Amari Hale
;)) We have a good mix of European-style stone with board and batten siding. Our exterior doors are painted in Tricorn Black by Sherwin Williams. You’ll see gray doors on the upstairs level on the boys’ bedrooms.
I frequently get asked to recommend a “good” white interior paint color.
I’ve seen white paint have pinkish, gray, blue, yellow and even green undertones. In our home we have a ton of huge windows and 12 ft ceilings on the main floor.
Our hardwood floors natural finish allowed for a more crisp, bright white. All of our baseboards, trim and moulding are also Pure White in semigloss finish. To avoid a boring all white hallway on our upstairs level, we added shiplap. Eventually, I’ll probably do a gallery wall of blown up black and white candid photos of the boys. So simplistic allowing the details to stand out, like the sconce lighting and accent door color. I’d say Cape May Cobblestone has some taupe undertones and slightly blue, depending on the lighting.
Black, white and gray are the predominant colors in our home but I had a fun time incorporating these deep hued pops of color in various spaces. Laundry Room Cabinets – Essex Deep Green by Pratt & Lambert
I had my cabinet maker paint my built ins to match the wall color.
One last color to share that has been my all time favorite gray for years is in our master bathroom.
Master Bath Fireplace Shiplap – Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore If you’ve been following along with us since before we moved into The Forest Modern, you’ll remember that our previous home interior was painted in Revere Pewter.
I don’t feel like it has blue or lavender undertones which is common with gray paints. Campbell Wood Finishing Systems varnish in color 25-17 Black. I know what you all are talking about when you’ve asked how the “yellow undertone” can be prevented when staining wood to have a natural finish. That’s the nature of raw wood to darken when a stain or lacquer is applied, even if it’s a clear matte finish. I absolutely did not want my cabinet panels to read “yellow” after they were stained. The raw oak is naturally so beautiful where you just don’t want to touch it with chemicals but obviously need to, especially in a kitchen where the wood needs to be protected.
The clear stain that he applied to the first sample board obviously had a yellow undertone. After about 5-10 sample trials, we figured out the magic formula which was just a teeny tiny hint of white paint added to the clear stain mix.
Photography is even hard to capture the true “color” but if you saw them in person, you’d probably think they weren’t even treated with a clear stain.
I hope this is a good resource for you as you are working on projects in your home.
