White or light neutral paint color to complement SW Alabaster?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

We are moving and are having all of the interior walls repainted next week. I am 99% sure most of the walls will be SW Alabaster, which I have used in the past. However, I would like to use a second color in the bathrooms and maybe one other main room. I really want it to also be a white. lol. But it's hard enough to choose one white, let alone two that complement each other. Suggestions? It has to be something I can get locally. The painter uses Behr but we can colormatch from whatever. We have SW, BM, Lowe's, HD, PPG here in town. We are not painting the trim and ceilings. I'm not sure what brand was used for those but it's just.. white. Guessing probably a base. Here's are a couple of pictures. (Seller's furnishings.)

Bonus question- how should I handle the chair rails? We will have them in the dining room as well as in the entrance and main hallways. I'm leaning towards doing the same color top and bottom, keeping the rail in the existing trim color.

Thanks!

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Amy M
Original Author
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
pics of the bathrooms. The first one is our master and I might keep the color. I need to see it in person again before deciding. The last one is the downstairs half bath.
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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
8 years ago
If you go to SW painting site , you can see Alabaster color and what coordinating colors to it, and even more...similar colors. So go ahead and look what you like.
Amy M thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
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Amy M
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you! I tried that and also pulled a zillion swatches and still couldn't decide. But we visited the house again today and I think I am going to use Behr silky white as a secondary color. : ) I may have the trim painted too and I'm not sure what to use for that. It's currently Behr Ultra Pure white but I can't decide if I want that much contrast. Debating the different sheens of the same color approach (w/ trim in alabaster). The trim is unremarkable, as you can see.
Amy M
Original Author
8 years ago
I'm also pretty sure after seeing their leftover paints in the garage that the fireplace is SW Creamy, so I might need to repaint that if I want it to still look white against the alabaster.