Can anyone recommend a timeless period cream paint please??

[SandyChick]

Hello,

After experimenting with bold colours to try and be a bit different in my living room Ive decided that i just like boring neautrals.

So, i am looking for a lovely classic cream. Our living room is quite dark so id like a warm cream - some tend to be a bit grey or peachy which i dont want.

Im looking for something sunny but not yellow.

love this but cant find the paint that is used

Link doesn't work....?

have you looked at any of the farrow and ball range of paints?
also iirc b&q have their own period paint colour range
don't know the age of your property but it might be worth having a look online at some of the period property sites for ideas
HTH

We are just about to redecorate and are going for a 'period' look. We have decided on Ivory from Dulux .. it's a nice shade of cream which has a sort of warm buttery feel to it. Looking at it on the website doesn't give an accurate idea of it at all - much nicer in reality!

We used Mortlake Cream from Craig & Rose, but have run into problems with finding an appropriate colour to paint the woodwork - white is much too stark, and I'm finding it difficult to find an appropriate alternative. I wouldn't paint the walls any colour without being clear about exactly what you're going to do with the woodwork.

A few years ago we had a colour called parchment by Crown which several people commented on and then copied in their own homes! it's a bit more interesting than magnolia (slightly beigey/pinky cream so fairly warm) but still neutral.

crown -- ivory cream or soft linen

I'll try and get the link to work when I get home. Using my phone to write this.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

My whole house is magnolia! We bought it a year ago and gutted it so everything was painted crown magnolia until plaster dried out. We're slowly starting to add colour.
My bedroom is natural hessian and smoulder. The natural hessian is lovely but its too grey for what I want for living room.

I had pale gold in my old living room. Think its crown. I had a cream sofa then but have brown leather now so not sure it would go as it was quite yellow.
I like farrow and ball,s farrow cream. I quite like dulux's bitteemilk or maybe just their ivory. My woodwork is all dulux timeless.

here's the link again......its just magnolia really isnt it???

I have Dulux Ivory Lace in my house, not a period paint ut soft and neutral, sim to your link.

I've just painted our kitchen with F&B's New White which is nice - fairly fresh (we live n a basement, so light an issue for us too). I was worried as I was putting it on that it was goin to be a bit like living inside a milk bottle, but it's turned ut nicely.

Dulux Orchid White, very nice warm creamy yellow colour. Definately sunny, without being overpowering. Have had alot of compliments on my lounge

hmmm, OK i think the best thing to do is to pop around to all your homes so i can see the paint in the flesh so to speak

My husband is going to kill be very unhappy with me!!! we spent £100 on paint for living room 4 months ago to paint it from Magnolia to Dulux Potters wheel which they mixed for us and we have it in 2 shades for a feature wall etc. Bought new curtains etc too and now i dont like it and just want it back to cream.

I wish someone would just come and do it for me

Dulux actually do an off-white called - Timeless, which has becoem my "go to" neutral. Not overpowering, but has some body to it.

Crown period Old English White.. we really like this colour.

Dulux heritage collection candle cream. It is excellent and I have used it in various properties as I always come back to it despite trying other "creams", it just works regardless of the style of the house or room (traditional or modern). It is neither too creamy/yellow nor too blue/grey and is a great backdrop to any style.
HTH

I agree that Parchment by Crown Heritage range is one of the better creams. I have used it a lot and am never disappointed.

B and q rice cake is lovely or any of the farrow and ball ones

Farrow and Ball Tallow is lovely. And a proper trade paint shop will match th ecolour in Johnsons paint for about a third of the cost. Yay! Tallow also looks good with white. It was used on our bay window with white window frames [exterior]

F&B website very good at showing colours.

F & B Matchstick is a long way off cream; it's more a parchment colour.

Farrow and Ball White tie is a nice neutral light cream in south facing rooms and House White is a nice warm cream in north facing rooms. House white & south facing room though = far too yellow.

Magnolia is absolutely revolting. It has a strong peach presence which is absolutely horrible and cheap looking.

Zoffany 'milk' is absolutely lovely as a neutral wall colour (but it's more ivory than cream) and looks lovely with wood work in Farrow and Ball's Pointing (a lovely soft white).

I don't care what anyone says, buying cheap paint mixed in Farrow and Ball colours just isn't the same. F & B paints are really chalky and a big part of their charm comes from their soft, chalky texture and only in part due to the precise colour of the pigments. I always buy proper F & B paint after dabbling a few times with copies.

Agree with swedes faking it doesn't work at all.The expensive paints have more pigment per ml and so the colour is intense even in whites.

Cream is cream is cream.

Get magnolia like reality says, then spend the rest on accessories to switch around when you get bored of the creamness. That's the only way to make it 'timeless'.

My Johnsons Tallow looks very nice.

I believe professional Johnsons isn't cheap [although cheaper than F&B] although it is the choice of most painters and decorators where I live, for finish and lifespan.

Didn't have the wads of cash required for F&B as am lowly healthworker.