Browse Forums Finishing Touch 1 May 01, 2012 2:49 pm We are building a new home (single storey, 2.7m ceiling, good light) and are going with dark bamboo flooring in 'brown sugar'. And for wet areas grey tiles on floor and plain white tiles on wall. For paint colours, here is what we have picked: walls: dulux limed white full strength ceiling, doors & trims: dulux peplum 1/4 strength what to people think? I have tried sample pot of limed white and like it, but am still wondering if the whole house in that colour will be too dark, esp with dark floors? Also does peplum 1/4 go with limed white? any & all help appreciated. thanks Re: Internal paint colour scheme - opinions pls 2May 02, 2012 12:13 pm We chose Dulux bleaches for our walls and when we tried the sample pot it was too dark at full strength as we have a lot of dark furniture. We painted the walls at half strength and did the doors, architraves and skirts in quarter strength gloss. Why don’t you try a sample pot of limed white ½ strength for your walls and use limed white ¼ strength gloss for your doors and trims, then use it at 200% for feature walls and you won’t have to worry about it matching. Here are a couple of shots of the result in different lights. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Regards, Grumbles Re: Internal paint colour scheme - opinions pls 3May 02, 2012 12:26 pm Hello. I don't know exactly the colour of 'limed white' but Peplum is a very pinkish white. I had a friend who painted her whole house inside peplum and it was SO pink. Just something to keep in mind. Another option is to use the same colour for the trims but in semi-gloss, that's what we are doing. I'm renovating - building a small extension at the back of the late Edwardian house. This is the first stage. Second stage of the renovation will be to replace roof on… 0 1085 Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7158 Thanks. Yeh ideally that would have been good, but have progressed too far now. Hoping some well placed internal walls fixed up into the battens will provide some… 2 5402 |