THE #1 PAINT COLOR THAT PEOPLE AGONIZE OVER IS..

YOU GUESSED IT…

WHITE

THERE ARE SO MANY WHITES- AND ALL WHITES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL…IN FACT THERE ARE HUGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM THAT CAN THROW YOUR DECORATING  ADVENTURES INTO A TAILSPIN!!!

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THREE OF PHOEBE’S BEDROOM WALLS ARE WHITE. I NEVER DREAMED I WOULD EVER HAVE WHITE WALLS…MUCH LESS…WHITE WALLS THAT I THEN PAINT – WHITE!!!

BUT LIKE I SAY “NEVER SAY NEVER!”

PHOEBE’S BEDROOM WALLS used to be Benjamin Moore “COTTON BALLS”

…and then we changed them to “CHANTILLY LACE”!

WHEN CHOOSING A WHITE  we found –

AS YOU KNOW….THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS..

WHAT IT WILL BOILED DOWN TO IS CHOOSING

THE RIGHT WHITE WITH THE RIGHT UNDERTONE…

WHITES HAVE EITHER A WARM OR A COOL UNDERTONE

Cotton Balls has a pale pale pale yellow undertone…WARM.  You would not even notice IT unless it was next to a white with a blue undertone..like Chantilly lace…which looks yellow next to a white with an even bluer undertone…and so on and so on….

IF you are interested in TRULY understanding undertones and WHITE PAINT COLORS I highly recommend you get Maria Killam’s E BOOK- WHITE IS COMPLICATED. 

This book is for you if:

•  You wonder if there is a “go-to” white that will look good in every situation.
•  You would like to know the critical difference between choosing white for walls and choosing white for trim and cabinets.
•  You want to learn how to choose the right white the first time.
•  You need a “go-to” list of tried and proven whites that works 99% of the time.
•  You realize that it costs exactly the same to paint the wrong white as it does to paint the right white.
•  You are building or renovating and need to choose the correct white foundation palette.

WHITE paint colors come up a lot and hence I have done at least 3 POSTS on them….

1.MY FAVORITE INTERIOR WHITES

2. “WHITE” PAINTS THAT ARE NOT WHITE

3. GREAT EXTERIOR (AND INTERIOR) WHITES

NOW…LETS TAKE A LOOK AT 10 OF MY FAVORITE GO-TO ON THE COOLER SIDE – WHITES..

…AND TWO MORE WHITES- A HAPPY BRIGHT WHITE THAT I ADORE ….SUPER WHITE –

AND A BEAUTIFUL FARROW AND BALL WHITE – WIMBORNE WHITE…I AM KIND OF SMITTEN WITH THIS COLOR…MAYBE NOT FOR PHOEBE’S ROOM…BUT SOMEWHERE!

 

…WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE WHITES? ARE THEY WARM WHITES? COOL WHITES? OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN???

XO