White walls in homes

Hate white walls, except in very limited circumstances, one room in a house is fine but wide spread use of white looks cold and institutional and makes the house look dull and unimaginative.

For me its the othet way round.
All white looks like a design choice to let the archetecture/features speak for themselves
One white room just looks like that room is unfinished

Hate white walls, except in very limited circumstances, one room in a house is fine but wide spread use of white looks cold and institutional and makes the house look dull and unimaginative.

Our current house, an old farm house, was painted white everywhere when we bought it and within a month even DH was asking where to start the decorating to get rid of some of the white.

I am not overkeen of lots of very dark or strong colours either, but a subtle use of colour to define each room and its mood is essential for me.

I PLASTERED the walls in my house before painting the whole place white. It looked stunning while it was empty.

We’ve just redecorated our hall and also our kitchen white, what a difference it looks beautiful, so bright and clean.

We’ll shortly have a mid grey carpet laid in the hall, the hall stand is also white.

To be honest when I first heard of it going back several years my first reaction was, Oh no not for me too clinical, hospital Drs surgery, but when I saw it, I completely changed my mind and thought Oh wow this looks amazing

You need either perfect plastering OR ELSE completely rustic irregular walls, and then white looks amazing.

It is very unforgiving on imperfect walls (unless theyre cottagey, supposed to be imperfect walls)

I love this look and would really like it in my own home.
Sadly it isn’t going to happen for many reasons.
I would like a small new build which I could start again with everything new.
This is a pipe dream.

I’m not keen on brilliant white everywhere, but a very slightly off-white on walls, with white-white on ceilings and any coving, IMO looks lovely, still very light.
I’ve done Dulux Timeless on walls, with brilliant white on ceiling and coving, it worked very well.

I had white walls everywhere in my last home. I didn't realise that OH wasn't completely au fait with it until we moved and I wanted the same here. We compromised ?
I like pale walls as I'm big on bold pictures, mirrors and carpets on walls. I also have a big collection of masks from around the world.

Love, love, love this. I fell into it accidentally in a house I lived in temporarily many years ago. Beautiful, clean cut lines.

Every home I've had since then has been white. I love the sculptural way the edges and shadows are created. Took me 6 years to put art up because I loved my blank walls so much in my current house.

Never even thought about shadows HettyMaud , haven’t attempted it yet, but certainly considering it

Can look cold if the room gets no sunlight or the lighting is harsh. I agree it often looks very good and clean.
A strong colour on at least one wall is now starting to be the trend. DS has done one large wall a deep teal blue and DGD has done a room with lots of windows a deep grey - both look stunning.

I live in a small two up two down, all walls painted white, apart from feature wall in dining room and bedroom. I love white walls, so easy to add colour with rugs, throws etc., and very easy to touch up?

Pale colours look great. But pure white can show shadows more than other pale shades. However if you just use white then it's easy to touch up when needed. Make sure you get a good paint. White looks modern and clean if kept fresh. Hang some nice pictures and put in some good lighting - wow!