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Suggest an exterior white paint color

cloudy_christine

8 years ago

Our house is hybrid of Mediterranean and arts-and-crafts. There's a lot of wood trim and the walls are stucco. We are having it painted in the same colors it is now, a very dark brown for the wood trim and white for the stucco.
I want a white that isn't blinding (like the concrete wall a neighbor painted white). But, to quote Myrna Loy as Mrs. Blandings, "not to suggest any other color than white."
What would you suggest?

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prairiemom61
8 years ago
Sherwin Williams Snowbound.
cloudy_christine
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks! I'll check it out.

Anyone else?
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What else? BM Capitol White! Creamy, warm, and wonderful.
nhb22
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Remember what may look wonderful on the inside, may be TOO white on the outside. I'd do a Google.

Here I Googled "exterior whites"

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