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Andy was super generous and let me paint all the main walls in our kitchen, living and dining area white (it's all one room since it's an open concept); but we painted all the shiplap walls gray for some color and contrast. You can see a bit of the progress here.
The problem with painting walls white is there are a million different shades of white. I'm serious...choosing the right white was super stressful. I didn't want our house to look like a stark, cold hospital room. I wanted it to look warm, but not yellow or dingy. I googled "choosing white paint" and of course the perfect white paint color is completely partial to the preference of each individual.
After driving myself crazy going through dozens of white paint chips and researching, I finally just went with the suggestion of my contractor...Swiss Coffee from Kelly Moore. It's a really popular trim color, so I was concerned about it being too bright...but I really, really love how it's looking so far. Once we've finished the final coats of paint I'll be sure to post pictures!
Do you have white walls or do you crave color? If you do have white walls, are they hard to keep clean?
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i'm addicted to white in my decorating scheme. my best friend? bleach. i bleach everyyyyyything.
ReplyDeleteI've blogged about this. How white walls make for gorgeous photos, but my house is almost all color. You will have some great photo opportunities in this house.
ReplyDeleteI love the white walls but I definitely think it's hard to keep up everything white! I don't have kids but throughout the years growing up with my siblings, the walls definitely took some beatings from crayons, dirty hands and feet etc... Haha.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that you posted this today! I was just telling Brad this weekend that after years of trying to decide on a new bedroom wall color, we should probably just paint it white. I want the room to be light and airy, but also comfortable.
ReplyDeleteI'm totally loving the white wall look lately!
Love all of these, especially the middle one! I love textured tiles or wood planks on the ceiling.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I don't like white walls is because of living in apartments for years where the only color we had was white. They do look gorgeous with the right decor though.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE white interiors but between my daughter (and soon son) and 100 pounds dog, white is just not good idea right now :)
ReplyDeleteI keep telling my husband that we should paint every room in our house white, and he keeps acting like I'm crazy. I think it's so bright and cheerful. Especially here in Washington!
ReplyDeleteI am a color gal but my friend at Migonishome.com loves white and totally pulls it off. You should check her cute blog out. She is like Martha Stuart!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, in my old house I was so into color. Color on all of the walls, poppy art, etc. Now in the new house I am all about all of the white. So to your pinterest boards I go. I love those pictures with the white painted wood ceilings. We have grey washed board walls/ceilings in our A frame and I want all of the walls to be the crispest white.
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