Painting the house
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shelleyuk
6 years agoS Niko
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Comments (0)Im hoping for some advice on paint colours for a living room/den that has high pitched ceiling. The house is a new build. Modern barn aesthetic. We are thinking about a different colour in the den to make it feel cosy as the rest of the house will be off white + oak. Are there rules of thumb I should follow? Should the walls and ceiling be painted the same or should I leave ceiling white? Are there different rules when the ceiling is high? The pic shows the dimensions of the den. Both windows go floor up to where the ceiling starts to slope up. Pitch is 45deg. We will a TV on the wall where the SS is and brown leather couch facing Thanks Marcus...See Moreshelleyuk
6 years agoDo not paint your house Old White unless you want a green house. Ive just made that expensive mistake and had to have it repainted. This photo doesn't show quite how green it is in real life. Believe me, its green.
If your top left is cornforth white be aware that this has purple undertones (we switched from Old white to cornforth white and whilst it is a whole lot better than the Old White, it does look purplish as the sun sets on it).
shelleyuk
6 years agoS Niko
6 years agoDaisy England
6 years agoS Niko
6 years agoDaisy England
6 years agoshelleyuk
6 years agoThis is our house being repainted in F&B cornforth white. It doesn't really show the purple undertones because of the lighting but it definitely has purple undertones. My BF says I have a lilac house. If I had to make the choice again I would go for F&B ammonite which is paler without the purple base.
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colourhappy
6 years ago S Niko
6 years agominnie101
6 years agoIt might look nice in farrow and ball peignoir (the pinky grey on the left pic). Or maybe just something like dulux timeless that ties in with the rusticated quoins
shelleyuk
6 years agoSophie Bridge
6 years agoWe recently had our victorian house painted in F&B Cornforth White. We wanted a grey that wasn't too harsh as our house is also north-facing.
Going into the F&B shop helped a lot - they took us outside with a few of our favourite sample colours (the ones they have on wooden boards) to see what the colours looked like outdoors. Some had pinky undertones, some green, etc. We settled for Cornforth White and Ammonite, did two test patches, and decided on CW as Ammonite was too subtle. We paired it with a Railings door and think it looks great. It does have a creamy undertone, but we quite like the warmth it brings.Our next door neighbours decided to paint their house shortly after we did ours, and they chose a darker grey (no idea what the colour is - you can just about see it in one of the photos), but to me it really looks harsh and a bit dull - not great on a miserable rainy day!
Your house is gorgeous and the features are lovely. I like how your neighbours have gone for a stand-out door colour - a nice nod to colourful Brighton.
(above: day time - cloudy day)
(above: morning)
(above: evening)
(above: left = ammonite, right = cornforth white)
(above: left = neighbours' darker grey, right = cornforth white)
Nicky T
6 years agoS Niko
6 years agoshelleyuk
6 years agoThis is a better picture of my house when it was Old White. This was taken in the evening with low sun coming in from the west as it set (and shining onto the left hand gable end)
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6 years agoFrom top to bottom:
Grosvner square
Portland stone
Tracery II
Gooseberry fool 4
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Cornforth white
Mizzle
Portland
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