34 thoughts on “My 4 Helpful Tips For Selecting White Paint”
Thank you so much for this post. Like you, I love white walls. I have been painting each room a shade of white. My house has different lighting in each room so I had to use different colors (of white). Actually, the only room in my house that is not white is my dining room. I had painted it French Toile a few years ago and my husband asked if I could leave it. And like you…..I love Benjamin Moore. I use their paint for everything. It’s great quality and I’ve been so happy with it.
You have a beautiful home and I love watching your insta stories. You are so sweet and I love how your husband does so much around your home. Can’t wait to see your backyard completed.
Have a wonderful week.
Thanks so much Nadia… Jeff really is so helpful and always game for pitching in when needed. I’m very lucky.. :) I’m so excited to get things going with the backyard. If the rain can hold off just a bit we should be able to get quite a few plantings in this next few weeks. Hugs and Happy Monday! xx
Kristy, your renovation is absolutely stunning! It’s always a daunting job to pick out everything even though you have the experts helping you along the way…but each and every room has a feeling of calm and coziness…everything is perfect. So sit back and enjoy your beautiful new home and I look forward to seeing your backyard transformation…I guess you are all having a lot of rain, and we are in the midst of huge winter storm…can’t wait for spring! Have a great day
Thanks so much Donna! We still have so much to do but I’m thrilled with all our choices so far. The garden will definitely be challenging but I’m excited to see how everything turns out. Hugs and thanks so much! xx
Kristy~
Thank you!! Very informative and good to know that my struggles with choosing a color of paint are shared by others. I thought I wanted gray paint but after buy many samples ofbwhat I thought were good choices turned out to be wrong. So many had overtones of blue etc. I gave up and now have a patch work wall ? Parts of house are very dark – long hallway etc. so I think white is a good choice and will add color thru accents – pillows, rugs and so on.
Thank u again-
Cathy
Hi, sweet Kristy! So glad I read this post. We found our lot in Vancouver Washington, I love it, and now we are picking out colors and other design details before our next meeting with the builder. So many decisions! This was so helpful. Happy for you and I love how your darling home turned out! Xoxo ?
Thanks Kristy. A great post and I simply can’t get enough of your beautiful home. An amazing renovation and so beautifully styled. Love absolutely everything. ?
Hi Kristy, Your home is absolutely beautiful and I’m so inspired looking at your lovely photos. I was wondering if you could tell me where you got the stunning pendant lights over your kitchen island. They are so pretty and exactly what I’ve been searching for! Congratulations on your beautiful new home! I can’t wait to see more!
Thank you and have a great day.
You will love it Loi. A very happy color that rides the middle of whites beautifully.. I know it’s also a favorite of Shea McGee and Becki Owens. They are the reason I looked into this color so much. ;) Hugs and Happy Weekend cutie! xx
Picking white is so difficult. I’ve had three white homes, all different whites. This house we went with bm mayonnaise. I usually love crisp clean whites, so that was a surprise! But the house had dark cabinets and cork floors with east facing windows, and we live in northern Canada with snow for 5-6 months a year. Every other white felt dead. Really happy with our warm white choice, has the freshness of white, but feels warm and inviting still.
Thanks for the tip that one can choose a good white paint from recommendations from interior designers. Reading your article will definitely help me and my cousin design on a color palette for her new home. However, if she wanted to paint her walls purple with white highlights, would recommendations from an interior painter help?
Your home is beautiful! Where did you get your upholstered bench/coffeetable? I’ve looked everywhere for one that size. I can find them with the correct length but never wide enough like yours to look right in a couch and chairs set up like you have. I really appreciate it!
I need a perfect white to go with my semi-gloss black doors (gold hardware) and red brick. I’m using White Dove 50% inside and love it.. not sure that will transfer to the exterior. The home is in Carmel by the Sea and I’m stuck. Would Chantilly Lace be a more subtle choice, warmer than say the White Dove or Simply White? Help!
I need a perfect white to go with my semi-gloss black doors (gold hardware) and red brick. I’m using White Dove 50% inside and love it.. not sure that will transfer to the exterior. The home is in Carmel by the Sea and I’m stuck. Would Chantilly Lace be a more subtle choice, warmer than say the White Dove or Simply White?
