Okay, have NCed as I'm ashamed to admit how clueless I am about paint. I live abroad, and will soon be moving back to our UK flat. My brother is a builder, and has kindly found contractors who can go into the flat and plaster/repair/paint after over a decade of renting it out. They will finish the flat before we return, which is amazing. They start work tomorrow.
However, I asked for white walls, and DB and contractors both reacted with mild horror - stark, clinical. It's white on the walls now and I see their point, it doesn't entirely work. They suggested magnolia. I have no idea what magnolia even looks like, but pics online seem to veer either a bit yellowy (not too bad) or peachy (the horror!).
Clearly I'm not in a position to try out little test pots of the stuff (where I'm living, you paint the place white, because that's what is available). So, if I tell you that I like white, but accept that a warmer neutral colour is probably a better idea... what might you suggest??
If it helps: the flat is an upstairs, 2-bed, late Victorian place with all the Victoriana stripped out by previous generations of owners - bland, blank canvas. Fairly bright.
I need to make a quick decision, sight-unseen. Help me, please! And many thanks.
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CreamPaint · 28/07/2014 01:45
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