So the very first step I wanted to take in decorating my apartment was to paint the whole thing. It's just so nice to start out with freshly painted walls. Luckily, after a lot of nagging, I was finally able to convince my landlord to let me paint. The catch is that I have to stick to shades of white which is totally fine by me.
Am I the only one that gets super overwhelmed looking at 300 shades of white? Elizabeth Dye helped me sort through all the colors and this is what we came up with. All paints are from Benjamin Moore from their Aura Paint Collection (Low VOC)*.
Living Room: Candle White (a pink-white. close enough to white in my book!)
Trim: Simply White
Kitchen: Bavarian Cream
All other rooms: Simply White.
See the before photos here. Photos above are in-process!
*Paint is courtesy of Benjamin Moore. Thank you to my friend, Interior Designer, Rich Wipf for helping me with the painting! Snapshots by me.
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is candle white pink?! if so, yay - love that!
Posted by: the fabled needle (jen) | January 28, 2011 at 02:48 PM
Yes, it's like a white-pink. Still counts as white in my book:)!!
Posted by: chelsea | January 28, 2011 at 02:51 PM
Totally random, but Bavarian Cream is one of my absolute favorites. It goes on beautifully and looks gorgeous. I used it on all the trim at my previous place and I still miss it.
Posted by: Rachel (heart of light) | January 28, 2011 at 03:01 PM
I love the colours! They're pretty close to mine too, though I picked deeper versions of the same shades. It's going to be beautiful, Chelsea!
Posted by: Jane Flanagan | January 28, 2011 at 04:23 PM
pink white is totally white :).
Posted by: Lauren | January 28, 2011 at 07:32 PM
Subtle sass! Can't wait to see the final product.
Posted by: Casey | January 28, 2011 at 08:00 PM
i don't think this is too pink! i like how girly it is, without being little-girly, and once you have art on the walls and your furniture and everything in there, it won't be too pink. i also really like the bavarian cream. yay! can't wait to see more! but wait, what are those test shades on the wall?
Posted by: Laura. | January 29, 2011 at 09:41 AM
A tradition in my family is a drop of red paint in a can of white, for walls that appear white but have a sense of warmth on gray days. But I'm envying your Candle White :) really lovely.
Posted by: Amelia | January 29, 2011 at 10:19 AM
i love the shades you picked out. the candle white especially!
Posted by: renee | January 29, 2011 at 11:32 PM
i would love to go all white in our new digs ... with the exception of a pale pink in my office and a dark DARK green in one of our hallways. but alas, our landlords LOVE the colors they picked. maybe we will have some luck soon though ...
ps - in case it wasn't obvious, i love what you've done.
Posted by: cevd | January 30, 2011 at 10:45 AM
I love this! I painted my bedroom a pink-white called Gossamer and I just love it, it's a very subtle shade but in the afternoon when the sun comes in it has a lovely rosy glow, the rest of the time it's a warm white.
Posted by: Sarah | January 31, 2011 at 12:56 AM
Love it. My husband (with seriously a teensy weensy bit of help from me-he's a saint) painted our whole interior Benjamin Moore's Atrium White. We love it. It's so warm - it has the very slightest hint of pink (he says orange).
Posted by: liza | January 31, 2011 at 03:06 PM
that is a beautiful pink-white! i've been wanting something like that or even a soft soft pink for our dining room...
Posted by: rebecca. | January 31, 2011 at 03:07 PM
I can't wait to see all the after photos once your place is done!
Posted by: Daniella | February 07, 2011 at 07:59 PM