By Room · Independent eco paint specialists, 25+ years
The Best Paint for a Nursery or Playroom
The room your little one breathes in, and makes a mess in. The cleanest, lowest odour, genuinely non toxic paints we stock, for walls, woodwork and ceiling.
The paints I'd actually use in a nursery or playroom
This is the room I am fussiest about. Little ones breathe faster and spend more time near the walls and floor, so I lead with our cleanest, genuinely non toxic finishes, and things that wipe clean when the fun gets messy.
For walls, Grafclean, breathable, wipeable and in 120 colours or white, or Auro 524 for a premium white.
For woodwork, Grafclean Eggshell. And for the ceiling I would use AmbientPro+, a handmade lime paint that actually helps clean the air overhead.
Why us? We've run The Greenshop from here in the Cotswolds for over 25 years, and we're fiercely independent, a real shop, not a paint brand pushing its own tins. Every paint I sell I've tested and used in my own home first, because for us this is personal: cleaner indoor air genuinely matters to me. It's why I only stock finishes that are better for you and better for the planet, backed by proper certifications rather than green marketing. More than 500 customers have reviewed us at 4.8 out of 5.
Painting more than one room? See our full guide to the best paint for every room.
What to use, surface by surface
Grafclean Natural Emulsion
Our top selling wall paint, breathable, washable and genuinely non toxic, in 120 colours or a bright white. Wipes clean when little hands get busy.
From £26 1L, 4L & 10L
Shop & choose colourAlternativePrefer a top-end plant-based white? Auro 524.
Grafclean Eggshell
Skirting, doors and cot-height woodwork. A durable, wipeable natural eggshell with a soft sheen that copes with sticky fingers.
From £28 white & colours
Shop & choose colourAlternativePrefer a traditional gloss? Auro 516 Gloss.
Graphenstone AmbientPro+
A handmade lime paint that actively absorbs CO2 and helps clean the air overhead. Our cleanest, greenest white.
From £36 1L, 4L & 10L
Shop & choose colourAlternativeAmbientPro+ works beautifully on your walls too, for the greenest finish.
Why it matters in a nursery
Little lungs deserve the cleanest air
Babies and small children breathe faster than we do, and spend more time close to the walls. That is why we lead with our cleanest, air-purifying finishes here, genuinely non toxic, virtually odour free, and wipeable for the inevitable mess.
- Genuinely non toxic
Trace VOCs, free from the nasties in conventional paint.
- Air-purifying ceiling
AmbientPro+ actively absorbs CO2 and helps clean the air overhead.
- Certified, not greenwashed
Our range includes paints that are VOC Class A+, Vegan, cruelty free, microplastic and formaldehyde free. Each product lists its own certs.
Before you buy
How to choose, in 60 seconds
Walls and ceilings look calm in a breathable matt. For woodwork and anything that gets touched, step up to eggshell so it wipes clean.
If scuffs and splashes are likely, our Grafclean Eggshell wipes clean and shrugs off the everyday knocks.
Order a peel and stick swatch or a tester and live with it for a day. Colours shift with your light. Get a swatch.
How much paint will I need?
Measure up in a minute and we will tell you how many tins to order, so you are not left short or over buying.
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See the colour on your own nursery wall
Order a peel and stick swatch or a tester and live with it for a day before you paint the whole room. Not sure which paint is right? We are a real, independent shop, so just ask us.
Independent eco paint specialists in the Cotswolds · 25+ years · 4.8/5 from 513 reviews
