We got some renos done before Christmas last year and it all become a bit stressful time wise. Most tradies super busy at the moment I keep hearing. Anyway, the guy who painted the laundry and bathroom said Resene black white ok? And I was like yep whatever (I just wanted it done!) But I really don't like it at all. It seems to suit a more modern minimalistic house where ours is natural colours, plants, cane furniture and lots of wood. When it is time to paint the rest of house I am going to do more research. But in the mean time can someone please reccommend a more warm white. I did not realise there are so many different types of white lol. Luckily the laundry is only a small one in a cupboard type thing so shouldn't be too costly to repaint that. The bathroom though.
tygertung,
Jun 30, 8:27am
We usually use Resene Alabaster which I think looks nice alongside rimu, but it is fairly lightly tinted.
lythande1,
Jun 30, 8:42am
I don't know, I've ended up with a black and white bathroom. Because the seratone was white, shower, vanity white so it was all white. Lino my mum chose is a greyish marble type, so I got a black framed wall mirror for her (she wanted a mirror), a black stool, also for her. and bought dark grey bath mats. It looks rather nice. Nothing like the rest of the house decor, but hey it's a bathroom.
shanreagh,
Jun 30, 9:27am
I have used Resene Alabaster and also Thorndon Cream. Actually used it mix and match in the same room with Thorndon Cream. Thorndon Cream is a more defined off white colour and I am sure if it is too strong you can cut it to make half or quarter.
voyager4,
Jun 30, 9:40am
I rather like my downstairs bathroom which is Resene 1/4 Spanish white. Not white white, but not cream cream either. Take a look at their colourchart wheel.
tygertung,
Jun 30, 11:23am
Alabaster is a pretty sort of "austere" colour, in that it is in no particular trend, so it unlikely to become dated.
cinderellagowns,
Jun 30, 11:48am
Yep - there a plethora of "whites" in any paint brand you care to name. I got the Resene "Whites and Neutrals" pamphlet (I think that was the name of it). It had interior photos of the various options in actual houses so you could picture them in a setting. Also had the colour samples grouped into warm, cools etc. You could really see the undertones and the differences between them when they were put side by side like that. Was easy to then narrow down to a few contenders. Then I would suggest painting a sample onto a board about the size of an A4 bit of paper. Move that around the rooms and see how it looks in different places. You will be amazed how it will look different in even the same room, but on different walls. You can then see how it works with your existing colours - it should become pretty obvious if you like it or not in your setting.
bucca11,
Jun 30, 8:29pm
I would agree with this, all our interior doors, frames and window frames are 1/4 Spanish White and it's what I would call a warm white, bordering on a very slight cream but we are changing our interior colours (including the doors etc) and I had been recommended the black white - would love to see photos if anyone is keen to show me?
blueviking,
Jul 1, 6:54pm
Spanish white and all it's derivatives, look dirty, like you've had a smoker in your house.I work for a property manager and that's their favourite colour on repaints. Worked on a house where they painted it 1/4 spanish white and it doesn;t really change. Alabaster is painters default colour when they can;t come up with anything else. Pearl lustre is a better colour, but hey, my wife picks the colour in our house and not 1 room is a shade of white. Dulux do some nice off whites, so should get one that has a natural wood tint.
vintage_betty,
Jul 1, 7:43pm
Ohhh what colour is the walls in your house then? Sounds interesting! Thanks for info, as I said I did not know there were so many shades of white.
zak410,
Jul 1, 8:01pm
Parchment is another nice, pleasant neutral colour.
Friends moved into a newly renovated neutral colour (white) house a couple of years ago. Everything in the bathroom was white, so they sandwiched some different coloured pieces of cellophane between some thin perspex sheets and hung it in the window rather than repainting. Certainly took that stark white look away.
rak1,
Jul 2, 10:07pm
Resene Merino
blueviking,
Jul 4, 7:07am
Kitchen/dining-lemongrass, lounge-chalk, sons bedroom-endevour, daughters room-pale pink, with a hot pink feature wall(can't remember the names and the kids were allowed to choose their own room colours when they were at secondary school)Main bdrm-gravel.
callum.irvine,
Jul 4, 8:52am
You can do a lot with lighting these days to change a paint colour. Doesn't help during the day of course. But starting with plain white then using Philips hue lighting or similar. You can pretty much have any colour room you want, and change it by the minute if you feel like it.
don735,
Jul 8, 9:37pm
Alabaster is painters white eg when a painter buys a white most get it tinted to Alabaster a bit of black tint in white brings out the white,black white and Alaabaster just about the same tints used
don735,
Jul 8, 9:39pm
Yes good colour it come off the green line in the resene paint chart
vintage_betty,
Jul 9, 7:32am
Thank you very much for the advice, most appreciated.
blueviking that sounds different lol. But very cool at the same time.
hound31,
Jul 12, 3:48am
Not sure if you can still see it on Dulux colour charts but have a look at Dulux "Stowe White". I wanted an off white that wasn't cream or dirty looking if you know what I mean. This colour has a touch of black in it, but not cold looking almost has a green tint in some lights, but not a cold colour.
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