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What colour is your sitting room/lounge? Give me inspiration please!

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DrMcDreamysWife · 21/07/2014 19:56

Planning to paint the living room in our new house this weekend. I was thinking a pale soft grey, dh not so sure. He wants cream :(

We don't want a feature wall and can't afford wallpaper.

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wowfudge · 21/07/2014 20:25

We've got a pale yellow toned cream - it's one of Dulux's standard emulsion colours, I forget the name. It wasn't my choice, but it's inoffensive. If we were to do it again I'd use Dulux Natural Wicker which we used in a bedroom - a brown toned cream colour that works well with lots of other colours for soft furnishings and accessories. We'd just moved in and got a buy one get one half price deal in B & Q.

Beware grey in case it makes the room feel cold - depends which way the room faces and the quality of light as well as on the shade of grey. Get some testers and try a few things before the weekend.

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TooMuchRain · 21/07/2014 20:58

We have a soft/warm yellow, not to everyone's taste but works really well in ours because it's north-east facing and could easily look cold & uninviting

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Beaverfeaver2 · 21/07/2014 21:05

Our lounge is a soft pale green colour / with blue & grey tones so quite similar to a duck egg blue

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fiorentina · 21/07/2014 21:06

What about a farrow and ball 'white'. We used strong white. It has a grey tinge but isn't at all cold? Or a really strong grey, pavilion grey? We colour match to dulux to save money..

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EleanorHandbasket · 21/07/2014 21:11

White. No idea what white, it's a new build and we can't put anything on the walls for a while.

I thought I'd hate it but I actually love it.

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MaccaPaccaMac · 21/07/2014 21:14

Ours is natural wicker on toe walls and then a kind of mid brown on the other two (including chimney breast wall). Think it was called 'truffle' but may have made that up. It's nice, pretty neutral but we have lots of pictures/photos/prints up.

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MaccaPaccaMac · 21/07/2014 21:14

Toe?? Two obvs.

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WeAllHaveWings · 21/07/2014 21:24

magnolia........................do you feel inspired Wink

actually its "wicker white", which is really.........magnolia...

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frames · 21/07/2014 21:26

Magnolia. It works for me. Everywhere.

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notnowImreading · 21/07/2014 21:31

I've just painted mine natural wicker and I love it. It's not a brave colour but it's very cosy. I had homebase caramel cream before, which was lovely too.

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Needalittleadvice · 21/07/2014 21:33

Dulux rum caramel no 3. It's a really cool restful colour.
Our living room gets the sun all day, we wanted something that would tone down the brightness.

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Mrsladybirdface · 21/07/2014 21:33

we have polished pebble...which is a pale grey...tis calming but neutral!

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Tangchi · 21/07/2014 21:38

Dulex crispy crumble looks fab

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hollycomputer · 21/07/2014 21:49

We have a kind of greyish blue and white which I really like. The living room looks quite austere but we've softened it a bit with a chandelier (not a naff one), a rug and some orange/red glassware.

I'd wanted a greyish green but couldn't find one we liked at the time though I have now so the spare room is about to be painted in it.

www.mylands.co.uk/paint/colours-of-london/museum.html

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tethersend · 21/07/2014 21:50

Black.

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DorothyBastard · 21/07/2014 22:08

Mine is orange and turquoise! I would imagine it's not to anyone else's taste on this thread going by the amount of cream and grey, but we love it. It's a sixties semi and has a mid century Scandinavian feel.

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CalamitouslyWrong · 22/07/2014 06:57

Mine's teal. You can see a wee bit of the wall in the photo.

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sassytheFIRST · 22/07/2014 06:59

Cream with end walls a soft taupe to "bring them in" ( long thin room). Red, cream and taupe striped curtains, one grey sofa, one blue one. Recently completed - looks great.

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Ragwort · 22/07/2014 07:08

Magnolia - totally boring and I would love to change it but am too lazy Grin.

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Kahlua4me · 22/07/2014 07:16

We have a pale grey on all walls. It's a dulux mix but can't remember the name, I think it was chiffon something.

I find it very relaxing and not at all cold. Window is south facing. Cushions, curtains etc are in pink and lime green to brighten it up.

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BikeRunSki · 22/07/2014 07:23

Off white above dado rail (Dulux Timeless)
Soft blue- grey below (Valspar British Shorthair)

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Isabelleforyourbicycle · 22/07/2014 07:32

Teal here too. It's a dark, cool, north facing living room so we embraced the darkness and it really works. It is a fairly big room with high ceilings and a 6 window bay so I'm not sure such a heavy teal colour would work elsewhere. They do say you have to consider the light aspect and work with it not fight it.

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sideshowbob2 · 22/07/2014 07:33

dreamy peach, which is a soft light orange, i wanted a red sofa but couldn't get one at the time so got a burnt orange 4 seater fabric sofa, with rich tea biscuit carpet beige with a fleck and the same light beige curtains, i have a picture rail too so above it, is just white same as the rail and the ceiling!

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threepiecesuite · 22/07/2014 07:39

We've had Dulux Willow Tree on our walls for a few years now, which is a pale green. It's very calming.
In fact, we've just painted dd's the same.

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Cherrypi · 22/07/2014 07:49

We have grey and purple. Still not sure about the grey but this our first time we've been able to decorate and not live in magnolia.

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