Redecorating, advice and help needed?

I really need to redecorate my hall and bathroom, i was hoping that someone could tell me what type of paint to use and what colours you think will work well with those rooms? i am not looking for anything to fancy just rather plain, working will minimal money but got alot of time on my hands





any help would be great





ThanksRedecorating, advice and help needed?
Halls need to be light. so a creamy colour would look good.





Bathroom, again light is good. any tiling ??? white or a very pale brown, coffee , praline, .....Redecorating, advice and help needed?
do not use flat or eggshell, can't wash it. Satin, semi-gloss, or gloss, the more gloss the more flews show. Satin is safe and washable..any neutral color is best, unless you have a specific decorating style in mind. White will brighten and make a space look bigger.
The colour scheme really depends on your own taste - we find the a magnolia colour emulsion on the walls in a hallway, with white gloss woodwork, gives a feeling of light and airy, and a very good backdrop for a coloured carpet and bright pictures.





On the walls in a bathroom you will need one of the special bathroom emulsions, matt or silk finishes which will withstand the moisture.





You could use wallpapers, but that is likely to be more expensive.
Hallway magnolia - nice and light - preferably one of the wipe clean emulsions. stairway walls tend to get grubby especially with children.


Bathroom - moisture resistant emulsion - in a light colour to match your tiles. If white tiles magnolia would work in there too.


If you are painting over a colour than will need 2 or 3 coats get a large tub of white trade emulsion to use as an undercoat


very cheap and will save yyoou on the more expensive paint.
i'm currently redoing my room and my bathroom. My theme is black and white, with white walls and black trim/windowsills/doors. It looks really cool so far. I would recomend something warm for the hallway though, like red carpet and beige walls.
A few tips ,





Before painting





1 . Use pollyfiller found at your local hardware store to fill all the chips in the walls , wait to dry and fill again because of shrinkage . Also scrape off any lumps on the walls .





2 . sand the walls with a fine sand paper to make smooth expecially the patching up you did with the pollyfiller .





3 . Dust of the walls with a broome or whatever .





4 . Use an undercoat of similar colour first so the finnished coat looks fresher .





Usually acrylic paints are used on household walls .





You get 12-16 square metres per a litre x by 2 for 2 coats .





Use a low sheen finnish or flat if the walls are in bad condition so the bumps etc will not be highlighted aswell .





When using a painting roller , roll evenly and dont leave rollermarks , use 2 roller widths per a full dip in the paint and smooth off . Light colors do well basicly stick to whatever colors go well with the rest of the house .
Light colours always make small space look bigger...


When you do paint it buy the best paint you can afford, cheap paint makes for more hard work...More coats are put on with using cheap paint so avoid it if you can afford to...
my hall is cream and black accesories etc its sounds really dull but it looks realy nice and my bathroom is white walls with duck egg blue accesories hope this helps if you do decide on cream or white remember that them colours go with anyting so iv you are like me you can change your accesories and curtians anytime you feel like it and it wont cost an arm or leg good look x
erm any beige, cream or browns in the hall! keep it simple, no bold wallpapers and keep everything modern looking! It will look fab! For the bathroom, try white! just keep it clean, simple and finish it of with chrome taps, not gold! be modern, we are a modern living world after all!


good luck with the re-dec
It sort of depends on the amount of light that comes into the hall. If it is bright, then you can go with a bolder color. If it is dim, then a soft pastel or cream would be better. Same with the bathroom, although I tend to like pastels in the bathroom - especially greens and blues. If you feel confident enough, you could fancy up the bathroom paint job with some stenciling - maybe some simple vine or sea shell design.





By the way, if you have any water stains to cover, don't forget the Killz to keep the stain from soaking through your new paint. Any good flat latex should do for the walls and a semi-gloss for any woodwork. You might look for a paint that is resistant to mold for the bath, but they are usually a bit more expensive.
http://housetohome.co.uk has loads of rooms to look at, it might give you the inspiration you are looking for, there are seperate sections for bathrooms and hallways!


in the bathroom make sure you use a kitchen/bathroom paint, only a pound ot two more expensive but worth it!


in the hallway use paint that is spongable/washable as it is in a fairly busy area of your home!
I will keep it simple and assume you are in the UK. Keep it light for two reasons, one dark colours close the space down and two, the darker the colour on the walls the more your unprofessional cutting in will show when you try to paint a straight line against the white ceiling.





The best colours would be white on the ceiling and an off-white or the palest colours on the walls. Two coats of Dulux Vinyl Matt, cheaper paint is a false economy.





On the woodwork your rub it down to key the surface and if you want a fully shiny surface put one undercoat and one gloss coat on. If you want a semi-shiny surface I recommend two coats of Dulux Satinwood.





You need a 1'; and a 2'; brush for cutting in the edges of your emulsion and ideally the same again for your woodwork paint. Paint falls into two categories, water-based and oil-based and you cannot mix the brushes of these two categories. Your emulsion will be water based and likely your wood paint will be oil based. You need a 9'; roller, cage (handle) and tray for the walls and ceiling and try to buy a cheap roller pole. You want a small white spirit for cleaning yourself when using any oil-based paint.





Bathroom walls and ceiling - Dulux Quickdrying Eggshell, bit expensive though.