Whilst we are away our hall/stairs and landing is being painted. I made a big mistake with the colour - its too dark in a dark area, oak stained floor boards with oldfashioned axeminster carpet (Swerve would approve). So I have gone for an off white colour. Now my dilema is silk or matt....the rest of the house is painted in matt and whilst I like the finish it's not very child friendly and most of the walls are quite stained as the paint dosn't wash down well - even though they are from the Crown Traditional range. You can imagine the finger prints and stains on the stair walls - not to mention Freddies art work.

So I have gone for vinyl silk.

Will this look odd with the rest of the house or be OK, I know it will be shiney - but how shiney. At least it will be washable. And maybe I could gradually work my way redoing the rest of the downstairs in silk.

Yours in dilema about my finish.
:sad:

May I make a suggestion. Why not paint a little spot in the hall that is not too obvious and see what happens.....

Tile the whole lot. :)

May I make a suggestion. Why not paint a little spot in the hall that is not too obvious and see what happens.....

I've bought 5 litre tins.

Tile the whole lot. :)

You stupid twit.

I've bought 5 litre tins.
So go back and get a taster tin or whatever they call them......

problems, always problems with you innit!!

To be honest Cat, I doubt that anyone but you would notice the difference, if you have the hall in vinyl silk and the rest of the place in matt!

I personally like the shiney finish you get with vinyl silk!

What's wrong with eggshell?

So go back and get a taster tin or whatever they call them......

problems, always problems with you innit!!

We are going away tomorrow morning and Tel is doing it saturday...no time for faffing.

What's wrong with eggshell?

Eggshell is ****e...I tested this in the front room and you can still see where.

No offence mate.

This thread isn't being taken seriously is it.

To be honest Cat, I doubt that anyone but you would notice the difference, if you have the hall in vinyl silk and the rest of the place in matt!

I personally like the shiney finish you get with vinyl silk!

Thanks ils. It will come in hand if you ever come to stay and you rub your greasey kebab stained fingers all over the wall when I push you up the stairs to bed.

Thanks ils. It will come in handy if you ever come to stay and you rub your greasey kebab stained fingers all over the wall when I push you up the stairs to bed.

As if I would do such a thing :bag:


Dol will tell you, I am the perfect guest! :w00t:

As if I would do such a thing :bag:


Dol will tell you, I am the perfect guest! :w00t:

Well it's to late now anyway...I have bought the paint...Focus own "Whiskey Cream"..exactly the same as Magnolia really. Unless someone comes up with a real off putting idea (as I still could wizz it back and change it first thing, but I really dont' want to as need to pack) it will stay.

Focus own "Whiskey Cream"..exactly the same as Magnolia really.

Sound ok to me, as I think the fingerprints and scribble look is the in thing this year :ninja:

Unless someone comes up with a real off putting idea (as I still could wizz it back and change it first thing, but I really dont' want to as need to pack) it will stay.

Catherine - TAKE IT BACK IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!

Silk paints look KAK anywhere except wet rooms .

I can perfectly see what you are saying, about mucky finger marks - we have the same problem with both mucky finger marks and dog shake splatters.

With silk vinyls - they do admittedly wash great, but if you decide to touch up - you can always see where they are touched up, dunno why but you just can.

BUT with matt - you [b]can get washable matts [B&Q Tate collection are washable] and you can touch up without fear of it showing like you have touched up. [unless you buy Fired Earth paints - in which case you can tell]. So regardless of whether it is matt or vinyl silk you will have to wash mucky marks off anyway - so why not go for the better finish, esp when you have oak floorboards and an axminster!! It may look a bit 'pubby'. And esp with a pale colour, it is going to reflect all the light [both sunlight and electric in shiny patches round the walls]

The only time a vinyl silk would look OK in the surroundings you describe would be with Lincrusta panelling.

Honest - I have done the paint thing, made the paint mistakes, had the successes - go with a washable matt.

