The quality of natural lighting West Facing rooms varies in that it is cooler in the morning and warmer in the afternoon and evening. Since they generally get more light throughout the day, you they respond well to white or light coloured walls. I suggest white/light colours if you want to create a feeling of airiness and spaciousness, and especially if you use your West room in the afternoon because the warmer natural light at that time of day will reflect wonderfully off a lighter colour of wall. If you want to add a little more colour then consider colours that fall in the red spectrum; anything from pale pink/neutrals to mid toned terracotta's to deeper shades of burgundy. Again, take into consideration the purpose for which your West room is used, and consider your personality and the overall feeling you wish to create which is appropriate to you.

Forgot to say room is living room and north/west facing

Hi! We have a north facing kitchen/dining/living area with a patio facing west and a window on the east side. We went for a lighter colour (slipper satin) on the kitchen units as they are at the 'back' of the room (ie you enter the kitchen from the hallway, then the living/dining area is at the patio/garden end). It is a lovely soft off white and doesn't look cream because of the cooler light north facing rooms get. We opted for Drop Cloth (also F&B) on walls which a lot of people comment on as it looks nice and warm and not too dark nor too pale. Our accent colour on the island/kitchen peninsula is Railings as I have other dark blue accents in my furnishings. If you are going for Downpipe on the island, I would possibly go for Strong White on your units as Ammonite can look quite cold. I have used S White on both walls and woodwork in other areas of my home and love it. Farrow & Ball told me it suits north light well, as does Wimborne White - which is a lovely warm white. Have you tried a sample of it at all? As for the tiles, I much prefer the blanc ones, think they look more modern. I have attached pics of my kitchen and hallway (which has strong white). I also have an instagram page Dekko Bird you could see more pics on. Hope this helps a little! keira x

Rebecca Jones, i would absolutely love to know what you did in your kitchen as we are having a very similar debate now and would love to see the outcome and what colours you chose - walls and kitchen! Thank you :)