Want to paint the house all one colour, not PBW, something warmer? F&B?

[FlingonTheValiant]

I think one colour will be easier as the rooms are on the smaller size, so I don't want to have lots of half-used tins of paint. Also this way I can brighten things up using furniture, curtains etc without worrying that it's clashing.

The house is one room deep so most rooms have windows on both sides, NW and SE.

I'd like something neutral, but warmer than white. Ideally something that could have warm greens or blues with it. And not too yellow.

If we're having the one colour DH has agreed to F&B as there'll be less paint wastage.

So who knows there F&B colours inside out? What would you recommend please?

I wouldn't say lime white is yellowy- my kitchen cabinetry is this colour (walls pointing) and large larder cupboard in cooking apple green. My friend has lime white in her sitting room and it isn't yellowy there either. Clunch not yellowy either- my neighbour has it in her hall.

Agreed its not yellowy on its own. But in contrast to a strong blue like parma gray that's how it comes out (in my light anyway)

Flingon,i have decided on light blue for the kitchen cabinet [F&B].It seems to look different according to the light - can look green,grey or blue.But it is the same intensity as the rest of the colours i am using [skimming stone and elephants Breath].But the feedback is that F&B eggshell is not durable enough and so i will probably go with colour-matching.Have you decided on yours yet?.

Also has anybody used old white on woodwork?

Thinking about Off-White walls, feature chimney in Rosslyn Papers (the pigeon coloured one) and Pointing for woodwork. Fireplace is also woodwork and can't decide whether to paint this off-white/old white/pointing. Such a stupid thing to stress about!

Re your question about Blackened I wouldn't say it was warm - it's a very pretty pale true grey (but does look a little bit bluey in certain lights).

Looks lovely with plain old white gloss, and would probably look good with creams too - I love grey/blues and ivory/cream tones together.

Thanks so much everyone.

I think I'm going to use Slipper Satin throughout the downstairs, with Parma Gray for wood in some rooms and Cooking Apple in others.

I think I may do the kitchen and futility room Lime White and Cooking Apple.
I'm going to use Parma Gray and Cabbage White in our bedroom.

I haven't decided for the rest of the bedrooms. I may just put Slipper Satin on the walls for now.

My only slight concern is that my dad (the painter in our family) advises against eggshell. He thinks colour matching to satin finish would be better for the woodwork.

Oh, also I'd like something a shade lighter than Slipper Satin for the ceilings, does anyone have a ceiling colour? I thought perhaps Pointing or Wimbourne White?

Sounds lovely!

I think both Pointing and Wimborne White would work very well. Pointing ever so slightly creamier although there is very little difference between them. I've seen a bedroom with Wimborne White walls and Pointing woodwork and I couldn't tell the difference!

I've never had a problem with F&B's estate eggshell. I has a slight sheen on it but not too much and looks really good against both modern and estate emulsion - which one of these are you going for btw?

Sorry, I've been away.

I'm going to use modern emulsion, we have one small sticky child and are hoping for more so I think that would be death to estate emulsion.

My dad's issue with eggshell is that it is difficult to apply. Did you find it went on without much difficulty?

Thanks so much for all the advice and help! :)

I've found it goes on fine, but I have seen others complain it can be streaky, but never had this.

Bear in mind eggshell was traditionally used on walls rather than woodwork, where a slight sheen was needed for durability. In that sense it's use was more akin to F&B modern emulsion. Satinwood was always the usual finish for wood. Perhaps your dad has used eggshell on walls and has found it not very good to apply here? It seems to be fine to me on woodwork.

I'm unclear why/when eggshell became usual for woodwork.

F&B do 750ml pots of the eggshell though so you could always buy a small pot and try it out before spending vast sums of money on it. And if you decide you don't like it, you can always find something to paint in eggshell (an old wooden chair thats seen better days, some picture/mirror frames etc)

i've found eggshell difficult myself but decorator i used (when richer!) found it ok.
cooking apple green is the colour we have our kitchen units, my favourite F&B colour of all time.
have used farrow's cream on walls but mainly new white which is also lovely.

currently using something i got via sil who used a designer for her house. no idea where it originates from(not F&B, nor any other brand we knew) but it is a fab off white that (she was told and i think it is true) is the right shade of off white to go with any other shade of white/cream. It looks different in each room and i have it in 5! If anyone interested I will check out the colour mixing code. It is lovely and everyone asks what colour it is.

Laura Ashley's Twine goes with greens and blues and neutrals. Its great. We have it in our living room (with red and browns and taupe) and I am going to do our dining room in it too (with green and white).

Also Parchment by Crown is a good colour - I've recommended it to so many people who have gone on to use it (and like it!).

I love the colour skimming stone and have painted a board so I can check it in different rooms, this does not look grey in my house more of a soft twine. Having read a lot of reviews saying it is grey Im having second thoughts, CAN ANYONE CONFIRM HAVING SKIMMING STONE AND IT NOT LOOKING GREY

I love the colour skimming stone and have painted a board so I can check it in different rooms, this does not look grey in my house more of a soft twine. Having read a lot of reviews saying it is grey Im having second thoughts, CAN ANYONE CONFIRM HAVING SKIMMING STONE AND IT NOT LOOKING GREY

Yes I have skimming stone in the bathroom with elephants breath on the cupboards, and it doesn't look grey. It's like a warm stone.
HTH.

My HSL have just been done in Skimming Stone with Wimborne White woodwork (finished today). Still not sure I have made the right decision - I agonised for weeks. It definitely looks grey in artificial light, but has a more earthy tone in natural (east facing) light. I hope it will grow on me as it has cost an arm and a leg...

I love Skimming Stone - it's a warm, stony greyish-brownish shade that, like all F&B colours, changes colour depending on the time of day and the time of year. It looks dark and quite a definite grey colour in our north-facing sitting room, but in a rental flat that I decorated it had an almost pinkish cast in sunlight in the large, south-facing first-floor sitting room. Looks beautifully crisp with white woodwork, I think.