Seeing paint on the walls is the best way to judge what you'e really going to like, but I think you're on the right track. The first photo is a great idea because it will freshen up the overall look, and brighten up the dark entryway and back patio. Since you are looking to stay away from yellows and taupes, pure white or extra white are the way to go. Pure white looks like it's a true gray. While extra white looks like it might lean more towards a blue hue. If you were leaning towards the idea of the third photo, going with a darker gray and keeping the door & window frames white than maybe something like an Eider White might work.

We were going with SW Extra white but after seeing some pictures and comments, some people said it is TOO bright white For a multitude of reasons, I wouldn't let comments and pictures online inform your opinion about Extra White. Again, we want to undertones. Paint colors don't have undertones, so you're in luck. Would Pure white work better? Based on what you've said, I doubt it. But I don't care for Pure White. I think there are prettier whites (personal opinion). All paint colors are defined and described by hue, value and chroma. The majority of white paint colors available in commercial paint brands belong to the yellow hue family, green-yellow hue family or green hue family. The reason is because there's a whole bunch of human visual perception stuff with regard to this region of the spectrum. Long story short, we end up perceiving near neutrals like grays and whites from this spectral, hue family range as being the most neutral as in not having amounts of discernible hue. Extra White and Pure White belong to the same hue family neighborhood. Pure White is at the end of the Yellow Hue Family, Extra White is at the beginning of the Green-Yellow hue family - again, same neighborhood on the color wheel. When it comes to brightness - and brightness is a description of how lightness (value) looks - they're basically the same. The biggest different between EW and PW is CHROMA. Chroma tells you how colorful or neutral a color looks. Pure White has more chroma. 0.44. Which means it's not as white as Extra White which has a chroma of 0.32. Extra White is a whiter, cleaner color than Pure White. (remember swatches you see online can not mimic in real life colors so whatever you think you see in swatches online you should ignore and go get physical chips)

So I am the least knowledgeable about colors BUT I have tried to learn some of the wisdom shared here, about chroma . (Thank you Lori S). If I understand correctly, in addition to how a color looks to you in your setting--- if the difference in chroma values are .20 or more, they can be compatible. In this case, BM White Dove Chroma is .58 ( I googled) 0.58 Because it does have a Chroma value of 0.58, you have to be aware of context. For example wall color. If the wall color has at least 0.20 more/less in Chroma, then White Dove will look like a clean, crisp creamy white and unlikely to appear dirty/dingy. This is why you'll find conflicting opinions about White Dove. SW Pure White is .44 Pure White SW 7005 Hue Family The pink arrows point to where Pure White SW 7005 fits in among the other colors according to its Value 9.34 rounded to 9.38 and Chroma of 0.44 rounded to 0.25. So, since the difference is less than .2 my understanding is that they might not be a great match. Seriously hoping for some experts to chime in to either validate what I suggest, or explain it further.

Hi! Yes, I think Bona high traffic. Or maybe that was the sealer they used. I think they used Dura Seal. Just found this sample sheet in my kitchen draw. We used the middle sample. QC 11 Hope this helps! We put a matte finish on the floors. Very little shine to it. It’s great but note that if you go that route. You can’t really scoot things that would scratch across the wood. It removes the matte and you will see a sheen streak in the right lighting or angle. Just a heads up if you go that route. Not too big of a deal, if you know in advance. We pic up and slide anything a tad heavy. Pads for bar stools etc.. Best of luck! Lmk if you have any more questions 😊