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paint help please - natural hessian or natural calico (dulux)

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dreamcatcher44uk · 14/05/2014 16:18

If you have either of this paint can you tell me what you think of the colour. Currently have all magnolia walls and would like to keep it very light and neutral. Think I'm going to use the dulux endurance range as marks on walls drive me mad and currently when I wipe the paint just comes straight off. My nearest DIY store is quite far away so will probably order online. Thanks!

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snowgal · 14/05/2014 20:04

We have natural hessian teamed with red in our living room, it's a lovely cosy colour, though I can see it would potentially look better in a larger room. I think it's just the right side of the cream/Brown spectrum

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houseisfallingdown · 14/05/2014 20:30

We have natural calico in every room in a seaside house. Very nice Grin

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HaveToWearHeels · 16/05/2014 10:08

I have natural claico in my lounge and love it. I find the hessian a little to pink and like bare plaster. We have a new build painted in Crown soft white which is very yellowy. I wanted a warmer colour and our decorator suggested Natural Calico and I love it. Nice and light without being stark.

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ConcreteElephant · 18/05/2014 08:41

Can't speak for Hessian but we had Calico in our hall/ stairs/ landing /living room in our old house and I loved it. Light, not too yellow or beige, just a lovely neutral. We'll probably go with it when this house is repainted too anything but the current orange. Our new house is being totally refurbed and our interior designer (sounds posher than it is!) started off with F&B charts - we said we liked F&B but would colour match as it's not practical with small children and pets - said we liked Calico and he really rates it as a well 'developed' colour - whatever that means!

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Somanyillustrations · 18/05/2014 08:46

We have natural hessian in the kitchen. It's lovely, and has an almost pink look in some lights (like bare plaster as pp mentioned)

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Only1scoop · 18/05/2014 08:50

I have one wall of natural hessian in my dining room to break up my white walls....it's lovely....neighbours have just painted their huge hall in it and it looks lovely.

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InkleWinkle · 18/05/2014 09:13

I have natural hessian downstairs/ on stairs and natural calico upstairs.
Can't really tell the difference apart from maybe the hessian is darker?

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Artistic · 18/05/2014 09:29

I have hessian all over the house (rented!). It's quite nice but monotonous when used all over the house like mine. But it goes very well with dark colours like reds/pinks/ blues/greens when you dress up the rooms with curtains/cupboards in colour. For a limited space it's a great colour, but you would need a bit of contrast to liven it up...curtains/sofas perhaps?

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