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struggling with paint colours!!

11 months ago

Hello. I am struggling with my paint colours.. As you can see in the pictures, we have too many colours of whites/offwhites/cool whites/warm whites. It’s getting overwhelming. The windows and door are brand new installs so I still need to paint the casing and would like to paint the walls as well. Should I paint the casing the same colour as the wall? I feel I need to stick with warm whites because of the popcorn ceiling… but then I also will need to repaint all of the trim upstairs as it is more of a cool white. we won’t be removing the popcorn ceiling anytime soon. Suggestions? Help!!

Comments (10)

  • 11 months ago

    Pictures of my flooring as well

  • PRO
    11 months ago

    Since your walls seem to be a warm white, I would paint all trim the same colour as the walls but in a different finish. For example, if your walls are in an eggshell finish, paint the trim in semi-gloss. It is the same paint colour but the finish being different will make it stand out.

  • 11 months ago

    I’m not exactly sure what colour my walls are as this is how they were when we moved in.. but just picking another warm white would be okay right?

  • 11 months ago

    The popcorn ceiling looks dirty to me. You can paint it, if you primer it with oil based primer first. I would do that, before thinking about paint.

  • PRO
    11 months ago

    Are you not planning on also repainting the white walls? If not, it might be difficult to match the exact same white, you'll have to do a few tests to come up with the same colour as the walls for the trim paint.

  • 11 months ago

    Okay yea I may as well repaint the walls as well. Thanks. As for the popcorn ceiling I think it has already been painted in the past, so would be difficult to remove so might have to just repaint it at some point.

  • 11 months ago

    Sorry - I was not online during the holiday and just saw your post.


    Your assessment is correct, you have too many whites, but what I don't want to see is you doing something that you will need to re-do in a few months.


    Picking a warm white that is a bit lighter than the walls and is a really flexible white is probably your best bet. Use it for all your doors and trim and later when you do the ceilings you can use it on the ceilings as well


    Your selection of wall colors when it is time to paint walls will be less limited than if you pick an off white that matches your current walls.


    I would test the following and see which you like best with your current wall color.

    BM Simply White

    SW Chaviot

    BM White Dove

    SW Alabaster






  • 11 months ago

    "The windows and door are brand new installs so I still need to paint the casing..."

    Is the casing just primed or is it already painted? If you paint only the casing, the window sashes and mullion, and the door will remain the same neutral (cooler) white.

  • 11 months ago

    The window casing is not painted, only primed. I worried about that yes…. Are there different colours of window whites? I didn’t even think of that..

  • 11 months ago

    "The window casing is not painted, only primed."

    The windows and door appear to comprise a significant portion of the room surface. I'd choose a trim color that either matches the factory sash/mullion/door color or is significantly different. I'd then choose a wall color that coordinates with the trim and sash/mullion/door. I'd paint the ceiling flat white (example).

    -- non-expert