Decorating, is brilliant white just too white?

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Karbea · 27/02/2015 19:27

My dh has been painting our dining room since jan 4th, we did the ceiling in f&b pointing and the walls in f&b slipper satin. It was peeing me off not being finished so the builder finished the woodwork in dulux once satin white today. The white looks so bright to me, I'm hoping it'll calm down tomorrow. Will it???

Anyway my bigger question is... The current plan is he'll paint the living room ceiling in dulux brilliant white and the wood in dulux satin white. The walls currently I'm thinking natural calico, but I've been looking at the dulux book tonight and it looks really yellow, so now I'm thinking chalky downs 5. Is there a softer alternative to brilliant white, or am I an idiot and does it look nice and clean?
Should I stick to natural calico or should I go with chalky downs 5? Or am I better off going ceiling to skirting inc walls in something like white chiffon... I'm so confused!

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Karbea · 27/02/2015 19:28

this is the curtain fabric I'm having...

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Choccybaby · 27/02/2015 21:45

Personally I find brilliant white can look a little plasticy if that makes sense.
We went for a johnsons copy of f&b winbourne White which is a slightly chalky white and might meet your needs.
Love those blinds by the way

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Karbea · 27/02/2015 22:23

Exactly, I think it might be the satinwood finish not helping it looks so shiny in contrast to the rest of my house.

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Marmitelover55 · 27/02/2015 22:29

The satinwood should dry more Matt. I liked dulux timeless on the walls - it's slightly more creamy but still white. Seems to go well with the PBW satinwood.

TheUnwillingNarcheska · 27/02/2015 22:30

I have a brilliant white ceiling and the skirting boards etc are also brilliant white. I am in a modern house and I feel it works (helps the rooms feel lighter)

If I had painted the ceiling an off white or cream then I would match the skirting etc into that.

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Karbea · 27/02/2015 22:50

marmite how long does it take for the satin wood to stop looking like gloss?

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Mrsteddyruxpin · 27/02/2015 22:54

I think it will look lovely dry. We have our doors painted white satin and very happy with them

ChablisTyrant · 27/02/2015 22:56

If your ceiling is pointing then PBW is never going to look ok. We have this exact problem in my DD's room.

A good colour for woodwork is either wimbourne white or dulux timeless white. Both very similar colours. Wimbourne maybe a tiny bit softer.

Katz · 27/02/2015 22:57

The whole of the downstairs of my house is in pure brilliant white, it's not too bright, it's great but you have to like white.

It's been like this for 4 years now after years of buying white with a hint of, honestly the brilliant white is cheaper and we can't tell the difference.

ChopOrNot · 28/02/2015 19:48

The other alternative is just Trade White. White without the blue-y brilliant bits. Cheap as chips. My whole house is done in it. A lot of my friends now using the same colour.

pootlebug · 01/03/2015 09:47

We did a large section of our house in Trade White. As ChopOrNot says - white without the 'brilliant' bit that can make it look quite cold.

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