Painting walls, trim and ceiling same color
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Anonymous
| I live in a 1920s colonial. When you are standing in the foyer you can see the dining room, (into the kitchen) and the living room. I am interested in putting Benjamin Moore's white dove on both the ceiling, wall and trim. Of course, I'll be using a flat finish for the ceiling, a satin or egg shell for the walls and a semi gloss on the trim. I haven't seen this done in person, but have found a few pictures online. I like it, but don't want to make an expensive mistake that I will undoubtedly have to live with. My reasoning for painting everything the same color is to make my space look bigger as well as ensure continuity as all of those spaces are somewhat open to each other . Has anyone done this or have anything to add. Am I making a mistake? Thanks in advance. |
Anonymous
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Why an expensive mistake? I love that color for trim and ceiling. If you do it and think it's too much, just paint the walls a different color.
Paint is cheap! |
Anonymous
| I think that has the possibility to be beautiful. Our house has rooms that are all white - it's wonderful. If you hate it, it's very easy to paint just the walls to a new color. The trim and ceiling are the hard work. And yours will already be white - easy! |
Anonymous
. But the labor isn't unfortunately. I'm going to have him paint just one room first rather than having them all painted at the same time to see if I like it first. |
Anonymous
Thanks, is it all the same color white? ( ceiling, trim and wall) ? |
Anonymous
| As long as it's a warm white, I think it will look nice. |
Anonymous
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Not for me.
I live in a tiny 1920s Dutch colonial and wanted my moldings to stand out, so did them in glossy white. However I love it when the ceilings and walls are the same color, so I went with a very subtle, warm pink/cream, depending on the light, in the rooms facing north, and a light blue-green in the rooms facing south. |
Anonymous
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These are nice
http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/164665/list/the-case-for-the-anti-accent-wall That black room ? I have actually seen one like that. It was beautiful. |
Anonymous
| I just painted my dining room this combination in BM White Dove. Flat for ceiling. Eggshell for wall. Semi-gloss for baseboard and chair rails. Looks absolutely divine when the light shines in. My walls were primed and painted with 2 coats of paint. Don't skimp on the paint - I used the better quality BM paint. Looks beautiful!! |
Anonymous
Sounds beautiful. |
Anonymous
Wow! Love this. Thank you |
Anonymous
| We had a house where the ceiling and walls were the same color when we moved in. It was AWFUL. |
Anonymous
| If you have crown molding you can paint the ceiling and walls the same color. |
Anonymous
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It all depends on the light those rooms get, how the rooms face w.r.t. the sun, as well as your accessories.
BM White Dove leans slightly gray, and can appear muddy in some light. It's not a pure white like BM Decorators White. To use white paint for entire rooms, typically you have to have large windows to begin with for light. Also, if you look at Houzz for white rooms, you see white furniture and accessories repeated throughout the room (rugs, pillows etc). White Dove has a light reflection index of 84.59-it will reflect bright daytime light well, afternoon light not as much. It goes well with grays, purple undertones, certain greens, and black. If you have the natural lights in your home, other BM whites to consider are purest of all, Simply White 2143-70 and ever popular Decorators White BM CC-20. |
Anonymous
| 09:41 here. Meant not a pure white like BM Simply White. |