Need some decorating advice

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I need some decorating advice,

I need to paint all my rooms, bedrooms, living rooms and kitchen.

at the moment all I can think of is painting ceilings white and walls magnolia and maybe have a papered featured wall and colourful accessories.

any decoraters on here that can give me some better ideas.


A little more info, the front living will have a dark carpet black sofa. we have purchased oak laminate flooring for the bedrooms, solid wood oak floor for the back living room and black sofa. dark grey tiles and cream units in the kitchen
 
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Its really down to personal preference. Look at local showhomes, Houzz.com & Pinterest to get an idea of what is current. Some things work better depending on the house.

We've used light and dark greys with splashes of colour in some rooms. Trying for a contemporary feel (might fail, I hate decorating)
 
robfosters said:
Dont paint all the walls magnolia, that's what the council does.
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:D:D:D Thats what im thinking but I have no clue what to do other then keeping it basic, over the past 10 mins I have thought about a light cappuccino or something similar but i'm trying to get some advise and ideas from others keeping natural and not go for something bold like navy blue.
 
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Just paint everything white then you can add feature walls when you see something you like, grey seems to be the colour of choice at the moment
 
Feature walls are so 2010 and b&q. The smaller the rooms the less bold or strong you should be.

Walls use modern emulsion

Old white http://www.farrow-ball.com/old-white/colours/farrow-ball/fcp-product/100004


Skimming stone http://www.farrow-ball.com/skimming-stone/colours/farrow-ball/fcp-product/100241

Wimborne white for the woodwork in eggshell http://www.farrow-ball.com/wimborne-white/colours/farrow-ball/fcp-product/100239

If you like them take the colours to a brewers and they'll knock up johnstones paint in the same colour. F&B is a fortune and not as good
 
Personally wouldn't recommend Farrow and Ball paints.
Over priced, really poor to work with, and needs several coats to be applied compared to other brands. If you see a F+B colour you like just get it mixed up in another brand.
 
Depends on your taste and size of house etc. Generally with smaller spaces you want to use lighter colours/white.

Will wooden floors not feel a bit cold on your feet in a bedroom? (I'd use them everywhere else however)

Ive posted /will post a few of mine on my build thread..
 
From my own experience, and from painting my hallway today... Pay a decorator and have it done properly without the rage and stress haha
 
Dulux have a visualizer app which might help choose some colours (no idea how well it works though)
 
What ever you do don't paint the whole house pure white go with a just off white for the walls it lasts better and looks less like a hospital!
 
Our house was white, very white, everywhere. Its a new build.

After a couple of years of settling in, and dealing with a toddler, the time had come for the white to go. I hate decorating, but needs must.

We decided to add some colour to the walls and go bolder in the bathrooms.
Its made a massive difference. The decision to go bold in the bathrooms really paid off.

Everyone is different, but paint the colour you want, not what's in fashion. I got a good deal on the Dulux paint and these are the colours we chose.

Bathrooms, Teal Touch
Kitchen, Polished Pebble.
Hallway and stairs, Crushed Aloe
Daughters room, Kiwi Crush
Front room, spare and Master bedroom TBC
All wood, doors and ceilings remaining white.
 
Definitely go with some Johnstones Trade paint rather than Dulux or Crown. Johnstones goes on wonderfully well and coverage is excellent. Was helping my mate the other day who has just bought a house and was rolling his walls. The Dulux he had was woeful and was a nightmare to get even. He had some Valspar too which went on a bit better but the Johnstones stuff went on a breeze.
 
^ I'd agree with this. I completely forgot and picked up Dulux (bog standard white for walls and ceilings). The stuff is very thin and some places needed 3 coats just to cover magnolia.
We used the kitchen and bathroom B&Q stuff too. Utter crap but couldn't find the colour we wanted in other ranges. Like painting with water.
 
Be bold!!!

I have got really fed-up of all the washed out pastel/hint-of colours and feature walls.

As others have said I went Johnstones and get them to colour match F&B.

Our living room is all Mole's breath

Our bedroom/on-suite is all Pelt

All against white woodwork/doors/ceilings which really adds impact, but I did get a decorator as I can't cut-in well enough for that level of contrast with woodwork/ceilings. Rooms feel much nicer and purposeful.
 
I'm just in the middle of decorating and ditched using Dulux paint on recommendation from this forum to try Johnstone's gloss. It's a lot cheaper than Dulux and the coverage is excellent.

For emulsion, we have tried Wilko's own brand and that seems to be going on in one coat on top of lining paper. It's excellent coverage compared with Dulux.

We've also gone for a feature wall with the rest being lined. The wall doctor lining paper from B&Q is really good, it's paste the wall type so easy to apply and it will not rip if you are trying to manipulate it round a corner. Easy to trim with a knife also and does not snag as easy as normal cheap lining paper.

On our feature wall, I have filled all the holes etc then sanded it down, cleaned with sugar soap and wall paper paste remover then painted with an emulsion similar to the colour of the wallpaper being put up so if there is gaps then it won't be so noticeable.
 
I always paint all our houses magnolia throughout. I must lack imagination but it just seems the easiest and best way to make a house look clean and inviting to me :p

Feedback has always been good, larger scale developers do this too, so i will continue to do this...i hate coloured walls personally and its easier to just have one paint for the lot.
 
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