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Help with white paint

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Thisismynewname123 · 13/03/2021 12:49

If you were painting the whole of your downstairs in one white paint, what's the best to pick? Some very bright areas, some dark areas. Preferably a dulux shade. I'm going to get samples now

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Crazzzycat · 13/03/2021 13:54

I like Dulux Jasmine White. It has a hint of yellow in it, which stops it from looking too cold

Chrispackhamspoodle · 14/03/2021 07:53

Depends.I have a very modern open plan house so it's pure brilliant white for a clean look .What is your house like?

burritofan · 14/03/2021 07:57

Jasmine always looks like magnolia paint to me. Avoid Rock Salt, it’s basically blue-grey.

We’ve got Dulux Timeless and it’s lovely, like milk. I’ve done Brilliant White before but it’s definitely more modern, as PP said – my house is late Victorian so needs something less stark. My one tip/demand is to paint ceilings and walls the same shade, and woodwork too, otherwise your eye chops up the space into different shades of white.

Here’s my non-outing Timeless ceiling (the shadows are from the bay window, not a dodgy paint mural).

Help with white paint
Doilooklikeatourist · 14/03/2021 19:37

We have just painted a dark office in B & Q own brand pure white emulsion
We painted a yellow pine ceiling , some stone walls and some plastered walls
It’s very good , our house was built in 1830 , and the office is a 1980s very bad extension, we’ve used the same paint everywhere

HasaDigaEebowai · 14/03/2021 19:50

I’m doing slaked lime (little greene) throughout the downstairs. It looks different in every room because of the different light.

Thisismynewname123 · 15/03/2021 17:12

Thank you for the comments. Our house is a typical 1930s semi, with a large extension. The hallway and lounge are quite traditional, but the open plan living/dining/kitchen are more modern. In the end, I didn't have enough time to try loads of samples because the decorator was coming at short notice, so I just told him to get dulux Timeless, which is what we have on the walls currently. We have brilliant white for the skirting/door frames/picture rail and above to the ceilings (the open plan room doesn't have the picture rail).
@burritofan because we have the picture rail, I prefer to have some contrast between the woodwork/ceilings and the wall.

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ShellieEllie · 15/03/2021 20:02

I'm another for Jasmine White and I don't think it looks anything like magnolia!

Weepingwillow22 · 15/03/2021 20:24

Jasmine white looks quite different in different lights but is more creamy whereas I would say magnolia is more of a peach. Jasmine white appears to me like a paler/whiter version of timeless.

I have been pleased with dulux diamond trade white in our extension which is nice and modern but is less stark than brilliant white.

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