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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 11, 2024 16:39:13 GMT
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Post by pinklady on Jul 11, 2024 16:45:08 GMT
I just painted my bathroom last weekend. For the ceiling and window trim I used Behr pure white interior semi-gloss paint. I never color mix a white because they are NOT white. They’re either beige or grey. Whoever thinks “Swiss coffee” is white is colorblind. ETA: I painted the walls Sherman Williams Agreeable Grey which might work with your colors. Here’s a link to the color. It was color matched at Home Depot. lizpacini.com/2023/05/07/how-to-paint-cabinets/ |
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 11, 2024 17:05:40 GMT
I just painted my bathroom last weekend. For the ceiling and window trim I used Behr pure white interior semi-gloss paint. I never color mix a white because they are NOT white. They’re either beige or grey. Whoever thinks “Swiss coffee” is white is colorblind. ETA: I painted the walls Sherman Williams Agreeable Grey which might work with your colors. Here’s a link to the color. It was color matched at Home Depot. lizpacini.com/2023/05/07/how-to-paint-cabinets/I used that color in my scrap room. It is a weird color if you have any light in the room. The way the light hits it turned my walls into two different colors. I think the grey might not match the flooring, but the "eige" part of it would.  |
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 11, 2024 17:12:43 GMT
No light in the bathroom.. WELLL no window.. lol
While I would love to go the grey route, the rest of my house is in the taupe/brown/tan/boring style.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jul 11, 2024 17:34:08 GMT
I love your flooring!!!!!
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Post by mom on Jul 11, 2024 17:34:20 GMT
Can you take a piece of the flooring in and color match? That way you know it works. Whites are hardly ever pure white.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 11, 2024 17:55:02 GMT
Can you take a piece of the flooring in and color match? That way you know it works. Whites are hardly ever pure white. Oh I probably could do that. We had to order it online since they were out... but we got it in the other day. Sitting in our family room..lol... |
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Post by quinlove on Jul 11, 2024 18:25:31 GMT
I’ve heard that White Dove is recommended quite often by decorators.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 11, 2024 19:38:03 GMT
I’ve heard that White Dove is recommended quite often by decorators. Thanks! I'll check it out! |
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 11, 2024 20:27:53 GMT
Yes, Benjamin Moore Simply White.
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Post by FurryP on Jul 11, 2024 20:39:58 GMT
I seriously think you need to take a piece of your flooring with you to match. There are tons of whites. It does not matter what everyone else is buying if it does not match your floor,.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jul 11, 2024 20:56:00 GMT
Also critical is the countertop. Whites are weird and if you are the sort who can see the difference between the whites, it’s going to matter.
BUT… all of your “colors” are neutrals. You could easily add in a color if you want. I recently painted our primary bathroom Soft Sage. There’s natural cherry wood, taupe tile, white glass, and chrome in the room and it really gives a warm, relaxed feel to a space that was previously rather boring and beige.
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Post by Gennifer on Jul 11, 2024 21:16:15 GMT
There are eleventy billion whites and I think it’s the easiest color to get wrong, so I would always recommend getting cards (or I really like the bigger Samplize stickers that you can move around) and seeing it in your room. I get that no one likes to take the time to do that, though.
The base color for my entire house is Sherwin Williams Snowbound. I think it’s technically considered a very light gray, but it absolutely reads white in my house.
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Post by Gennifer on Jul 11, 2024 21:18:08 GMT
 (It’s the wall color, not the trim color.) |
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Post by quinlove on Jul 11, 2024 21:22:04 GMT
(It’s the wall color, not the trim color.) I always enjoy when you share photos of your home. Especially at Christmas. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 11, 2024 21:57:04 GMT
White is actually a quite nuanced color depending on what you are looking for. Sherwin Williams alabaster is a very popular white right now. There are quite a few blogs on Pinterest that compare whites if you are interested in that.
ETA that I just looked at the floor and definitely think you need to get paint chips and a sample of the floor to look at in your home. You can buy samples of the flooring from home depot.com if you don’t have a box already. The lighting will be different at home than in the store. I’m pretty particular about paint colors so I usually get the peel and stick samples or a small size of paint and paint it on a poster board to compare.
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Post by samantha25 on Jul 11, 2024 22:04:43 GMT
And you'll need to paint multiple coats. White is more difficult to paint than you think, even with primer built in!
