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Which color SW white for my cabinets?

17 years ago

I've seen the threads about BM whites, but the company I'm ordering doors from only uses Sherwin Williams. What SW white do you like best?

I thought I had picked a color ("Summer White"), but now that I have it on a sample door hanging in the kitchen, it seems too yellow.

I want an off-white, creamy white that will work well adjacent to a medium-stained wood, but not something too yellow, not grey and not a stark-white white. But I still want it to read "white" and brighten the space. My walls are yellow, if that makes a difference.

I'm sick of buying sample cans. Ugh! I just hate picking paint colors - I think I analyze too much. I always do this, go through at least 20 different shades. It takes weeks to decide. Why can't I just be one of those people who can pick one shade once and be done with it? Instead I see and analyze all the nuances. And yes, I've tried the computerized colorizers, but again, it never looks the same on the real object.

Maybe it would help to see other real kitchens in a SW white. Any pics of cabinets in SW whites that you can share with me? Other suggestions? TIA!

Comments (6)

  • 17 years ago

    Hello Jenswrens, I am also in the process of picking creamy white paint color...it is no small task! One of my inspiration kitchens is by jenos, here on this board. She used SW Rice White I believe. It is a beautiful kitchen and you can see it if you type jenos into the keyword field search. Good luck!

  • 17 years ago

    I picked SW Creamy, but they aren't done yet. I basically matched some trim I already had. Jenos did Rice Grain, which is darker than my pick. SW's website has a nice "visualizer" tool that may help.

    The paint thing is hard. You recognize that every kitchen has different color issues, so that's good. I was told that if they get one coat on and I don't like it, we can try something else, so there's that.

  • 17 years ago

    No wisdom on SW whites for you, but a hug to say I totally understand. 1+ year(s), 5 different paint lines, and at least 50 paint swatches (off the shelf, and hand mixed) and we STILL haven't found the right wall color (we are close though....I hope). I am typing this just before I return to the paint store, uh, to pick up 3 more samples. LOL.

    A note about the yellow walls--they will make paint appear more yellow, so maybe try a white one that is cooler than you think you want to balance it.

  • 17 years ago

    I like SW Dover White-It is on the wainscot and the trim in our kids bath and bedrooms. I used Summer White on the walls for our new kitchen, but it doesn't work at all, so I am still trying to figure out what direction to go there.

  • 17 years ago

    I used a Duron color, "Almond white," that SW should have in their match program (SW bought Duron). It is a lovely ivory white on my cabinets (which were pink before!)

    Before:
    {{gwi:1578119}}

    After:
    {{!gwi}}

  • 17 years ago

    Jenswrens, are you in the Twin Cities? If so you can have any paint color you find matched at Abbott. They are amazingly helpful. I go to the one on Grand Ave. in St. Paul. They matched the Duron Almond White for me in BM Satin Impervo. It went on my cabinets beautifully!

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