Sometimes when you tour these homes, the realtor can tell you the paint colors.

Have you scrolled through the yellow/gold gallery? I really love Sherwin Williams (SW) Blonde. Several posters have that in their home and are included in the gallery link. I would paint the crown molding white and make it pop!

Yellow and Gold

I am a big fan of yellow. I think it looks best against crisp white. Yellow is a tricky color and you really should try some out in your light before you decide. If you havea Benjamin Moore dealer, they sell 2 ox sample jars.

Decide how intense you want the color to be, look at a few chips and buy a few sample jars.

Good luck

Take a look at Benjamin Moore's Golden Lab, Monroe Bisque, or Concord Ivory. And I agree with the others; paint the trim (including crown) white.

The concord ivory and barley both by BM were perfect for us in our home. Not too yellow or too gold for us. We have a lot of light and it is so deceiving how different they read on your walls. SW's blonde didn't look "yellow" at all in our home. And YES I would do the crown in a nice white...we love acadia (BM) with ours. Goodluck:)

Mine is the Lowe's American Tradition paint - it's called Churchhill Hotel Hazy Yellow and we LOVE it!!

Just to add to the Benjamin Moore list: take a look at Waterbury Cream, Desert Tan, Powell Buff and Pittsfield Buff. These are all beautiful colors, some deeper and more golden than others. Try some samples on your walls to make sure with your lighting, etc., they look right. I agree these colors can be tricky and it could take some sampling to get it right in your home. (My personal fav is Waterbury Cream!)

We used Ralph Lauren's Evocative Sunlight and it's the most beautiful color yellow. I don't have a picture on my computer but I can take one if you'd like.

The room is decorated blue and yellow (I copied Johnmari's guest room scheme from her old house, I loved that room!) and the yellow looks so pretty, esp. with the blinds open and the sun shining!

Someone on here used SW Compatible Cream on their house and it was really pretty.

Laurie

cathrugg: i would love to see a photo. :)

Hi organic---I will take one tomorrow and post back here tomorrow! It's too late/dark for me to do it now--I will post it in this same message--check back!

cathrugg

Here is a picture of my dining room, it is half Compatible Cream (SW) if that helps.

BM's Golden Lab is a nice golden yellow. It goes great with the white cabs in our kitchen. Anything paler would've looked washed out in a room that gets so much morning sun. I have Old World Romance in the den and it's a softer golden yellow but not at all pastel. I used Ambiance in a dark hallway and liked that as well.

Laura Ashley Golds (this is #3) It's my favorite golden yellow. Sorry there isn't a lot of wall here you can see though!

I just took a quick picture of the room and it looks a little washed out (it's still dark here and I turned on all the lights!).

I will take a better pic this weekend, hopefully there will be some sun.

The color paint is a true yellow but not overwhelming at all (if that makes any sense).

I used these shades of colors thru out our home. I just love them. However, they are hard to photograph to show the true color...also, change as the light does. I actually enjoy seeing the different colors during the day.

This is the Dining Room...Shelburne Buff (BM)

This is Powell Buff:

I have some pics of Desert Tan if I can find them. ;-)

Memlane - your home is GORGEOUS! May I ask what kind of floors you have in the last picture?? We are about to redo our flooring in our home and I love the look of the wider floor boards like you have. Sorry to hijack the post!!

Here's Glidden's "Coconut Milk":

I can't give you the name of our yellow, because we ended up having it lightened about 4 times before we hit the perfect color (the paint chip looked plenty light until we did one wall. Yellow is tricky to get just right, but I'm so glad we hung in there, because we love the warm yellow glow - day and night. My husband just built the new white cabinets and bookshelves by the fireplace, and we're putting up white crown molding this spring. I love the look of crisp white trim with soft yellow paint.

citymomof3, Thanks so much for the compliments. We built in 2006 and have enjoyed the house so much.

I found a box of the flooring (memory dims). It is actually Laminate which I love! So easy! I searched long and hard to find the wide planks. It is Quickstep Uniclic Perspective 950 in Antique Oak.

memlane - you are a gem! Thanks so much for the information. I can't believe your house was built in 2006. You have def. acheived that old world charm I am going for! Thanks again!

And sorry to the OP for the shameless hijack! ;)