HELP!! need colour advice

Mix very very well, and keep a jamjar full for touchups! Barley white seemed a bit cold so we added (I think) terracotta and nutmeg. Anyway it gave jt just a warm tint. But that was ages ago (needs doing again).

We are going to repaint the study which is so full of 'stuff' that it is offputting.
That is why I am on here this morning.

Oh no! Buy some Barley White and a tube of tint?

I like white gloss, but DH is always hankering after coloured gloss, as his DM had to match each room.

Gloss is all white!

DD2 wanted coffee and cream in her bedroom (gloss was a sort of coffee). When she moved out we changed it back to white.

Definitely no greyish tone here with Almond White.

Something else I do because I don't like to see white radiators, I have them painted the same colour as the walls. As much as I like radiator covers, which I have tried, they do stop maximum heat getting into the room.

I much prefer white paintwork to coloured and have recently decorated my daughters quite dark staircase using a hint of sugar almond pink. I cannot remember the make (it will come back to me) but I do remember it was a one of those special light reflecting paints and it really does the job. The pink is very faint but it really does lighten the whole area and should go very well with the mid brown carpet. Perhaps it is with living at the seaside but I am a lover of all things duck egg/pale blue/white. It is so soothing but can be a little cool in a dark room.

We mixed some tester pots into a tin of barley white for the kitchen and it is very nice (only trouble was when we wanted to go over scuffed wall near the door - yes, you've guessed it!)

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That's the reason I have accumulated so many tester pots m74 [ grin]. All depends on daylight and electric lighting in the evening what the effect will be.

i think it depends on how dark your hall is...mines very dark so i chose a very ...now its lovely and bright...light mushroom colour for the paintwork and a bright yellow for the painted walls

Almond white could be nice ln the woodwork, but I was very unhappy with the effect on our sitting room walls. We repainted again very quickly. But it is matter of personal preference. It seemed to look more greyish in our room.

My DD2 lent me this book by Kevin McCloud when we were decorating our hall, and choosing new covers for our suite.
It's absolutely brilliant - it shows many different palettes of colour, ie what goes with what, and you can look at what overall effect you want to achieve.
There are several different colour combinations that would incorporate a mid-brown carpet.

The only colour I've ever chosen in the whole of my married life is the Heritage Green that is on the fireplace wall of my sitting room. The WM does all the decorating and as he's a designer I just leave him to it. He's scrupulous about asking my opinion about what he's (usually) already chosen and occasionally includes me in the decision making process by saying I thought I'd do.........., what do you think? I'm just so grateful that he's a born handyman - must have saved us tens of thousands over the years.

I use Almond White for woodwork throughout the house rather than white. The effect is soft cream. Our hall was recently decorated using Dulux 'Trench Coat', sort of sand colour effect. I am a F&B fan too and used 'String' for the kitchen and painted my frame collection with 'Mouse's Back'.

I'm always buying tester pots and when I am finished with certain ones will mix them together and have 'discovered' some very interesting shades of something!

Can I butt in here please? We`re going to buy some rise and recline chairs in the near future, which will also necessitate redecorating and a new carpet. Firstly, we`re undecided whether to have the chairs in mocha or terracotta, then, whichever we choose, we have to decide on a colour scheme and carpet colour, which incidentally can`t be a light colour. Oh, and the fireplace and display cabinet are mahogany.

Sounds nice roses any chance of a picture somewhere xxx

We have similar coloured carpet and our walls are painted in apricot and our doors in a rich cream.Think the apricot paint is by Homebase, it was easy to use.

I have booked Bob the Builder (no kidding) to do the deed. Not sure what he uses. Think I will leave hall doors, bedroom doors will need a lick of paint.

When I painted the windows, skirtings and door surrounds white I left the doors as they're glazed with small panes & even though they're quite dark it looks fine.

If you decorate using a paint pad instead of a roller you don't get any splattering so carpets and furniture are safe. I've decorated large rooms by just pulling furniture away from the walls and covering the carpet with a old sheet.

Can you buy some paint tester pots? Then cover a sheet of paper in each one and when dry, blutack it to the wall in various lights and situations. We have moved a lot and that is my solution to how not to make a big mistake - paint is fearfully expensive now.

I was thinking of a deep ochrey-type yellow.

I'd leave off decorating until the carpet is down and live with it for a few weeks. It's amazing how ideas change.

I know you'll have to cover carefully when you do paint, but I've repainted rooms with carpets in situ. After all what are old shower curtains for?

I too like the idea of a pale but not too cold turquoise. Do you have any other colours to tie in to - curtains etc? I'm a bit of fan of "heritage" colours (mouse's back, dead salmon, coalhouse door etc) and we used a F&B colour called "String" in our sitting room which I really like. But there are so many options - trying to find the right colour you could do the whole area in assorted matchpots

You guys are fantastic, thanks for lovely ideas. hugs and

Apricot white, or nutmeg white by Dulux? But one of the ' whites' looked dull and dirty can't remember which so do a test!. Ours needs doing desperately, perhaps this will motivate me

I'm with Granny23 - "walls in a pale apricot, woodwork cream."

You need the hallway to have a warm and welcoming feel.

How big is the space? - I think that is relevant too - if you need to open it up and make it look bigger, then paler colours are good, especially at the end of the space.

Don't go for blue - cold and unwelcoming. Our local ancient pub has just had a designer in to decide on colours and we now have black floor and blue/grey walls - grim in the extreme. I wonder how much that c**p advice cost?!