Hi Italian girl, with your natural white walls what colour did you end up doing your ceiling and skirting? Also is the natural white throwing any yellow at all. I also have an open plan downstairs with a grey concrete floor tile. We are using malay grey on our fireplace and am struggling with choosing the right white for the walls. Was thinking of going with Snowy Mountains but might try natural white after seeing yours.

strip part of the brick and mantle back to orignial if the exposed colour lines up with the room, strip the whole thing. Looks so well crafted not to pay respect to the past

I purchased a full strength test pot recently but found it to be too much of a brown grey. It's hard for me to comment on which shade would match your cabinet and flooring - do you have any samples of these? and I can then take s look and advise accordingly. regards Bronika

Without seeing the existing woodwork ( doors and skirting ) , I'd actually be tempted to redo that in a nice warm midbrown with a reddish tinge . Hogs Bristle is a pretty 'meh' sandy colour , and I assume colours like that are made so that something else becomes the highlight -- whether it be the wood features , the furniture , the artwork , or any other feature . To add white or off-white just doubles down the bland factor -- depending on the era of your house , if I had to go with Bristle I'd probably go with an Antique Red , or Ironstone , or similar ( even a Charcoal shade ) to add some colour without scaring anyone .