White woodwork - so many whites to choose from. Worth it instead of Pure Brilliant White?

bolwin1

ChasingtheWelshdream said:

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Thank Bolwin, yes I did the panelling myself.  Our local DIY place will cut sheet wood for free, so I asked them to cut two sheets of MDF into 100mm strips, which saved a lot of time. I used 3 mm ply as a backing as our walls are not great condition, and it would save lots of filling, but I've seen people go straight onto the wall. 

The biggest tip I'd say is to plan everything out in advance. If you are going up the stairs, play around until you are happy with where the angles change. Because our stringers are curved, it took a lot of figuring out where to start the angled run and I marked the midpoints on the wall as a guide.

Other than that, make friends with a good mitre saw and don't assume anything is square. I'm now on intimate terms with my protractor and angled bevel. 

Great stuff - thank you very much for the info. Our house is a similar age to yours & the walls won't be good, so 3mm ply it is. - I hope mine looks as good as yours does :-)

getmore4less

We have gone with PBW gloss in the hall/stairs to help with the light.

In our living room we went with matt on the woodwork/doors  having seen it in another property an really like it. 

We used Dulux diamond products which have been tough enough, 6 years and still ok.
Endurance was the retail, they may have rebranded since, look like there is easy care as well now