Choosing the right white is hard - so many options and they look different in every home. We are renovating our home and have new Blackbutt floors with mainly oak and teak wood furniture. Dulux has large a4 swatches for $1 that you can move from room to room easily without lots of patches on the wall. We purchased these for the 4 whites we were considering. We then numbered them on the front to make things easy and put them in every room in morning and artificial/evening light. We wrote down our preference for each room. While different whites work better in different rooms, by the end of the process we had a clear winner - Caspar White Quarter. A beautiful fresh white without any blue tones in our space. We painted this throughout with same colour in satin on the skirting.

Go with what u are drawn too. Both are very neutral. SMH is great with wood as it is slight;y warm, but some people like a cooler tone

Thanks Davincicalbourne. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to my post and send me some photos. The Casper White Quarter in your house looks lovely and it is helpful to see it in the pictures against the wood. The look is very fresh and clean. i also like how you painted the skirting in the same colour just in a satin finish. i hope to take this approach too as i think it keeps it all looking very elegant. Thank you and best wishes.

Hi Kate, Thank you for your feedback. i am delighted to hear you call SMH a warm colour that is great with wood as other people seem to call it a cool colour and I was worried that with warm coloured furniture it may not be complimentary. i had a look at it again today on my wall and I have decided I like the grey in it. I am also now considering Snowy Mountains Full strength. Thanks very much for your encouragement. It is wise advice to go with what you are drawn to its a shame its not that easy as we tend to think there are things we may not be seeing and others know more. With many thanks for your advice and best wishes to you.