Catherine - TAKE IT BACK IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!

Silk paints look KAK anywhere except wet rooms .

I can perfectly see what you are saying, about mucky finger marks - we have the same problem with both mucky finger marks and dog shake splatters.

With silk vinyls - they do admittedly wash great, but if you decide to touch up - you can always see where they are touched up, dunno why but you just can.

BUT with matt - you [b]can get washable matts [B&Q Tate collection are washable] and you can touch up without fear of it showing like you have touched up. [unless you buy Fired Earth paints - in which case you can tell]. So regardless of whether it is matt or vinyl silk you will have to wash mucky marks off anyway - so why not go for the better finish, esp when you have oak floorboards and an axminster!! It may look a bit 'pubby'. And esp with a pale colour, it is going to reflect all the light [both sunlight and electric in shiny patches round the walls]

The only time a vinyl silk would look OK in the surroundings you describe would be with Lincrusta panelling.

Honest - I have done the paint thing, made the paint mistakes, had the successes - go with a washable matt.

Thats what I needed to hear...I am taking it back first thing. There is a Dulux Matt x10 tougher than tough (even better thatn silk it says on the tin). I will go for that in a similar colour. It's going to be continually touched up as you say.

God bless you
x

PS What the **** is a Lincrusta Panelling?

Thats what I needed to hear...I am taking it back first thing. There is a Dulux Matt x10 tougher than tough (even better thatn silk it says on the tin). I will go for that in a similar colour. It's going to be continually touched up as you say.

God bless you
x

PS What the **** is a Lincrusta Panelling?

You're very welcome young lady!!

Lincrusta panelling is that very very very very very expensive wallpaper - that comes in single panels of about 9 - 12 inches wide and it was made for below the dado rail. It is stupendously hardwearing and is deeply embossed and wonderfully indulgent.

It is an ancient invention - not sure exactly when but probably over 100 years old. but you find it in all the smart Victorian/Edwardian hallways.

I would say that it depends on the surface of your walls.

A vinyl silk will show up any flaws in the plastering, a matt finish is much more forgiving IMO.

HTH

The walls are all recently plastered so nothing to hide floops...

Look...here is my hall. It's not that huge and grande but I love it.

View from front door:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/Caty65/PIC_0004.jpg

The walls are all recently plastered so nothing to hide floops...

Look...here is my hall. It's not that huge and grande but I love it.

View from front door:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/Caty65/PIC_0004.jpg

View 1 from upstairs...looking up from the hall..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/Caty65/PIC_0008.jpg

..and back down:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/Caty65/PIC_0013.jpg

Hell I'd go with the vinyl silk then and just train your kids to wear latex gloves at meal timesOr was it not the kids you were worried about ? :bag:

Flipster's convinced me with the Matt....will cost another £50, but on her head be it floopy drawers.

1. Put children in bedroom.
2. Shut door to bedroom
3. Paint outside of bedroom door
4. Paint doorframe
5. Cover crack between frame and door with more paint
6. Leave to dry

Sorted, no more sticky fingerprints in the hallway. :D

1. Put children in bedroom.
2. Shut door to bedroom
3. Paint outside of bedroom door
4. Paint doorframe
5. Cover crack between frame and door with more paint
6. Leave to dry

Sorted, no more sticky fingerprints in the hallway. :D


You have overlooked one thing Noxy, it is not always the children that make the sticky fingerprints :ninja:

Exactly..it can be dirty friends :w00t:

OMG I think I have developed a phobia. I was looking at the picture of the door leading on to the stairs and felt quite ill. It doesn't look like there is much landing before the stairs which is probably just the camera angle but my eyes were just drawn to it imagining myself coming out of that door in the dark and straight down the stairs how weird is that.

When I lived in a house our toilet was at the top of the stairs just like that and I never had a problem with it even when drunk. I never realised I had a problem now until I looked at that picture. Sorry didn't mean to ramble on.