Best White/Off-White to Compliment White Limestone Fireplace
Jose Salinas
4 years ago
Looking for advice on which color (either BM or SW, preferably BM) of white or off-white that will not clash with fireplace. I have trouble seeing the small differences but its my understanding that some whites my end up making the limestone look dirty while other will make it look clean...not sure how to really describe it. I'm looking to stay in the whites versus too much color, my personal taste is to add color through furniture. And I plan to add a dark stained wooden mantle to fireplace. I have added some pics, two with naturally light. Most of the windows in the room face east, slightly to the south.
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Comments (5)White Birch are not a drought tolerant tree, so if you are losing junipers to dry soil then you probably shouldn't count on a birch doing well. Limestone rock means that your soil ph may be on the alkaline side, and this doesn't mean that your soil is poisonous, but you should avoid trees/plants that like a more acidic or neutral soil. If you want to be more certain of what your soil type actually is, go to a local nursery or garden/hardware store and get yourself a simple soil testing ph kit. An Eastern Redbud is probably more flexible about soil type, but will still need some watering the first couple of seasons if you get regular prolonged periods without rain, and you don't have much depth of soil over the rock. You might also check out some other flowering trees such as Chionanthus, and I am not sure whether Crepe Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica or L. fauriei would be hardy in your area. I bet there are some on line resources for West Virginia such as your local agricultural extension office, or a master gardener's group, that could point you in the right direction for best trees for your area. If you really want the birch, plant them somewhere with moister soil and access to water, as they like to grow near water/creeks....See MoreWhat color are your painted white or off-white/creamy cabinets?
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Comments (11)gglks, thanks for the compliment on my kitchen. Just wanted to agree with what others have said and to go with what you like for your kitchen. We get a TON of natural light in our kitchen and I think a pure white would have looked too white, BUT the real deciding factor on the cabinet color was that the place we ordered our cabinets from had a VERY limited selection for colors. I had originally wanted a custom paint job (which would have been an extra $2K so it got nixed)... I wanted a color called Sag Harbor Gray which is medium to dark in tone. My husband wanted White, so the off white was a compromise. When we started our project, I had wanted a more contemporary urban feel than what I ended up with. My husband (who is normally very agreeable and doesn't get too involved in design decisions) wanted a very neutral (safe) look. I was just so thrilled he agreed to the kitchen re-do at all, so I went along with his choice of cabinet color and in the end I am thrilled with the result (but honestly, had we done it my way (the sexy/moody/urban feel), I would have been thrilled too... it just would have been lots of different choices - surely not the granite I chose - I would have gone with suede finish on Antique Brown granite (had it all picked out to go with the custom cab color)). Anyway, I am rambling, but just trying to make the point, that depending on which color you go with will create a different look (and different choices in terms of granite / tile, etc), but if you are like me, you'll be happy either way. btw, the omega color samples on the internet might be off for me. The Pure White looked like baby blue. The color samples I was looking at on the internet when choosing my cabinet color were pretty far off of the actual samples. Do you have an actual physical sample to choose from? ... I carried mine around along with all my other samples (flooring, tile, butcherblock, granite) while I finalized my decisions....See Morelimestone exterior stone accents, what SW white paint for stucco?
Comments (11)@chispa, The system our exterior guy uses mixes the color into the stucco, which we are happy about . We've owned several stucco homes and have experienced it being done both ways. With any luck the limestone will arrive prior to needing the color selection of the stucco. I plan to paint large swatches of several colors we narrow it down to. I am hoping to get some feedback on color suggestions to help guide me....See More
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4 years agoI painted some samples next to the fireplace: Cloud White, White Dove, SW Aesthetic White, SW Greek Villa, Cloud Cover, and Sea Pearl. I am currently leaning toward Sea Pearl, I'm hoping it doesn't look too dark after it's all painted. Any thoughts on which color is working best with the stone? thanks!
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