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Favorite white for trim/ceilings/doors with a gray blue paint on walls

7 years ago

I'm about to paint samples of the following:


- SW Pure White

- BM Chantilly Lace

- BM Decorator's White

- BM Frostine


Wall color will be either BM Bunny Gray, Thundercloud Gray, or Eternity. I have two other post on here about choosing the wall color, but I know it will be one of those 3.


I've used White Dove extensively and don't feel it is white enough. Simply White has too much yellow, and I've got Snowfall in my current home and it too is a little too creamy I think for these colors as well.


Does anyone have a preference for one of the whites above? I don't want it to look insanely stark, or appear green or blue/too cold.


Thanks all!

Comments (4)

  • 7 years ago
    I have BM Kentucky haze on some walls, it reads grayish blue in my home most of the time, and I have some walls painted decorators white, and my kitchen cabinetry and trim in kitchen are painted Chantilly lace. I don't think I'd like the decorators white as a trim color, in low light it can start looking light gray to me. I love the crispness of the chantilly lace and will eventually paint the rest of the trim in the house in that white. I mean, I still love the decorators white on my walls, but it's too cold imo for trim, at least in my house. Here is a picture of my kitchen where you can see my grayish blue with the chantilly lace.
  • 7 years ago

    Thanks so much, and your kitchen is fantastic!

    based on all that I’ve read so far, I feel like chantilly is my front runner, but until I actually bring my samples to the space I’m never convinced, so I wanted to have a few more options.

    Do you have a satin finish? That’s what I’m leaning towards since this is an older space and I read it hides imperfections better.

  • 7 years ago
    Thank you!
    Yes, I agree about getting samples. Mine is actually the gloss finish. If you have a lot of imperfections in the trim I wouldn't go any shinier than semi-gloss... not sure I've seen (or noticed) trim done in satin. More likely I've just never noticed it was a low sheen. If you're already looking at the BM lines, may I suggest their Advance line for your trim. It's what we used on our cabinetry and kitchen trim and it was so nice to work with. You can hardly tell the difference between what my hubby sprayed on and what I painted with a brush, it just smooths out those brush marks so nicely. Hubby said he liked it in his sprayer too. We thought it was worth the bit of extra money. It's holding up very nicely too, though it has a longer cure time than regular paint. (Something we found out when I took a microfiber cloth to some of my drawers too soon, we had to repaint those two drawer fronts. I did it when it was only about 2 weeks old, it takes about a month to really cure. Who knew that a dry microfiber cloth could do so much damage? Now I do! LOL! Apparently you're supposed to get them damp first.)
    jolynne28 thanked skmom
  • 7 years ago

    We are actually hiring painters this time around, but my husband and I used the Advance line to paint our kitchen cabinets in our first home ourselves! You are right, it went on beautifully. I hand painted the frames and he sprayed the doors.

    We built our current home a year ago and all of the trim and cabinetry is a semi gloss finish. Maybe i need to read more about the finishes. I don't know where I read about satin. But since we are repainting this older rental property to sell, i want to get it right.

    Thanks again for all your help!