Many people avoid painting the internal walls in their house brilliant white. I for one love it. White walls can be stark and bare but they enable two very flexible opportunities for interior design.

Firstly you can change your theme colours regularly such as cushions, curtains, rugs and pictures – this means if you get fed up with how a space or room looks, it’s not a job for a decorator, it’s a very exciting shopping expedition to find lovely new gorgeous furnishings!

Secondly and this is perhaps something you can’t control as much but white walls do make a room look bigger, if that is what you are aiming for. Even in larger spaces white walls become even more impressive.

There is nothing that doesn’t coordinate with white, which gives you total flexibility with your colour schemes throughout the house. Much as I love colour, I have never found it easy to choose a wall paint or paper which achieves what I hoped in my mind’s eye.

Paint colours in particular are very hard to choose and even when the pot is opened there is no guarantee the colour is exactly what you imagined. Times have moved on however with colour matching services and tester pots I would recommend are essential before committing to buying the paint for the whole area.

Then of course we have the feature wall which can contrast wonderfully with white walls but can also have dramatic effect on a room – both good and bad! In my view you have to be very careful not to choose something with a large pattern if the feature wall space is small or for that matter not too bright. However my caveat here is that there is definitely room for individual taste and boldness with regard the overall desired effect you might want to achieve for the wall.

I love the fact that, there are so many wonderful wallpapers out there now which are incredibly innovative and can be custom made.

The other option which is perhaps less permanent, is to attach decals or wall stickers. Some of these can be patterned, famous quotes or smaller images which you can stick to the wall to provide an effect. Most of these can be removed relatively easily if you want to change or update the design.

Whatever colours and designs you select – your personal taste will always win through and if that works for you – then it’s absolutely the right choice!