Paint all the trim on the floor the same color, if you like the color. Not sure how 'creamy' your white is (which is it?).

We just installed white cabinets with crowns at the ceiling, all in BM Cloud White. Can't imagine the crowns being a different color.

Right now the ceiling is painted 'white' and the walls are all just primer in my pics.

We'll be painting all the trim on the main floor in Cloud White to match.

Thank you, Tim. Your kitchen is GORgeous. I can't see how to post pics otherwise I would. The cabs will be SW Dover White, but the rest of the crown molding in the room is what I'm struggling with (along with the door and window frames, baseboards and chair railing!). Match cabs or a color of their own?

I like the crown to match the cabs like Tim shows. That's my plan also. And since the rest of the house needs new trim or at least a coat of paint, I'm planning all the trim to be the color of my cabs. Just like Tim.

Pictures of your space would help if you want advice on how to paint the trim in the two areas. If you look in the "Read Me if Youre New to GW" thread, usually on page 1, you'll find instructions for photo posting. You'll need an account at a photosharing website. Very easy to do.

Funny how one thing leads to another... I definitely vote for painting the cabinet crown to match the cabinetry. You might get lucky and find the rest of the trim works just fine with your new cabinets. Otherwise, you are going to have a lot of trim paint to deal with, it sounds like...

Unless, of course, you really like the existing trim color and want to paint your cabinets the same color - which would remove the dilemma altogether.

I just painted a mantle SW Dover White. I find it a tad cool for a white, but it is supposedly noteworthy for having a touch of cool and a touch of warm in the mix, making it a neutral white that plays well with the spectrum of colors.

Loving your moulding, Tim. I would love to have the cabinetry crown flow right into the wall crown like it appears yours does. Can I ask how tall that crown is from cabinet to ceiling?

Since the trim in my house is off white and the cabinets are not, I'm using a crown throughout the downstairs in the trim color that wraps the entire room and goes straight across the cabinets (doesn't indent when the cabinets do), and I'm giving the cabinets their own top trim so they can do their own thing and look separate from the room's crown moulding.

Since your two colors are so close together, it's hard to tell without a photo what you should do. If the difference is really big, I don't think it will matter, but if one makes the other look dingy, I think you should make it all the same.

Think about using three shades of white on walls , ceiling and you already have the cabinet and crown white.

This gives your room a larger look. Start the walls with a slightly darker shade of white then paint your ceiling a lighter shade of white then the cabinets and the molding.

Thanks all! Your suggestions are very helpful. I'm going with the Dover White on all crown, trim and baseboards. Now to figure out wall color..sigh.

Very helpful advice! Now, what about moulding style? If the crown moulding will all remain the same color, is it possible to use a crown moulding (on the cabs only) that is a different style?

Everyone is commenting on basically white cabinets. If your cabinets are a different color, like stained wood or painted non-white, the cabinet crown should match the cabinet. And you would not necessarily want to put up say grey crown molding in the rest of the room or a connecting room.

This is exactly my dilemma. My cabinets are gray and the crown extends to walls without cabinets. There is also a beam in the middle with crown around like. The room is self contained—not an open concept. The contractor put up the trim the same color as the cabinets, but I think they should be white. But I’m not sure! The wall is going to be BM White Dove, and same for the trim. Should I keep the gray crown molding like this, or white like the walls/trim? Help!

Kristen Smith what did you decide? I’m currently struggling with a similar issue