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If a room in my house feels off, paint is usually the fastest way I fix it. This is the corner of Wazala where all of that lives: the colour guides I wish someone had handed me years ago, and the step by step painting jobs I have actually done, rollers, drips and all. You will find the white and greige colours I reach for again and again, sorted by the light your room gets, because a colour that sings in a bright kitchen can look flat and grey somewhere darker. There are also the working posts: cabinets, whole rooms, and how to pick a finish that survives real life. Every post lists what I used, how long it took, and what I would do differently. Start with the whites if you are stuck. Almost everyone is.
White is never just white. These twelve shades are sorted by the light your room gets, undertones included, so the colour on your wall matches the one on the swatch.
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Greige sits between grey and beige, and the undertone decides whether your room feels warm or chilly. Nine reliable shades, and what each one does in real light.
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Cabinet paint fails for boring reasons: grease left in the grain, the wrong primer, doors hung back too soon. Here is the full process, with drying times nobody tells you.
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Every big brand picks one colour each year, and keeping track of them is a small job in itself. They are all here on one page, updated as the new picks land.
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The whole job in the order I actually do it: clearing and masking, filling, the first careful cut line, then two coats with the drying time that matters.
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Matte hides a wobbly wall but hates being scrubbed. Eggshell, satin and gloss each have a room where they belong, and a room where they really do not.
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