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f you think choosing a white paint for your room will be easy, think again! With over 900 shades of white to select from, you may well find the task a bit daunting. White is a timeless option that provides a fresh blank canvas, against which you can showcase all your art, accessories and furniture, so it’s well worth putting in the effort to get the tone right. You are not alone if you’ve previously looked at a white room and thought how unimaginative and effortless the design is; but to get a white room right it will have been incredibly well curated, with much time and effort employed to keep the space from looking clinical and stark. One of my favourite white paints is Marshmallow. Marshmallow provides a sense of serenity and relaxation. As the importance of wellbeing becomes increasingly significant in our lives, this hue is ideal for bringing a tranquil and calm feeling into your home. Sanderson has a particular paint called ‘Marshmallow Snow’. It is a creamy soft neutral that will uplift and brighten your scheme, but do not confuse it with Wilko’s Marshmallow Silk which is pretty in pink and far from the neutral base recommended here.
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appear crisper and cleaner in a north facing room and slightly yellower and creamier in a south facing one where light absorption will be at its greatest. White should be seen as your secret tool. The ideal device for drawing attention to other things. If you paint your space white, then the other features in the room will become more noticeable. Whether that’s the exposed brick or woodwork or the art
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Marshmallow Snow is a pure and peaceful colour ideal for so many surfaces. It has a milky-hued foundation that provides the perfect blank canvas for creating a striking space that never grows old. It is great for children’s bedrooms or playrooms where it performs strongly as a neutral or base paint. It is also light reflecting. If you’re keen to have a paint that maximises the amount of light within a room then look at your chosen paint colour’s Light Reflectance Value (LRV). Paints are graded on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being pure white and 1 being black. The highest I found for Marshmallow was 87, which is excellent in terms of light reflectance. Due to Marshmallow’s high reflectivity, most light tends to be reflected away whilst absorbing only a little, which is normally seen as a tint. This is an important consideration in a north or south facing room. Marshmallow will
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