When I’m sampling different shades, I always paint them on large poster boards, write the color on the back and then tape them to the wall with painters tape. That way I can move them to different parts of the room at different times of day to see how the colors change with the light conditions.
Am I the only one who likes satin finish for walls? Our house gets little natural light so we used satin (walls only; ceilings are flat) to enhance the reflection of what little light we do get.
We recently rehabbed a house and painted the walls with flat (some gray, some greige). I like the colors, but it doesn’t have much depth, which I attribute to the finish.
The BM store has a board that displays the winning colors for that year. I gave the sample names to my g/f, who was opening a new office. She used different colors of grey/beige. And was quite happy.
More advice needed! For the master, we are doing flat on the walls and satin on the moulding at the top.
We are taking this color into the entryway and upstairs hallway. I’m thinking satin for that, correct? Since more a high traffic area. I can’t really tell what it is right now.
For the inside front door, which is painted, what do you think of a semi-gloss? I do have issues with hand marks, and it might be pretty. The front door has decorative wood designs that have been painted, too. No windows.
Post 34 has a nice link. Eggshell is satinn per that link. They also seem to think you can’t go wrong with eggshell. Something else to consider when choosing a painy color. The LRV-light relective value. Whites may reflect over 90% of the light while dark, say navy, may only reflect 40%. In recent years I was able to find that info for paints such as Behr and Sherwin Williams. It can make a difference in a room. There are many nice colors that only do well in small doses.
When our house was painted the first time, we requested satin. This time, I made the same request (25 years later) and was told that eggshell was like the old satin. That’s what we chose, and it looks great.
Use high end paint Benjamin Moore is pretty good for the price. There are really high end paints too and they look great. Eggshell is not shiny. And if you need to clean the walls (which everyone does) it won’t rub off. Did a whole house ( that had old but fine walls) in eggshell and it looked great.
Also color and quality of the paint is the most important thing. And I would suggest not going with pure white. It’s pretty boring. There are so many great paint colors out there.