I love Nomadic Desert. We have it in two homes and it works with everything. I also have reds and gold accessories. We also have Kilim Beige in several rooms. My sister -in-law likes it so much that she had her entire combo painted in Kilim Beige. Those colors will look great with your lovely things.

We have natural wood trim in our main home and white trim in our second home, and these colors work perfectly with both.

Good to hear Grapefruit1. I will definitely get samples of the nomadic and kilim tomorrow. Does the nomadic look dark in your homes?

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I tried the nomadic desert and kilim beige on sample boards. I am just not feeling it. But I still need to put on a 2nd coat. Nomadic is on left and kilim is on right in pics. What do you think? Anyone have a paint color suggestion?

This is almost like throwing a dart blindfolded.

In our semi open concept house we used Ben Moore Natural Cream on all the walls. It's a warm greige and I've found it very easy to live with. It's light but not wimpy and makes a great backdrop for anything I've put with it.

I really like Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige. Depending on floor color and trim, it’ll either look cool or warm.

The colors look different depending on how much light you have and the flooring.

Have you considered going for a warm white color instead? It may look more fresh and appealing, and is a color that you won't tire of. It's a classic instead of being trendy, and won't look odd five or ten years from now. It goes very well with the warm colors you mention.

I would love a warm white but I can't seem to find the right one. Too yellow, too white or too gray. I have tried: (sw) creamy, natural choice, classic light buff, alibaster, bm white sand.

In the sun room (facing south) they all look white. In the dining rm & office (facing north) they look muddy gray.

But I do have some light samples from samplize coming today or tomorrow: nantucket dunne, dhuerie beige, mason blanche, steamed milk, bauhaus buff. We'll see.

Do you have any warm white suggestions?

I used Divine White which I didn't care for ( a bit yellow) but most people really liked it a lot. I really did like SW CHina Doll which I should have used. However I think China Doll is more beige than white. Definitely have a look at that as well as----SW Maison Blanche

I tried Kilim in your dining room

and lighter version

Swiss Coffee paint idea

I would go with something sage, going good with wood and red.

My samplize samples came today. All are SW. I show them (and some old ones) left to right:

Pic 1 (left to right):

1. softer tan

2. dhuerie

3. baubaus buff

4. kilm beige

5. maison blanche

6. nantucket dunne

7. steamed milk

8. accessible beige

Pic 2 & 3 (left to right) better pics but softer tan and accessible beige not shown:

1. dhuerie

2. baubaus buff

3. kilm beige

4. maison blanche

5. nantucket dunne

6. steamed milk

I see 2 I like. What do you think?

Wow Celerygirl. You are great at doing those mockups! Thank you so much. I have had a bright color for 11 yrs. So now I am looking for something a little more neutral and softer :)

I love these 2. Now I have to decide on which one. The darker one is sw nantucket dunne while the lighter is sw maison blanche. I think I like maison b the best but wonder if it will get washed out in sunroom. Maybe I should do the darker one in the sunroom and the rest of house in the lighter. Any ideas?

With so much natural light (I think?) I would almost go darker. That said, I'm coming from 7 years of renting in tan/beige houses & am really excited about adding color to my walls LOL

I spent a year going through the same colors/palettes to cover builders greige. We have antiques in medium and dark wood tones, with tan travertine tile and dark wood floors in the LR, an open floor plan with ample windows.

Our final three choices were 1. Softer Tan, 2. Maison Blanche and 3. Oyster Bar. We accidentally used MB and it was very light in our NE/SW facing home with strong afternoon sun. Not a bad color, just not the right one for us.

We went with Softer Tan because it had life. Going with low luster finish allows the rooms to feel as if they 'glow' and add more light to the rooms. I'm loving it for our home. We used SW Dover White for trim/doors.

The other colors you have were too dark for us.

Good luck!

When I started searching for paint, my favorite was softer tan. Then I started thinking it was too close to my existing paint. hmm maybe I better relook at softer tan.

#zeld. Looking at the photos, I agree that it's possible Softer Tan would be close to your current color. as ours was a dramatic change hence my love for the color.

I think that's a great idea with those colors. We have nomadic desert in the kitchen but lighter throughout the house. I think it's ok if it's what you like. Both great colors. Following because trying to find a similar color for upstairs bedroom. Did you order those sample sheets instead of buying the paint samples? Considering Accessible Beige but getting costly buying all these paint samples:)

It is amazing how different the maison blanche looks in the picture with all the samples, and then in the final one with your 2 contenders. In the bottom one, it looks so much deeper . (The picture in the dining room compared to picture with the fireplace). It is a good color and I suspect that your suggestion of MB mostly with the Nantucket Dunne where you feel it should have more oomph. The only other caution is that make sure you are ok with it at night if you will use the sunroom at night.

Rachel, I started out with:

- the free little store samples, narrowed them down by how they looked against my walls and by looking at pics/reviews online.

- I painted some of my room pics by uploading my pics to sherwin williams website and trying the colors there.

- Next I ordered the 12x12 stick up samples of the ones I really liked from Samplize.

- Then after moving the samples all over the house (day & night), I got a small can of the ones I thought would work and painted on the white foam boards and white poster paper.

- Dollar Tree has the foam boards for $1 and the posters for 70 cents. Also I found they have small trays with a roller, paint brush and even a pair of gloves for $1. What a deal!

This has been so time consuming. If I was just doing 1 room I wouldn't have gone through all these steps. But since this is for almost my whole house and with high ceilings, I feel I really have to get it right. Time will tell if it was worth it....

