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Hi Helen, it's all about the undertones. All colours have a 'bias' towards one colour, for example Cornforth White has a blue (cool bias), Bone has a green bias, Joa's white has a red (warm) bias etc. As long as you choose colours that have the same bias you should be ok. The other important factor is the aspect of the room. If a room is gloomy, you need to be really careful about what colour neutral you choose, avoiding ones with a blue bias as they will feel cold.

We have a room in Setting Plaster, it’s a N facing room and I found that colour looks like a warm neutral in N facing but sickly peach in S facing. Conversely we have a S facing room in Calamine, this looks too sugary pink and almost blue toned in N facing but warms up nicely in S facing. So my advice would be to go less peach and more pink with your choices as you are S facing. As it happens Tani - I have an identical layout to yours, and am also pondering what to paint my white sofa wall! It does look a bit blank and stark in white. I’m going to buy a terracotta/rust/tan sofa but need a colour to go behind it. And some stuff for on the wall. Your plants have inspired me to get some thank you!

The first photo looks like its missing architrave which would cover the edge, you can see the skirting board ends short like it should but up against something (Usually architrave if its a door) Second looks like it could be water/moisture from the sink or window causing it to peel, check the window isn't failing, you should be able to tell if its damp coming out if you leave a piece of cling film (or any plastic) on it over a day and night, if theres condensation under it in the morning its damp coming out.