Internal wall selection, help please

-Rebekah- · May 27, 2009 9:05 pm

Hi there

I need some suggestions in regards to a nice white that goes with the brown/taupe tonings and one that doesn't look cream.
I do love Antique White USA but it's too cream for me, I really want a white. In saying that i'd originally selected Dulux White on White but i've since learnt that it has blue under tones which wouldn't suit our house.

Here are some of my colour selections so far to give you an idea of what i'm matching too.

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The kitchen will have white doors (to match the wall colour) and the benchtops will be Q/Quartz Ice with a splashback to be glass in a darker taupe colour to match the dark fleck in Ice.

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Any suggestions would be welcomed ??

JellyLegs · May 27, 2009 9:35 pm

Rebekah - have you got to the Dulux store yet? Were they any help? I've also seen pictures of Natural White which looks lovely, I'm not sure if that's a Dulux colour though.

The good thing about paint is that its not hard or too expensive to paint over if you get that selection wrong. You're going to have to re-paint in a few years anyway, so it's not the worst decision you could make!

We just had carpet done today which has made a difference and I'm back to liking my White on White... :roll:

(not loving it, just liking it!)

-Rebekah- · May 28, 2009 10:09 am

Thanks JL yeah the guy at the Dulux store sent me home with lots of creams that were either too yellow or too pink and we really do want white so we're back to square one again :roll:

Michelle · May 28, 2009 10:13 am

I'll get you one later tonight...... :wink:

-Rebekah- · May 28, 2009 10:41 am

Oh YAY thanks so much Michelle :z:

-Rebekah- · May 28, 2009 12:28 pm

Hi again

I thought it might be best to come back in and give you some more details on other colours that i'm thinking of for the house. That way you'll have a better idea on what i'm doing.

Unfortunately taking a photo of my tile like that doesn't give a true indication of it's colour. It actually has more of a green toning to it if that makes sense. It's more like Laminex Stipple Hemp only a shade darker.

The outside render will be Dulux Self Destruct and our roof will be Colorbond Surfmist. Our garage door will be a timber grain look but i'm not too sure yet which one. Our fronts doors and portico timber feature will be stained to match the garage door.

These are some of the feature walls we're thinking of using. Of course I'm still not 100% on the exact colour but it will give you an idea.

Study & Media Room (Dulux Linseed)

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Rumpus Room (Dulux Marys Garden)

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Family Room (Dulux Domain)

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Activity/Toy Room (Dulux Aerostatics) although I think I actually want more of a steel blue now

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We are also thinking of doing one of our internal walls in the living room or maybe the entry wall in this stone cladding

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Umm I think that's enough detail for now

Jess09 · May 29, 2009 1:52 pm

hey bek

don't know if this will help but heres the link to the page of my thread where "painting professional" has posted some lovely photos of jobs that he has done using different whites - the natural white looks lovely! he also has a pic of self destruct in there to...

http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=140

hope this helps! ::smile::

-Rebekah- · May 30, 2009 7:50 am

Oh thanks Jess

See I love the Natural White when I see it like that but in the sample it looks too cream for me. I'm petrified of cream

M!ssy · May 30, 2009 8:09 am

I have similar colours in my place that you have selected and have White on White and think it works perfectly. Blue undertones gives it a crisp fresh white look, but it does not look blue on my walls.

Jess09 · May 30, 2009 9:00 am

hi missy

do you have a thread or a blog? i remember seeing some of your kitchen pics while ago - they were lovely! ::smile::

Casa2 · May 30, 2009 9:42 am

Rebekah,

For your "warm white" walls, if you get a chance, take a look at Sheer Bliss. I'd be interested in what you think.

Cheers,
Casa

Jess09 · May 30, 2009 9:48 am

hi casa2 - sheer bliss looks really pink on my moniter :::

is it just me? :th:

Casa2 · May 30, 2009 11:08 am

It doesn't look pink on my monitor, but monitors are poor at representing colours

-Rebekah- · May 30, 2009 12:54 pm

Missy - Oh really thanks for that. Do you have any photos of your place you'd be willing to share ? I'd love to see the walls

Casa2 - Sheer Bliss is way too pink unfortunately

I'm assuming you're talking about Dulux Sheer Bliss ?

wonderland · May 30, 2009 1:00 pm

I might not be of any help as I dont really seem to see the undertones of colours in white. To me, alot of the whites all look really white, just some seem whiter than others. :oops:

But we are using Lexicon on our ceiling and I think that's really white. Have a look and let me know what you think? Maybe there is another undertone colour in there which I didnt see :oops:

Jess09 · May 30, 2009 1:55 pm

off topic

but speaking of internal paint colours...i just went out to my block to check out progress made in the estate, and discovered a new coral home being built that i hadn't noticed before...couldn't help myself - i had to have a sticky beak :oops:

- the whole house is painted GREEN :::

sort of avacado green, a bit of a shock when i realised, but, surprisingly it actually looks really good...who would have thought :lol:

the kitchen in this house is chocolate with a cream diamond gloss benctop, but the whole thing ties in really well together...weird ::hyst::

M!ssy · May 30, 2009 6:35 pm

-Rebekah-

Missy - Oh really thanks for that. Do you have any photos of your place you'd be willing to share ? I'd love to see the walls

Here are some - they are a bit random, was trying to get the walls in all the different parts of the house.
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Next to my kitchen tile and bench - which is CS Ice Snow
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Next to my carpet
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Bathroom
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Near my blue curtains that look similar in colour the blue you mentioned for a feature wall.
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Hope that helps

Michelle · May 31, 2009 3:21 pm

I have to say.....I like the White on White as well.

Love your house missy!

JellyLegs · May 31, 2009 7:33 pm

Wow! How funny, after looking at Missy's pictures, I'd pick white on white again in a heart beat. BUT, come 3/4pm and I look at my walls and you would swear black and 'blue' that they are a pale baby blue. I'm actually looking forward to a bit of wear and tear on them so I can justify repainting them! Go figure. DH really likes it though, he can't see the blue that I see. (Colour blind maybe :wink:

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I just cleaned out our rental today and noticed on the excess paint tins in the cupboard that the ceiling was done in vivid white which is a really clean white.

Michelle · May 31, 2009 7:41 pm

What people need to be aware of with light neutral colours is that they will pick up other colours around them.

JellyLegs, do you have a blue/grey that could be throwing on the walls?