Foolishly we have decided to decorate the living room, only because we had to get a few furniture purchases to replace some old stuff so thought all in. What a nightmare - well not the decorating bit as have a professional friend who will do that in a couple of days.
How the hell do you choose a colour? The names for a start don't indicate what colour to expect & even with todays advances with printing & computer stuff, nothing in the paint samples resembles the colour that ends up on your wall test patches. While I appreciate the light in our room is different, I don't really expect a pinkish tone in something grouped in the the ivory / neutral section of the colour chart!
At this rate will spend more on test pots than the actual paint! Loosing the will to live & will shortly be on first name terms at the hardware chain staff!
Westi
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Hello Westi
In my book there are only two colours for decorating: Magnolia and white!
What could be simpler?
John
In my book there are only two colours for decorating: Magnolia and white!
What could be simpler?
John
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Know that feeling Westi, ended up doing the bedroom before new bed arrives. Ceiling an off-white which was fine but took ages to decide on a wall colour. Finished up with a paint from the local Brewers store called Birch Grove which turned out to be a very very pale coffee colour, looks ok which is just as well 'cos I'm not doing it again!
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I'm not sure how much these colour match paints come out at, but at least you know what you are getting, if the item is the same colour as you want on the walls....as long as you can take the item there that is.
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Like others, I am firmly in the white walls camp. I'm months overdue on my own redecoration. I really, really have to get the walls and ceilings repainted before I have new carpets.
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i'm afraid i cannot abide white walls!!
I have just painted my kitchen (last week actually) olive green, and very nice it looks too.
I have just painted my kitchen (last week actually) olive green, and very nice it looks too.
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retropants wrote:i'm afraid i cannot abide white walls!!
I have just painted my kitchen (last week actually) olive green, and very nice it looks too.
wooo green is a risky colour to mention on here as the web techs recently found out and can confirm
Good job you just went ahead and did the job, a lengthy discussion as to what shade of green it should be could have ensued otherwise
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Pa Snip wrote:
wooo green is a risky colour to mention on here as the web techs recently found out and can confirm
Good job you just went ahead and did the job, a lengthy discussion as to what shade of green it should be could have ensued otherwise
Agreed!!! I just bought it and did it! the colour I chose (olive) is not as lime as the olive above, but not quite as dull as the sage, kind of between the two. As it is just around the tiles, so from the ceiling down to the splashback height, it is not 'too much'. I also repainted the ceiling (white) as it was previously cream, and always looked grubby. We then fitted the new cupboard doors from IKEA, that had been sitting, unpacked, in the hall since the beginning of 2014 (I know!!) I had to buy them then, as they changed their kitchen format, so new doors from the new format would not have fitted my existing units. Soooo glad it is done, and I can now walk through the hallway without having to avoid a large stack of boxes!
Now, what to do with the old doors???
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Build cold frames?
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What the 'eck is eau de nil???
Just noticed...... My kitchen is closest to, wait for it..... Kitchen green! .??
Just noticed...... My kitchen is closest to, wait for it..... Kitchen green! .??
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retropants wrote:What the 'eck is eau de nil???
Way, way back in the 1940s our kitchen was always painted in Eau de Nil - Nile Water.
So weird names are not a modern invention. Though most of the other paints then were white, brown black and green!
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