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 11, 2024 22:29:43 GMT
I just painted my bathroom last weekend. For the ceiling and window trim I used Behr pure white interior semi-gloss paint. I never color mix a white because they are NOT white. They’re either beige or grey. Whoever thinks “Swiss coffee” is white is colorblind. ETA: I painted the walls Sherman Williams Agreeable Grey which might work with your colors. Here’s a link to the color. It was color matched at Home Depot. lizpacini.com/2023/05/07/how-to-paint-cabinets/I was going to suggest Swiss coffee. LOL. We use that on houses because it's white without being blue. There's also Navajo White but to me that's beige. |
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Post by pinklady on Jul 11, 2024 22:31:26 GMT
I used that color in my scrap room. It is a weird color if you have any light in the room. The way the light hits it turned my walls into two different colors. I think the grey might not match the flooring, but the "eige" part of it would. View AttachmentYes, Agreeable Grey is a weird color.  I selected it because it paired nicely with the green color I'm going to paint my vanity. Looking at the paint chip it does look beige. I wasn't thrilled about it because every picture I'd seen online looked like a true light grey but I had second guessed myself so many times I decided if I did not like it I'd repaint it another grey color. Even the dot of paint Home Depot put on the lid looked beige and when I poured it into my paint tray it looked beige. I was really disappointed. Then I painted the walls and waited until the next morning....it looked grey.  The perfect light grey. Now in the evening when there is only the wall light on, it looks more beige but for a majority of the time its a beautiful grey. |
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Post by whipea on Jul 12, 2024 0:29:48 GMT
Have a lot of bathrooms. A few years ago remodeled all and used white. I can't remember the brand or color, but white is so versatile. Here is one, craft room bath and the others will follow.
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Post by whipea on Jul 12, 2024 0:34:28 GMT
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Post by whipea on Jul 12, 2024 0:36:34 GMT
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Post by whipea on Jul 12, 2024 0:37:48 GMT
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Post by whipea on Jul 12, 2024 0:40:16 GMT
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 12, 2024 13:14:20 GMT
Also critical is the countertop. Whites are weird and if you are the sort who can see the difference between the whites, it’s going to matter. BUT… all of your “colors” are neutrals. You could easily add in a color if you want. I recently painted our primary bathroom Soft Sage. There’s natural cherry wood, taupe tile, white glass, and chrome in the room and it really gives a warm, relaxed feel to a space that was previously rather boring and beige. I'm am liking this idea more than white now. I'm beginning to think with one shade of white on the floor and I don't have the sink in yet but I need to paint. I'm going to run to Home Depot on my lunch hour and get some samples. I've always been a fan of sage too. |
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Post by cat2007 on Jul 12, 2024 14:10:26 GMT
I use "Snowy Pine" from Home Depot. Been using it for years.
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Post by smasonnc on Jul 12, 2024 14:24:45 GMT
I just went through this with my house and a rental facility. White is not always white. You need to see it with the floor, the counter, and the light in the room. We ended up with Snowbound in the rental facility and it looks great, but we have lots of windows. I have White Dove in my kitchen and it looked too yellow in the rest of my house. I tested about a zillion other whites and they weren't right either.
Buy Samplize swatches. The samples you buy in the store are affected by the color underneath, no matter how many coats you put on. You can also move it.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jul 12, 2024 18:48:01 GMT
Also critical is the countertop. Whites are weird and if you are the sort who can see the difference between the whites, it’s going to matter. BUT… all of your “colors” are neutrals. You could easily add in a color if you want. I recently painted our primary bathroom Soft Sage. There’s natural cherry wood, taupe tile, white glass, and chrome in the room and it really gives a warm, relaxed feel to a space that was previously rather boring and beige. I'm am liking this idea more than white now. I'm beginning to think with one shade of white on the floor and I don't have the sink in yet but I need to paint. I'm going to run to Home Depot on my lunch hour and get some samples. I've always been a fan of sage too. Use the sample paint on multiple walls and paint large patches. I painted our living room, hall, entry, and stairs this winter. I had 8 sample colors and finally decided on the 7th color. I started with 4 greiges, added a green, then 3 more. They really do look different depending on the light. My sample patches were about 3x4 feet and it made a huge difference in deciding the feel of the color. Our primary bathroom looks like I used 2-3 accent colors, even though I only used the one color. It’s really amazing! |
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Post by Gennifer on Jul 12, 2024 20:46:14 GMT
Honestly, if it was me, I would lean into it. Since it doesn’t have windows, go moody. If you’re considering a color, go dark… think very dark black or green or blue.
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Post by simplysharon on Jul 12, 2024 20:53:28 GMT
I’ve heard that White Dove is recommended quite often by decorators. Every white wall in my house is White Dove OC-17 by Benjamin Moore. We love it. |
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The perfect light grey. Now in the evening when there is only the wall light on, it looks more beige but for a majority of the time its a beautiful grey.