BM smokey taupe is gorgeous, try that. It's my favorite paint color.

Jen, haha. Yes after awhile you get the process down. I would label on the back but I am a messy painter. Some how I manged to get paint on my label and I couldn't read it. So I learned not to put my label too close to the edge : ) I really hate the mess of painting. That's why I like samplize. It's all done for you. But it's still not enough :(

great advice! interested to see what you end up with. what did you think of Accessible beige?

I would go for a whiter look. In any case, please take into consideration your floors and your cabinets. What you have on the walls now, does not go very well with either of them, so since you are repainting, this would be the time to really look at colors with your floors and cabinets.

Rachel, I love accessible beige. It's probably my favorite color. It looks great in my master bed and bath where I have white furniture, creamy carpet and 3 big windows. It gives such serene feeling to the room. But when I tried in the rest of my house it comes out really gray which I don't like with my floors, cabinets and furnishing.

@cat_ky, funny how you say my current paint doesn't go with my floors and cabinets. It took me 11 yrs to figure that out. I hate it now. But when you're building a house and working you don't have too much time to spend on getting paint picked out with all the other decisions. Now that I am retired I have plenty of time :) So you don't think maison blanche is light enough? Here are some pics of it with the nantucket dunne and alone. It seems pretty light to me. Do you have any suggestions?

I'm sure you have read up on LRV? I'm just learning about it. I think that Maison color is great. I would do it in my bedroom but its lighter than Edgecomb Grey I tried in my room that just ended up looking really white.
https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/paint-colours-and-lrv-the-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-the-right-colour/ off to get an Accessible Beige sample thank you!

Rachel, I love kylie's blogs but I haven't seen this particular one about LRV. I am familiar with the LRV but no expert for sure. She really breaks it down and explains it so well in this blog. Thank you so much for the link. It is very helpful.

Put that sample next to your floors in several areas, and look at it with them. Then put a sample next to your cabinets, and look at it with them. It does appear on the white side, so it just may go with both floors and cabinets. The floors and cabinets are things, that wont be going anywhere, so what you pick, has to go with both of them. I am talking about the lightest sample above a darker sample 2 pictures up. I cant see the name of that sample.

@zeld... those new pictures of your current paint color do not look anything like softer tan even when the sun goes down. I will say that Maison Blanche tended to have a cool undertone which is why we didn't go with it because we have so much warm furniture.

As far as LRV goes, I read up on it and decided I definitely wanted something above 60.

Did you notice how the colors are coordinated by Sherwin-Williams?

Softer Tan is on the yellow palette.

Maison Blanche is on their Timeless Color Paint palette. "Our timeless paint colors are steeped in tradition with classic, enduring style. Explore the collection of these classic paint colors that have proven their withstanding popularity in homes over time, and we hope, with years to come."

Nantucket Dune is on Timeless Color Wall and Senior Living Cool Foundations palettes. "Refined and elegant, cool neutrals, these colors create a tonal balance that resonates with tailored beauty and a sense of calming timelessness."

So I am checking maison blanche against my floor and cabinets. It does not look cool to me at all. But maybe it's because of lighting and yellows in my house. Here are some more pics. But I am getting nervous now. I better put a 2nd coat on my samples and maybe paint a wall in one of my rooms.

Pics -Above cabinets near ceiling:

above cabinets:

next to backsplash:

Next to floor:

behind some of my bling:

I feel your pain! I got the Accessible beige sample and almost don't want to try it just go for it. Colors are so weird and can make you feel crazy! At least me:) We have divine white cabs and I feel they change from warm to cool. My husband has his office cabinets painted DW too and they look totally different from our home (actually I think better and his counters are slightly more cool). This is DW next to Nomadic Desert. Have you ever thought of hiring a color expert like Kylie? Maybe for such a large space would be good to get a 2nd set of eyes? Or just go for one and hope for the best. I know I have stressed too much about it:) And no one needs to do that.

I like it with both the floor and the cabinets. If you can, it would probably be good to primer and paint 2 coats on one wall, just to make sure. It looks like a very good neutral to me, that will look good with just about everything.

We have an open floor plan that was painted by previous owners in a custom color. It's not exciting and perhaps similar to what you already have but it works with our warm color scheme.

Just noticed we have very similar backsplash Nomadic Desert does work with that. I was surprised to see it so dark in your sample.

It is so weird! In some lights nomadic is almost as light as maison blanche. No wonder it drives us crazy picking paint colors : ) I really think I am going with maison. But I do still have a week before painters come. So who knows. But I really need this week to prepare the walls. You know: nails out, pictures down, cobwebs vacuumed, switch plates removed etc.

Painters came today. I couldn't decide between maison blanche and nantucket dune. So yesterday I painted a wall in the guest bedroom. Left to right is nantucket dune, maison blanche and my existing paint pittsfield buff.

This room faces north and is across from the window. I was surprised at how light nantucket dune is. I love the nantucket dune. So I had some rooms painted the nantucket dune today. Tomorrow they paint the open area. Still haven't decided yet. We shall see. Here is a pic of my dining room painted nantucket dune.

ND looks great, very fresh.

Well I was rooting for Maison Blanche but honestly I think the Nantucket Dune looks fantastic! Especially seeing the pic with all 3.

so pretty!

It's done! I used the nantucket dune in most of the house. But I used the maison blanche on the wall around the kitchen cabinets because it looked better with the back splash and cabinets. I also used the maison blanche in a hallway with no windows to keep it light.

Because of all the light I get, the maison blanche wall around the cabinets looks just like the nantucket dune paint: