White for cabinets

10 years ago

Hello,

Our builder is asking for the white I want to paint our kitchen cabinets. I had my second baby 3 weeks ago and we spent time in the hospital. I'm home now and trying to adjust to life with two under the age of 2. I have no family in the states and my husband works away during the week.

I just don't have the time, energy, or ability to go searching in person and test colours etc.

Are there standard whites that you can't go wrong with? Most commonly used? I was reading good things about Sherwin Williams Alabaster.

Our island countertop is super white marble. Perimeter counters are polished absolute black granite. We get A LOT of light in our kitchen. I want a white that isn't too stark, but also do not want anything too creamy or yellow or with any strong undertones.

Any advice here is very much appreciated.

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casablanca103

10 years ago

Try this old thread, lots of good info. Hope this link works. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/which-white-paint-for-kitchen-cabinets-bm-decorator-white-or-white-dove-dsvw-vd~151642

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User
10 years ago
Congratulations on the new baby!

I really like Benjamin Moore's Simply White.

We have a different shade on our cabinets, as I wanted a warmer creamier white for them. But we used Simply White on our trim, doors & wainscoting throughout the house. Our open plan is sun-filled & it doesn't read too stark. It plays well (to my eye) with the various colors in all the rooms.
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yeh_yeh
10 years ago
Another vote for BM Simply White! I have BM Simply White for all my doors and trims including the moulding for my kitchen cabinets. I originally wanted the cabinet to be painted with this paint but it will cost me 5% surcharge and the company has a standard white that's very close to Simply White so I just used that. Love BW Simply White! It's a white with very slight warm to it, it's not stark at all but do keep in mind that every paint color looks different in every house. My kitchen gets northeast sunlight.
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agk2003
10 years ago
congrats on your baby! we wanted a reallllllllllllllllllly white white and both bm simply white (oc-117) and white dove (oc-17) were too warm for us, though simply white much less so. we went with bm distant gray (oc-68). it never reads anything but white. there was also a kitchen on gardenweb/houzz that i loved, i think the user was suebee. she always said her kitchen was closest to bm super white which is also a white white. it depends on the style of your home. if you want an all purpose white and have no time to look at anything, i'd probably just go with simply white.
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agk2003
10 years ago
just wanted to add this link since you have a super white island. it's firsthouse_mp's kitchen, one of my faves, her counters were super white and her paint color was simply white.

firsthouse_mp kitchen
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Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks everyone!

Agk2003 - thank you very much. That kitchen is stunning and very similar to the look I am going for.
Lily Spider
10 years ago
The kitchen that Agk2003 posted is beautiful! Judging from the pic and the fact that you have a new born and another under 2, simply white looks to be the way to go. It will be beautiful.

Enjoy your little people :)