Hi- great post! I’m going crazy with whites. Made the decision to paint the whole house Simply White and now it reads too yellow later in the day and especially at night, during the day it’s not bad bc we have a lot of natural light. We live in the NY and most of the yr it’s darker so I’m worried it’ll be too yellow most of the year. Our floors are light like yours.
2 questions- if we paint Chantilly Lace over it will the yellow come through? Worried it’s going to be too $$ w the painters to basically paint the whole hose over again..? Would we need the 2/3 coats again?
And what trim color did you use in the master bedroom? Funnily enough that’s the only room I love Simply White for.
Thank you thank you, like I said can’t stop thinking about it and on a budget.
Hi Christina!
I think the only way to find out it to try it out. I would paint a few small test spots with 1, 2 and 3 layers of paint in a hidden are a check it out at different points in the day. Hope this helps :)
Your home is stunning! I stumbled upon here while searching for paint colors for our Beachhouse. Would you mind sharing the hardwood flooring? Thank you.
Beautiful home! We are remodeling and faced with similar decisions. We want to paint most of our space Simply White, except the Kid’s Bath a Chantilly White. In your scenario, did you paint your master bedroom trim, baseboards, and doors Simply White to match the wall? Or did you stick with Chantilly lace? I’m most confused about the door — should I split the paint colors and paint the door Chantilly lace on one side and Simply White on the other? Thanks for your guidance!
My mom is getting ready to paint her home and loves the whites you chose. She would like to know the color you chose for the baseboards? Is it Chantilly lace but in a different finish?
Thank you so much for this post. Like you, I love white walls. I have been painting each room a shade of white. My house has different lighting in each room so I had to use different colors (of white). Actually, the only room in my house that is not white is my dining room. I had painted it French Toile a few years ago and my husband asked if I could leave it. And like you…..I love Benjamin Moore. I use their paint for everything. It’s great quality and I’ve been so happy with it.
You have a beautiful home and I love watching your insta stories. You are so sweet and I love how your husband does so much around your home. Can’t wait to see your backyard completed.
Have a wonderful week.
Nadia
Thanks so much Nadia… Jeff really is so helpful and always game for pitching in when needed. I’m very lucky.. :) I’m so excited to get things going with the backyard. If the rain can hold off just a bit we should be able to get quite a few plantings in this next few weeks. Hugs and Happy Monday! xx
Kristy, your renovation is absolutely stunning! It’s always a daunting job to pick out everything even though you have the experts helping you along the way…but each and every room has a feeling of calm and coziness…everything is perfect. So sit back and enjoy your beautiful new home and I look forward to seeing your backyard transformation…I guess you are all having a lot of rain, and we are in the midst of huge winter storm…can’t wait for spring! Have a great day
Donna
Thanks so much Donna! We still have so much to do but I’m thrilled with all our choices so far. The garden will definitely be challenging but I’m excited to see how everything turns out. Hugs and thanks so much! xx
Kristy hi. Beautiful home all around. Can you tell me where the sconces are from in your master bath?
Thank you.
Hi Amy, the beautiful Charlotte polished nickel double sconces are from Lamps Plus. I love the hexagonal base… :)
http://www.lampsplus.com/products/charlotte-14-inch-high-2-light-polished-nickel-wall-sconce__y6757.html
xx
Kristy~
Thank you!! Very informative and good to know that my struggles with choosing a color of paint are shared by others. I thought I wanted gray paint but after buy many samples ofbwhat I thought were good choices turned out to be wrong. So many had overtones of blue etc. I gave up and now have a patch work wall ? Parts of house are very dark – long hallway etc. so I think white is a good choice and will add color thru accents – pillows, rugs and so on.
Thank u again-
Cathy
Good Luck Cathy! You’ll have to email me pics so I can see how your home looks when you’re finished! :) Hugs!
Hi, sweet Kristy! So glad I read this post. We found our lot in Vancouver Washington, I love it, and now we are picking out colors and other design details before our next meeting with the builder. So many decisions! This was so helpful. Happy for you and I love how your darling home turned out! Xoxo ?
Aww thanks so much Summer. How exciting for you… I can’t wait to see what you do! xx
Thanks Kristy. A great post and I simply can’t get enough of your beautiful home. An amazing renovation and so beautifully styled. Love absolutely everything. ?
Thanks so much Wendy! We are loving our new home so much… :) Hugs!
