Skirts & Fireplace - what colour?

[DoubleSix]

Just painting the fireplace and skirts having done the walls. I know the photos aren't great but, opinions very welcome.

Now should I press on with Pure White (eggshell) as I have begun on the fireplace or is it too contrasting/bright. Should I maybe switch to a Roman White or some kind of off white...

Can't decide if I like the bright white finish or not, what do you reckon?

Edited by DoubleSix on Wednesday 12th September 19:34

[Blakeatron]

I dont like off whits, looks dirty to me!

Either carry on with the brilliant or what about a darker wall colour?

I would take the screwdriver out though

[DoubleSix]

hmm yeah off white can look a bit.... off.

You can see in the second picture the skirts are an off white.

[anonymous-user]

I like the fireplace white, actually. The contrast is good. That's coming from someone who's always insisted on F&B new white for skirtings and ceilings (which is not actually white, but off white). Nice wall colours - what are they?

[DoubleSix]

skintemma said:

I like the fireplace white, actually. The contrast is good. That's coming from someone who's always insisted on F&B new white for skirtings and ceilings (which is not actually white, but off white). Nice wall colours - what are they?

Thanks, spent a while choosing them and went through some 8 samples..

Walls are from the Dulux Heritage range; DH Pearl, and the feature wall is Dulux Urban Obsession

Thanks for your feedback, this now means I've got to do all the skirts white! I hate working with oil based paint... oh well

Edited by DoubleSix on Wednesday 12th September 22:38

[RC1]

do the walls justice and paint the skirts the same as fireplace... lovely colours there

[RC1]

ive posted a few topics here re working with oil based gloss as i had similar fear to you.... basically try to thin down the paint, apply paint to flat face of skirt with roller, apply paint to profiled edge with quality brush, alum oxide rub for key between the first and second coats and stand back and admire.. all with good prep beforehand of course

[shtu]

Definitely the Proper White. Gives a sharp contrast that the Dingy White doesn't, looks much better.

[5potTurbo]

Worst "look at my new fireplace" thread ever!




I really do like the colours you have there. To echo others' sentiments, pure white would get my vote, too.

[DoubleSix]

5potTurbo said:

Worst "look at my new fireplace" thread

Who me?, never...

Thanks for all the nice comments!

What you guys cant see is an original 6 paned window on the opposite wall to the fireplace, this has been moved (from where im standing) to create a glass wall through to the kitchen.

So lots of woodwork to do me thinks!!

[CY88]

I always do my skirtings, doors/frames and covings in exactly the same emulsion (incl. colour) as the walls, then go over the skirtings, doors and frames in a water based eggshell or matt varnish. I too hate dealing with oil based gloss, and don't like brilliant white at all. I could dig out some pics if you want.

[DoubleSix]

Interesting CY88 but to my knowledge emulsion over the top of oil based paint is a big no no...

[aberdeeneuan]

Pure white for me - really zings out against the feature wall colour. I have a thing for pure white skirtings though, our whole house has that.

Lovely fireplace as well though - is the surround new? We were looking at replacing ours as it's a 60s relic with no mantle with a new surround and decide between a modern slim floating gas fed fire or a more traditional limestone one. But the wood you have there might swing my mind again!

[DoubleSix]

aberdeeneuan said:

Pure white for me - really zings out against the feature wall colour. I have a thing for pure white skirtings though, our whole house has that.

Lovely fireplace as well though - is the surround new? We were looking at replacing ours as it's a 60s relic with no mantle with a new surround and decide between a modern slim floating gas fed fire or a more traditional limestone one. But the wood you have there might swing my mind again!

Well, I ended up removing the fire surround today as I wasn't happy with the transition from brush to roller, so you can see the fire surround is actually a very simple construction put together using some good quality pieces of wood. Hope that helps.



And this is what I was trying to describe, bloody great wooden framed window in the middle of the house that will look silly if I don't do it white to match the skirts....

[CY88]

DoubleSix said:

Interesting CY88 but to my knowledge emulsion over the top of oil based paint is a big no no...

This is true. I didn't use oil to begin with though! And I now appreciate you're probably half way through. Seriously though, I haven't used oil based for years. Good luck anyway