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Need Help With Color and Sheen Selection

8 years ago

Let me start with I live in Sherwin-Williams country. There is no access to Benjamin Moore. My new to me home needs interior paint. The current paint is worn and soiled. It's time. It's a big house and I'm going to have to do this in stages.

Almost every wall in this house is shiplap, with the exception of the bathrooms and closets. All ceilings are tongue and groove. I'm including some pictures for reference.

This is the entry hall.

This is a close up of trim and wall.


I've been looking at the cans of paint that were left. The previous owner used SW Antique White on the walls. The ceilings are a custom pale blue. I have that blue paint matched. I just don't know the name. A few of the other rooms are painted various intensities of green. The floors are reclaimed pine.

There are some interior walls that are made from reclaimed bricks. The mortar in the brick walls have been tinted to a gold/tan hue. There are two colors of cabinetry in the house. One is a very light beige. The kitchen cabinets are a very pale green. Very pale.


I am going to keep the ceilings the same pale blue. I am thinking of painting the walls and trim the same color, just different sheens, eggshell for shiplap walls, semi-gloss for trim.

I am considering SW Creamy 7012. Or, I could keep them SW Antique White 6119. The easy thing is to paint it Antique White. But, I want a really clean, yet warm look.

The other option is paint the shiplap walls in one color in eggshell and the walls another color in semi-gloss. For example, walls in SW Creamy eggshell and the trim in slightly lighter SW Dover White 6385.

My basic colors are golds and navy's.

Can the decorating gurus' give me some guidance? I need to be ready to instruct the painters.


Comments (16)

  • 8 years ago

    I agree with say about eggshell finish on the walls and semigloss on the trim.

    I looked up both colors, and on my monitor, Antique White looks much warmer than Creamy, which looks cooler and a bit grayer. I do like how the Antique White looks in the first two pictures.

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  • 8 years ago

    Creamy was very yellow (warm) in my light.

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    8 years ago

    Keep the colors but use eggshell on the walls and trim - anywhere it is "wood". Absolutely gorgeous house! Now THAT is what shiplap SHOULD look like!

    homechef59 thanked Anglophilia
  • 8 years ago

    I agree with others. What a fabulous house!!! Do you mind sharing what area you are in? I am thinking it's the South.

    homechef59 thanked User
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Outside of Atlanta.

    Well, it looks like the consensus is Antique White on trim and walls. It's the easiest choice and allows me to get a few rooms at a time done as the budget and my patience allow.

    That entry is two stories and is contiguous to a huge center hall upstairs with no obvious break for paint. It's a project in and of itself. I'm hoping to get the downstairs painted this year. The foyer and the rest of the upstairs next year. We painted the exterior last year. I should own stock in Sherwin-Williams.

    Thanks for the help. I knew what I should do, I just second guess myself sometimes.

  • 8 years ago

    Your house is gorgeous! I happen to be a fan of SW Antique White. With the exception of my bedroom, I have it on all my walls and ceilings. I love it.

    homechef59 thanked Bunny
  • 8 years ago

    "outside Atlanta"

    Thought so. I grew up near Atlanta, near the SC/GA border.

    I am jealous of your home and would love to see more. The closest that I have come to a house with shiplap is beach rental houses in the Charleston, SC area. One was really old with original shiplap, and the other a newly renovated home.

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  • 8 years ago

    nhb22, The house was built in 2008. The exterior is very traditional with deep porches on all four sides. But, the inside is a little disjointed. It can't decide if it's southern traditional or farmhouse. The previous owner even installed some industrial elements. Which really don't go. I've gone in the direction of southern traditional.

  • 8 years ago

    I don’t have a paint recommendation. But wow, beautiful home,

  • 8 years ago

    I hope you're going to share more pictures : ) .

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    The interior brick work has salvaged bricks from the 1840's farmhouse that burned in 2006. The floors are reclaimed heart pine. And yes, my dog is on the sofa.

    I just bought a new credenza for the TV that is longer. I'll move this cabinet into the office. It's too small for this wall, but was okay until I could get something else.

    I've already made one decorating mistake. I didn't get the longer curtain panels for the living room. I should have gone up to the ceiling. I corrected in the rest of the house. But, I can't change it for a while. I've already made DH move the curtain rods twice. I'm just going to have to not say anything live with it for a while.

    Thanks for the help with the paint colors.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Oh my goodness. The house is gorgeous, and the living room is perfect.

    Okay, it will be perfecter with a longer credenza and new paint.

    I'm sure we'd all be happy to give any more advice in person, on your porch : ) .

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  • 8 years ago

    Sweet tea and cheese straws. The doors open. Come on by.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Yes, reads Southern Farmhouse on the outside with a twist of traditional on the inside. :) Industrial...no!

    Dog on couch...big thumbs up!

    I would not necessarily go all the way to the ceiling with those curtains, but definitely over the transoms.

    We have a shorter credenza under our wall hung TV because there really is not much more room for something longer. Plus, it belonged to my mother-in-law and I did not have the heart to take it away from my husband when we didn't really need anything else.

    Yay! Tea on the front porch sounds perfect! I am only about 5 hours away. ;)

  • 8 years ago

    Gorgeous home! Love the design, decor and especially the blue ceilings. Understand that blue ceilings are a Southern tradition. Not something I have seen at all here in So Cal but something to consider in the future. Thank you for sharing your lovely home.