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13 years ago

My little girl is 7 and has a seafoam/teal drum shade. We are trying to get the wall tinted just off white with a silvery tint or perhaps an off white with a seafoam tint (very subtly). What is the best ben moore color to achieve this light airy look but still be bright and cheery?
My painter already painted half the room with BM stonewashed and it looks a little too grassy or sad for a girl's room.
Any advice? opinions? I was going to do snow white but my painter said it was going to be too white.
Is painting the room all white going to work? I don't want to commit to a color, would rather stay neutral as she will likely want to change the colors of her room in a couple of years.
THANKS!!

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13 years ago

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S. Thomas Kutch
13 years ago
The nice thing about painting...........you can always paint over it. Pic k a color. There is no such thing as a right or wrong color.....if you want white go for it, who cares what the painter things. Stark white is great for watercolor paintings but I wouldn't want it in my room..... but that's just me. I would suggest something in an off white to keep it a warmer feeling..........but my goodness, the painter is there, the meter is running..........just pick a color.
cooney124
Original Author
13 years ago
last modified: 13 years ago
the drum shade is actually a beautiful water color painting that the artist turned into a shade :)
It looks like ombre- light to dark.
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cooney124
Original Author
13 years ago
I saw an article about Ben Moore ivory white being a nice warm white that will contrast the current brighter white trim?
charleee
13 years ago
It's your call, of course, but I have found that pairing off-whites and stark whites doesn't work. The starker white can make the off-white look 'dirty'.
DIAspoton
13 years ago
if you were going to go with 2 coats, could the painter finish the rm with 1 coat of 'grassy' and paint the trim and door while you run to BM with your drumshade and ask them for help in recommending a 2nd color to go over the grassy 1st coat.
olldroo
13 years ago
Wouldn't it be quicker to run to your paint shop and pick up some colour chips if your painter doesn't have any already? Seafoam could be blue or it could be green. You need to consider the room's aspect and lighting too before deciding on a colour. A pure white in a south or west facing room could be extremely glary, in a north facing room that doesn't have good light, it could go very dull. A seafoam shade be it blue or green or even silvery are all cool colours - would they suit your daughter's room?
cooney124
Original Author
13 years ago
I have a ben moore fan deck
olldroo
13 years ago
last modified: 13 years ago
I'm sorry I don't know BM paints at all and colours do not reproduce accurately on-line. Go through your deck for colours that blend with the light as that is the shade you are trying to achieve and then make sure they work in your room. If your painter is doing other rooms as well, perhaps pick up a couple of sample pots and give a patch of your wall a couple of coats with them to ensure you have it right. Acrylic paints will dry in 1/2 an hour so you can do this quite quickly.
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Interiors International, Inc.
13 years ago
White always works.
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User
13 years ago
It is always easy to add a color later when you do white. It sounds like you need more decision time.
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Peggy Poulos Interior and Exterior Design
13 years ago
Ben Moore has a color that is light, in the deeper white range that goes beautifully with the seafoam colors, Horizon OC-53. But, remember color is in the eye of the beholder. So, you have to decide if that will work for you.
cooney124
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you everyone! I appreciate your great advice! I tried horizon as I thought that would be the perfect combo, but as it turns out BM Cloud Cover worked nicely - it was a bit gray, mostly white and warm.