 'creamy', which is not something I'm looking for at all. I think we're going to go pure brilliant white (or just Dulux trade white, which I also read on another thread is slightly less stark).

So instead of pbw you could try white. Or dulux cotton white. There are many shades of white. White chiffon by dulux is also very nice

I'm a fan of Heathcliffe's Castle. I think it's Crown, but might be Dulux.

Brilliant White is good for what you are describing. I've used brilliant white in our kitchen, breakfast and bathrooms which all have oak (cabinets, shelves, etc) in them and they look fresh and bright. In or family room I've teamed it with red artwork and sofas and it looks amazing. The wood / colour and accessories stop it looking harsh, also lighting makes a massive difference.
I think that if your not careful off white can look grubby rather than softer.

It's crown snoop

I love Brilliant White. It acts as the perfect canvas for coloured art and accessories and I would use it every time. Makes life easier when it comes to ceilings too if everything is the same colour!

It's amazing how different a colour can look from room to room. Our whole house is done in Moonlight White and it's nice in the hall and bedrooms but awful (IMO) in our kitchen and sitting room. I really want to redo at least those rooms in Brilliant White but with work, baby&toddler and a DIY list as long as our arms....it can't really be justified :( :(

Go for it OP!

I think I will go for it! I feel a need to make the walls a 'blank canvas' so we can decide what to do with the house.