All white painted interior?

[Anonymous]

OP I do not think you will have enough contrast and dove will be too white: try pale oak or niveous (Candace Olson BM) looks like a soft white when painted.

[Anonymous]

If you are going to pay to have the entire interior painted, then I would pay the extra $200 to have a color consultant come over to give you advice. We just bought a new house that is all white interior and I can't wait to start painting! It has lovely crown modeling and a white marble fireplace and you can't even see it with the white-washed walls. But it is overwhelming to pick colors for so many rooms which is why I am just hiring someone!

[Anonymous]

from 10:32s pictures, they are all very off white. Some are grayish, some are warmish, none are dove white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:from 10:32s pictures, they are all very off white. Some are grayish, some are warmish, none are dove white.

I thought the 1st two are pretty white and 2nd two are definitely off white (but show using textures, etc.)

Here is a Dove White pic:


Of course, lighting in your specific home will really affect how it looks. Even with a room each wall might look a little different and change throughout the day, depending on light. In my kitchen most walls get a good amount of sun and always seem to look a little warm. Except for one wall that gets little natural light and comes off cool. No matter how yellowy/creamy the paint it always looks a little purple.

If you have the luxury of time (you might have said this already, but are you painting before you move in?), then I'd try the Dove White on a few key walls to see how it looks. You could throw up a couple other options too. And check it out once it's fully dried at a few different points in the day to see the various lighting conditions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks all. Comments are all over the place, but generally make me feel better about the choice. With the dark wood floors and some of our colorful rugs and paintings, I think it will soon look right. The family room actually looks a lot like 10:32's second photo (and thanks for the photos - v. helpful). Our furniture is not bright but neither is it white or neutral either, so it's not like an all white house, just all white walls/trim/ceiling. I'm interested by several comments about not using the same white on wall and trim - it seems to me that it would be hard to use different shades of white - wouldn't they look funny, like something is off? We just planned to use different finishes - matt on ceiling, eggshell on walls and semigloss on trim, but all the same shade (BM Dove White).

OP, I love the all white look. But I don't think anyone will notice the change in finishes once everything is moved in. Most designers use a bright white on the trim and off white on the walls. If you like a colder palate, go for a cool white, or if you like warm, go for warmer tones. You can bring a sample of your furniture color to BM and they will help you. I love the look!

Designers aren't doing that now; the trend is to paint everything same color. As OP said, eggshell on the walls and semigloss trim. Go for it!

[Anonymous]

I grew up in a house where the walls were the same white with eggshell on the walls and semigloss trim. I don't like that look. I think a very subtle color difference between the "white" wall and trim would look better. Often when you see rooms that are "all white" they are not, in fact, all the same color white but are several different complementary shades of white...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:from 10:32s pictures, they are all very off white. Some are grayish, some are warmish, none are dove white.

I thought the 1st two are pretty white and 2nd two are definitely off white (but show using textures, etc.)

Here is a Dove White pic:


Of course, lighting in your specific home will really affect how it looks. Even with a room each wall might look a little different and change throughout the day, depending on light. In my kitchen most walls get a good amount of sun and always seem to look a little warm. Except for one wall that gets little natural light and comes off cool. No matter how yellowy/creamy the paint it always looks a little purple.

If you have the luxury of time (you might have said this already, but are you painting before you move in?), then I'd try the Dove White on a few key walls to see how it looks. You could throw up a couple other options too. And check it out once it's fully dried at a few different points in the day to see the various lighting conditions.

It is a cottage style. It is a bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are going to pay to have the entire interior painted, then I would pay the extra $200 to have a color consultant come over to give you advice.

We did this at Strosnider's Hardware in Bethesda. You take a blueprint, armchair covers, swatches of curtains, pillowcases, photos of the house, photos of your furniture - whatever. You tell them what you're looking for. You could say you want all neutrals. They help you get started with some options. When you're done, you schedule a house visit - $125-$150/hour I think, it can be done in one hour - to review and adjust your choices.

I'm sure there are other places that offer this service.

I highly recommend you do this. Otherwise, don't waste your money painting your house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are going to pay to have the entire interior painted, then I would pay the extra $200 to have a color consultant come over to give you advice.

We did this at Strosnider's Hardware in Bethesda. You take a blueprint, armchair covers, swatches of curtains, pillowcases, photos of the house, photos of your furniture - whatever. You tell them what you're looking for. You could say you want all neutrals. They help you get started with some options. When you're done, you schedule a house visit - $125-$150/hour I think, it can be done in one hour - to review and adjust your choices.

I'm sure there are other places that offer this service.

I highly recommend you do this. Otherwise, don't waste your money painting your house.

I've seen this done at the Color Wheel in McLean. The color consultant I saw had laughably bad taste. I wouldn't have let her pick colors for an outhouse. Caveat Emptor.

[Anonymous]

PP again. Dove white is a common trim color. In the bathroom photo above, it looks good because it contrasts with the bathroom fixtures and the creamy yellow-white paint in the adjacent room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:from 10:32s pictures, they are all very off white. Some are grayish, some are warmish, none are dove white.

I thought the 1st two are pretty white and 2nd two are definitely off white (but show using textures, etc.)

Here is a Dove White pic:


Of course, lighting in your specific home will really affect how it looks. Even with a room each wall might look a little different and change throughout the day, depending on light. In my kitchen most walls get a good amount of sun and always seem to look a little warm. Except for one wall that gets little natural light and comes off cool. No matter how yellowy/creamy the paint it always looks a little purple.

If you have the luxury of time (you might have said this already, but are you painting before you move in?), then I'd try the Dove White on a few key walls to see how it looks. You could throw up a couple other options too. And check it out once it's fully dried at a few different points in the day to see the various lighting conditions.

It is a cottage style. It is a bathroom.

??

It is an example of an all Dove White room? Have a better one to share?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've seen this done at the Color Wheel in McLean. The color consultant I saw had laughably bad taste. I wouldn't have let her pick colors for an outhouse. Caveat Emptor.

PP here. Yikes. Glad I had a better experience than that at Strosneider's (they have two women who trade off shifts, I worked with both of them - one charges more for the house visit than the other). I still think OP should do this. She should just walk away if she finds a bad consultant.

[Anonymous]

NP here. I second the recommendation for working with either woman at Strosneiders' Bethesda location. You can learn a lot just speaking with them in the store for a few minutes.

[Anonymous]

PP here: color experts at BM are very helpful, especially if you bring a swatch or pictures. If you don't like one person, try another. Some designers can get on your nerves, but others are amazing nice and helpful. I love the all-white look, but it is really not Dove white, it is more of an off-white. (It can look darkish and color shifted on the sample, but look glorious in the room --that is why you ask a pro!) Good luck!