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Advice on paint colour please!

7 years ago
We will be painting the kids playroom in the next week or so. It’s North facing but has a large 235x120cm window which lets a lot of light in. I have a couple of litres of F&B Down Pipe, which my husband is keen to use as money is tight at the moment. I’m worried that it could be too dark? If I did a feature wall with it, what colour to do in the other walls? The rest of the house is in neutral, blues, greens and greys.

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  • 7 years ago
    Have you tried mixing a bit of the Downpipe with some bog standard white paint to make it go further? Hopefully will end up with a paler grey with blue undertones?
  • 7 years ago

    Yea, possibly do a 'feature wall' in Downpipe and make it a backdrop for loads of posters and other colourful items. It is a children's area after all... :). If you don't mind, they can even use chalk to make their own art.


    Maybe paint the rest in (brilliant) white.

  • 7 years ago
    https://www.dyebrick.com

    Not sure if it is suitable for walking on??
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    7 years ago
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    Have you got enough to do half-walls - they look really cool (you could go to a dado rail height?) - great in that it won't show kid's finger/toy marks (include your skirting too), and you could do the upper walls in a lighter colour off-white of some sort (also take same colour over ceiling), perhaps Crown's Sail White which will be cheaper than F&B.

    PS. top tip - get a cheaper dark undercoat for the first coat (maybe two) and then just use F&B for top coat and it will go further!!

  • 7 years ago

    What will the flooring be? Downpipe is also great for disguising a TV.

  • 7 years ago

    To take everyone's ideas a little further, what about mountain shapes. Big triangles of Down pipe mixed with various amounts of white to get different grey mountains all around the room?

  • 7 years ago
    Oooh love this idea!
  • 7 years ago

    That looks fab! How about laminate flooring, it’s relatively cheap and easy to clean. Or even cheaper get a nice big rug from somewhere like Dunelm with blue in it and place it over the current carpet, much less work too! What colours did you use on the walls?


  • 7 years ago

    How about cork flooring? It has come up to date now - soft and insulating.

  • 7 years ago
    The room looks great :-)
    How about luxury vinyl tiles such as Amtico and Karndean? These are warmer to the touch so work well in the absence of UFH, can withstand high amounts of traffic and water resistant.
  • 7 years ago
    Hi I used some left over F&B Stiffkey Blue and a Valspar grey but can’t remember the exact name one. It was close to F&B Ammonite.
    Never considered cork flooring. Good shout. Is Amtico a lot warmer than laminate? We have laminate in the cloakroom and it’s so cold under foot in the winter
  • 7 years ago
    Its definitely warmer under the foot than laminate. More like lino flooring, I'd say.
  • 7 years ago
    I've seen it all now - the ubiquitous and tiresomely unoriginal grey has made it to the playroom. And how jolly in a north facing room!
  • 7 years ago
    I have Amtico click in my kitchen. It is lovely underfoot and as long as you use a good underlay, you can lay it yourself ...easily.
  • 7 years ago
    Verdi - thank you - something we can lay ourselves will definitely help the budget. So far, the room has been decorated with left over/ donated paint, so I hope the husband will agree to the Amtico. Forgot to say that, the Downpipe paint will be used to decorate the utility room instead (I found it a bit dark for the room).