Painting interior of house

5 years ago

We will be painting the interior of our new home soon. I love the color Simply White by Benjamin Moore. I'd like to do the whole house inside with this color. online it says this paint is $70 per gallon. In case the budget doesn't allow, does anyone know of a comprable color to this in another brand that would be less expensive?
I am open to your thoughts.

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Paint sales at Home Depot

5 years ago

I will once again give my standard warning to homeowners getting bids from contractors: don't just ask for what brand he will use, but ask specifically for what line of that brand. All the major paint manufacturers make multiple grades, from really crappy to really good. Then reference Consumer's Report's and/or call the local paint dealer of that brand and ask them just on what end of the paint spectrum that paint label falls!

In Consumer's Reports, Benjamin Moore's better lines at least rate really well. Surprisingly, the "better" lines of Sherwin Williams don't even appear on the first page, they rank so low.

I have made no secret on this site, that I am employed at Home Depot, after 4 decades as a painting contractor. That $70 SW paint, even after a 40% "on sale" price comes down to $42 per gallon. That is where Behr's top rated Marquee is at every day. During HD paint sales, it is $10 per gallon less.

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User
5 years ago
Thats probably for Aura with no discount. Price Regal Select.
AnnKH
5 years ago
Though Aura paint is amazing! And I find that it covers well enough that a gallon goes a long way. I painted 2 bedrooms and a hallway with 2 gallons (though the hallway and one bedroom were pretty small).
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ghatta
5 years ago
Regal select is a good paint. My whole current house is painted with it and it looks great. It has held up very well.
Teri Ziegler
Original Author
5 years ago
Which interior white paint would be comprable to the aura simply White?
cat_ky
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
BM regal select comes in simply white. Simply white is the paint color, and comes in all brands of BM paints.
kudzu9
5 years ago
If you like the color, but want to buy it much cheaper, go to Home Depot. They have the exact formulas for the specific colors of many brands of paint. If they have the one you are interested in, they can mix a precise match using a high quality paint that will be considerably cheaper than $70/gallon. You will also find that you can go to Benjamin Moore competitors, like Glidden, Sherwin Williams, etc., and they can probably do a similar formula match.
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CertaPro Painters of Northwest Florida
5 years ago
Any competitor like Sherwin Williams and PPG can do a color match and the price of the paint will be cheaper without forfeiting the quality of the paint.
Teri Ziegler
Original Author
5 years ago
Do you Houzz people know how valuable you are you us out here!!?? You are SOOOOO appreciated! Just wish I'd have found you before we broke ground, but your advice has blessed me over and over since I did find you. Thanks for your your caring insights and advice!!
One Devoted Dame
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Any competitor like Sherwin Williams and PPG can do a color match and the price of the paint will be cheaper without forfeiting the quality of the paint.

I don't believe this, lol. ;-)

My builder used Sherwin Williams in my house, and it's terrible. My husband and I tried to obtain sample pots from SW, to give them a second (and third) chance, and they refused, saying, "I can't sell you anything less than a gallon." Our second and third requests were at different stores, with different employees, with at least a year's worth of time between.

The mom-and-pop shop that sold us our Ben Moore sample pots was fantastic. The paint stays on the wall, unlike the SW junk. Maybe the painters watered the SW down too much, maybe it was the cheapest line SW offered, maybe this-that-or-the-other, but BM won us over with good customer service and nice paint. I won't be doing Aura, but the Regal Select is still very, very nice.

Oh, and a tip that might help others out there... Sometimes the prices online aren't the prices you'll pay in person. BM's website says sample pots are $10 each. I paid a little over half of that at a local paint place. Part of that might be my geographic location, or maybe the guy behind the counter thought I was cute, or perhaps I saved some coin because they weren't shipped to my house; I have no idea. lol

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