Hi Kristy, Your home is absolutely beautiful and I’m so inspired looking at your lovely photos. I was wondering if you could tell me where you got the stunning pendant lights over your kitchen island. They are so pretty and exactly what I’ve been searching for! Congratulations on your beautiful new home! I can’t wait to see more!
Thank you and have a great day.
Simply White is a favorite of mine! Now I’ll have to try Chantilly Lace. Love your beautiful new home. Congrats Kristy and Jeff!!
Cheers
Loi
You will love it Loi. A very happy color that rides the middle of whites beautifully.. I know it’s also a favorite of Shea McGee and Becki Owens. They are the reason I looked into this color so much. ;) Hugs and Happy Weekend cutie! xx
Picking white is so difficult. I’ve had three white homes, all different whites. This house we went with bm mayonnaise. I usually love crisp clean whites, so that was a surprise! But the house had dark cabinets and cork floors with east facing windows, and we live in northern Canada with snow for 5-6 months a year. Every other white felt dead. Really happy with our warm white choice, has the freshness of white, but feels warm and inviting still.
Thanks for the tip that one can choose a good white paint from recommendations from interior designers. Reading your article will definitely help me and my cousin design on a color palette for her new home. However, if she wanted to paint her walls purple with white highlights, would recommendations from an interior painter help?
Great post, and thanks for the shout-out Kristy!
Kristy – love, love, love YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOME. cAN YOU TELL ME WHAT FLOORING YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOME? i AM IN SEARCH OF ONE AND REALLY LIKE YOURS.
I love the carpet in your bedrooms where did you get them from n names of them.
Thanks Kathy! All the rugs I’m using right now are from Shoplohome.com right now.. You can use code KRISTY15 to receive 15% off. :)
Your home is beautiful! Where did you get your upholstered bench/coffeetable? I’ve looked everywhere for one that size. I can find them with the correct length but never wide enough like yours to look right in a couch and chairs set up like you have. I really appreciate it!
I need a perfect white to go with my semi-gloss black doors (gold hardware) and red brick. I’m using White Dove 50% inside and love it.. not sure that will transfer to the exterior. The home is in Carmel by the Sea and I’m stuck. Would Chantilly Lace be a more subtle choice, warmer than say the White Dove or Simply White? Help!
I need a perfect white to go with my semi-gloss black doors (gold hardware) and red brick. I’m using White Dove 50% inside and love it.. not sure that will transfer to the exterior. The home is in Carmel by the Sea and I’m stuck. Would Chantilly Lace be a more subtle choice, warmer than say the White Dove or Simply White?
I believe OC-17 is White Dove, not Simply White.
Hi- great post! I’m going crazy with whites. Made the decision to paint the whole house Simply White and now it reads too yellow later in the day and especially at night, during the day it’s not bad bc we have a lot of natural light. We live in the NY and most of the yr it’s darker so I’m worried it’ll be too yellow most of the year. Our floors are light like yours.
2 questions- if we paint Chantilly Lace over it will the yellow come through? Worried it’s going to be too $$ w the painters to basically paint the whole hose over again..? Would we need the 2/3 coats again?
And what trim color did you use in the master bedroom? Funnily enough that’s the only room I love Simply White for.
Thank you thank you, like I said can’t stop thinking about it and on a budget.
Hi Christina!
I think the only way to find out it to try it out. I would paint a few small test spots with 1, 2 and 3 layers of paint in a hidden are a check it out at different points in the day. Hope this helps :)
Your home is stunning! I stumbled upon here while searching for paint colors for our Beachhouse. Would you mind sharing the hardwood flooring? Thank you.
Beautiful home! We are remodeling and faced with similar decisions. We want to paint most of our space Simply White, except the Kid’s Bath a Chantilly White. In your scenario, did you paint your master bedroom trim, baseboards, and doors Simply White to match the wall? Or did you stick with Chantilly lace? I’m most confused about the door — should I split the paint colors and paint the door Chantilly lace on one side and Simply White on the other? Thanks for your guidance!
I’m having the same dilemma did you get an update from her?
What color are your floors? I am using chantilly lace for renovations and love this floor stain color!
I love the floors as well did you get a response
My mom is getting ready to paint her home and loves the whites you chose. She would like to know the color you chose for the baseboards? Is it Chantilly lace but in a different finish?
Thank you!