What is your plan for artwork in these spaces?

Why are there cabinets in front of that beautiful window.

@cat_ky, they took those two cabs out of the boxes so I could see what they look like; they're not going there! The kitchen starts on the wall next to the big stone doorway.

@Mark Bischak, Architect, I was thinking fingerpaint. Seriously though, in the large room there is only one area of wall without 9ft windows or doors, and I'll probably do textiles and/or abstract art. In the narrow hall, I'd like to do photos, if there's room to look at them, or maybe textiles, but I have to be careful what I put on the wall so it doesn't feel even narrower. Actually what's most likely to happen is DH and I will be reluctant to make a single hole in a wall without fully litigating the decision, and thus it will be years before anything gets done.

Prioritize your white color for the largest most important rooms. Sounds like the great room so pick a white that goes with the light there

gorgeous windows! ^I agree - I think you could go crazy trying to optimize whites for different areas - I’d just select based on the larger rooms like you have - you could always have a hallway repainted in a year

You can not crowd source a white paint. No matter WHICH white and where, it will appear differently in different light, different exposure and at differing times of the day.

If you want a bit warmer white with the cherry and stone and beams? Try Ben Moore "Navajo White, very nice with the warmth of cabinets - and put it up everywhere. You have someone afraid of a darn nail hole.....it will be less harsh by far, with blank and boring walls: )

I'd not be at all afraid to get it on the walls. All of them!

Know that this stage of your build, with protective film on your windows will make ANY paint a leap of faith. It's paint........not a six foot hole in the wall and therefore, you pick and move on. Even a mistake is not a death sentence for you or the house. Navajo white below, two views, two rooms in the same house . Living room faces north, great room and ( cherry ) kitchen face south.

Neither is stark, but yes, they both change during the day and in evening darkness: )

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Navajo.........

and here.....Oxford , which to me goes a bit dingy and a tad "green"

You brighten dark spaces with better lighting not paint . As for which white no one knows all you will get is guesses . Choose 3 you like get 3 large poster boards paint each one with 2 coats of the choices then move them around in the space but first before chooing paint all the lighting needs to be is IMO . I do not find whites to be neutral often and when my clients have to apint before all the lighting and floors are in I choose this cut 250% for a real neutral it is BM BTW. It is awesome with wood and IMO a true neutral

Why can't the living room be a different color than the rest? My house has mostly north and south facing windows. Colors look so different depending on the light. I have Pale Oak in my living room because it has strong southern light (Pale Oak has a touch of gray), but it doesn't look great in the northern facing rooms. If you really love white, I get it. I would try a couple more if you really want one white everywhere since Oxford White isn't thrilling you. If you haven't tried it yet, try White Dove. It's very popular. One of my friends has used it as her whole house color in all the houses she's lived in.

Thanks for all the insights! I ended up using white dove. It was recommended by my architect, as well as some folks here--thank you @kandrewspa. One of my friends has it throughout their house, too. When I looked at it in my current house it seemed yellow, but I took it to the new house, and completely different story. I'm using it for walls in the great room and the halls, trim everywhere. It looks good with all of the wall colors I've chosen, so that helps.

SW Snowbound is great if you want to steer clear of yellow undertones

Many years ago I read an article about a house where the designer used about 6 different shades of white to get the illusion the house was painted one color. It depends on the light.

@D M PNW wow that sounds impossible but I guess for a designer it could be an interesting challenge!

for your art issue and nail holes - consider a picture hanging rail like a gallery would use and paint to match the wall. That way you could suspend pics without random holes.

(if you had thought very far ahead, you could have recessed it into the sheetrock for a flush installation)