have an entire house to choose paint colours for [confused]

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we are doing a house renovation (just a 1950s semi) and have got to choose the paint asap. Am completely befuddled as to what to do. I went and bought about 20 different testers and am no nearer knowing what to go with.

I think I want one colour pretty much everywhere, except maybe the living room, master bedroom, and maybe the kitchen/diner. Does that sound ok? I am thinking an off white, rather than a cream/magnolia, as it's not a cottagey type house.

The kitchen diner has white gloss units and an oak worktop, and a sort of mushroom vinyl floor. Am worried the off white will just look a bit murky next to the gloss?

Living room I was thinking a pale yellow, with the inside of the fireplace opening white, to show off the black woodburner.

Any advice, thoughts? thank you!

white and beige

not yellow.

If it's emulsion paint you can change any room in less than a day later.

Agree with Piglet. If you start with white/beige you can see how the light falls through the year and can change easily to another colour in a year's time.

We are just in the finishing stages of a complete renovation of a 1920s/30s house, which has obviously involved choosing paint for all rooms. In our case we used Farrow & Ball as we wanted more 'period' colours. We chose colours by looking at each room individually. I.e. purpose of the room (kitchen, kids bedroom, hall etc), amount of direct sunlight, daylight and direction of the sun. Your post sounds like you want to keep all rooms fairly similar and neutral but I would try to still look at those principles because you don't want to end up with a 'cold' white in a north facing room for example.
In terms of whites we have used Farrow & Ball Pointing (a creamy white) and New White (a very warm white, almost champagne colour) and we are very happy with both.

Just started painting our home
Some of the colours we choose

Dulux natural hessian, nutmeg White, just walnut for rooms and timeless for hallway and landing.they are all neutral colours mind.

Fired earth duck egg blue on accent wall and dulux Javan dawn 6 on the other three walls.

Blossom White is a very pale pinkish tinged white for our dd s room with wall paper on one wall.

Can't decide the colour for study( would like a creamy colour, got one mixed from one of sandersons colour) f and b elephants breath for dining room but not sure , no clue about the lounge.

We have just renovated our whole 1930s house and like imme above we have chosen colours to suit the room. We've also chosen F&B colours but matched them with Johnson's trade and our overall effect is period-modern hybrid!

I hate yellow walls (especially pale) so I would steer well clear of those...

Here are the colours we chose, I love them all!

Living room - Borrowed Light - beautiful pale blue, it looks amazing with our fireplace, white alcove units and restored floorboards.

Hallway - Skylight (blue/grey) at the bottom and Blackened (pale grey) on top of dado. Goes really well with the repo victorian-style-ish blue patterned tiles we've put in the hall which I LOVE a bit too much to be healthy!!

Loft hallway - just Blackened as no dado rail

Bathrooms - Strong White and Skimming Stone (latter on wooden panelling) - they are very close in colour (greige?), might have chosen more of a contrast but still looks good with our roll top bath.

Our large bedroom in loft conversion - Borrowed Light again, and again looks gorgeous!

Kids (unisex) bedroom - not F&B actually, it's called Porcelain Blue by Craig and Rose, really love it, very vibrant and also calming. We are going for a Cath Kidston/seaside/bunting feel to this room.

Kids playroom/occasional guest room - last minute decision to choose Cooking Apple Green and couldn't be happier with it - wonderful colour and makes the toys zing if that doesn't sound terribly wanky! We chose the friheten hot pink/cerise sofa bed for guests and it looks fantastic against the green. It's a lovely playroom and will be tested out as a guest room for first time this weekend!

Spare box bedroom/study - Calluna, lovely pale lilac.

We have picture rails with white above and on ceiling in all of the above rooms (not loft or hall) - we put them in and they transformed the colour schemes, def worth it.

Kitchen diner - only room we haven't painted yet - the units are Howdens Burford Grey which are a lovely pale green colour so we are going to go for a white or off white to make the room nice and bright. If we'd gone for white units I would have picked Theresa Green or Cooking Apple Green again as think they look brilliant in kitchens.

I loved searching for F&B colours on Houzz... Well I half loved it and it half drove me mad! Great resource though!

Good luck, lot of decisions to make in one go, remember it well!!

thanks everyone. Well I have made some progress by working backwards - have chosen for the upstairs, now getting nearer and nearer to the rooms where I have no idea!

Have gone Sail White in bathrooms, and one of the kids rooms. Gone Jasmine White all other bedrooms, landing, stairs hallway.

Having thought I wanted a very white clean look, everyone convinced me that i should go for something with a little bit of warmth in it, and they're probably right. It was just that the undercoat all in white looked so lovely, - novelty I guess! But the Jasmine White is nice - we've had it before in our old house so I didn't end up trying too many of the scores of testers I bought, as I was getting dizzy with choice.

Now just really thinking about the kitchen/diner still. Not helped by the fact that i have decided i really don't like my gloss units, and wish I'd chosen something else. Is it wrong to already be wondering when you can change the doors of a kitchen that's only part-fitted?!

Also confused by fact we may now have oak upstands rather than tiles on the wall, which would mean I might want to be brave and go a colour on the walls, as otherwise it's going to be very white and wood! Back to wading through pictures on Pinterest...

thank you all for your help!

Sorry to redirect an oldish thread but lulu where did you get your Victorian tiles from for your hallway?? Am desperately seeking similar but struggling.....

I'd go for white all through then add other tones where you feel they are needed. Do not not not use a mag or beige in a kitchen with white units as it will make the walls look filthy.

I'm a bit scared of colour so have gone very neutral for now and will live with ours until I can a bit more; but I would recommend looking at the Dulux Heritage range (we chose Grecian White - an off white with hint of a pink about it) and Dulux Trade Eggshell White for all woodwork. It looks very clean!

Hi just saw this. Henley Cool from Topps Tiles. Not in any way real but I love them and have added wow factor to our hallway:

m.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod41655/section-1/Henley-Cool.html

Thanks for coming back lulu they are fab, just what we are thinking! If you fancy posting a pic of your halkaAy I'd love to see (though appreciate that's massively mosey and you might not want to!!)

*hallway obvs

I have managed to still avoid choosing the kitchen paint colour! But yes have decided against Jasmine white (which is slightly creamy). Thinking Sail White probably. Think end of this week is decision-day - don't even get me started on tiles!

I was a bit of a f and b addict but I have gone for dulux this time due to doing so many rooms. Egyptian Cotton in the new kitchen diner- needed a contrast to the off white units. Perfectly taupe ( diamond matt) on hall stairs and landing. Almond white in Bathroom and Nutmeg white in new guest room. Really struggling with downstairs shower room- tiles are a blue grey matt porcelain- I have tried Dulux chic shadow (too dark) and Frosted steel ( too pale grey and is a bit purpley)- guess I will have to keep in looking.....

Paint quality has been really good - I have been impressed with Dulux I must say.

G'wan....g'wan...try a bit of colour somewhere....you know you want to.... I feel like some kind of Colour Monster intruding on a tastefully neutral thread . Have a go at a colour in the kitchen- maybe a bluebell blue, or a china blue, or an apple green? I reckon a coloured background for your white units will make you love them again.

I think Dulux is great because you can get such a wide range of colours mixed up.

i really wish i was brave enough for colour, i love it in other peoples house but am not convinced i'd get it right!
Perhaps once I'm in i'll get to know the house a bit more and feel up for adding a bit of colour. Thanks for trying though, I will try not to end up too bland and neutral!

Do ask Fired Earth for a chart. They are much nicer than F and B- less 'grey'.

Stubborn stains- colour monster has made me laugh :) - which is good as I had a very trying day- so thanks.