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Dover White and Antique White - Compliment or Clash?

13 years ago
We are in the process of remodeling our kitchen and converting the oak cabinets to white with a brown glaze. The base color of the cabinets is SW Dover White, but when you put the brown glaze on top, the color resembles an Antique White. We are now in a dilemma on what to do with the trim throughout the entire house including in the kitchen. With the cabinets being so close and not going to the ceiling and the beam separating the kitchen and breakfast area, just need opinions on painting this Dover White against the glazed cabinetry.

Before we got this far in the process with the cabinets, we knew the base coat was Dover White, so we painted the bottom half of our "music" room (including 2 built-in bookshelves) and dining room in Dover White. I really like the color, it's crisp and clean, but because there is SO much oak in our house, I'm concerned about which one makes the most sense and if the two can be mixed in the kitchen area. Something to note is that there's also floor trim in between some of the cabinetry - so what do we do with this? Our floors were recently changed to dark, handscraped hardwood in all three rooms.

The final dilemma will then be what to do with our library oak paneling in our living room? We need to get through the current disastrous state our house is in before we can get there, but getting this part right is critical to what we do there. Your help and suggestions are much appreciated.

I will try to add additional photos of the other rooms in comments.

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