I did it at my last house. The house was built in 1984. I thought it worked. ☺ I haven't tried it lately. lol

It was more of an ivory. The walls, 22' high ceilings...ALL white. Then white leather furniture. The living room opened into the kitchen, which was an ALL white kitchen. I used one big oriental rug as my color POP.......navy/red/celery green/white. Then the artwork was very toned down, modern.

Walls, ceiling, and or trim painted white - yes. That's what we prefer

White anything else - no.

I have had white walls in my last two houses. The first was a new house in a development. This one I've lived in for 37 years is a 182 year old farmhouse with horsehair plaster walls which are all painted stark white. However, all the old tall wooden baseboards and window and door frames are painted in the colonial trim colors of the period. Sunroom, mustard, living/dining. two bedrooms, a wine red, two bedrooms a Prussian blue trim, kitchen /keeping room trim is a sage green but the bathroom is snow-white...trim, tiles, fixtures, and shiplap wooden walls. I did the kitchen remodel two decades ago before the trend of all white everything. But I still like what I chose which was two separate styles of cupboards, shaker and raised panels and two colors..sage green and an off white mellow color. Warm and inviting as opposed to sterile operating room look, IMO.

I prefer a true clean white for woodwork, makes other colors pop. Cream, ivory and off-white just look dirty to me. Have a realtor friend that recommends her clients avoid those colors, she saw that buyers see houses with those colors are less clean than pure whites.

So for the misses, which is it: excessive monocolor, or the selection of pieces that causes the mis-fire?

I think white walls and ceiling can work really well. I like some color, such as this photo where architectural design also plays a part. Much is personal preference.

My old boyfriend had white walls, mostly white furniture, 18 foot ceilings and spectacular artwork. It worked.

I don't care for a true white on white decor. It looks too sterile and seems without nuance. (Although architecturally speaking, this space appears to be quite lovely):

I love whites, creams, and tans mixed though ...

Nickle -- I think it is the way they put the room together -- and perhaps it's the color of the white walls and woodwork like someone said above -- not crisp white. I don't mind white walls and I don't mind white woodwork (although I live in a colorful house) and white furniture works in some instances.

I think it is pretty, but never happening at my house. I'm not sure I could keep that clean even if I lived by myself.

Martha, so much of decor is a mystery to me. I'm in awe of people who can visualize a whole decor/scheme, one with integrity that looks like more than bits and bobs put together.

But like sushipup, when I look at decor for myself my first consideration is: how hard is this going to be to clean.

Thoughts on lots of white:

- It can be great; for example, I love that white with blue accents vaulted room above. Note that room follows the 10-30-60 rule: 10% blue, 30% light brown, 60% white. The 30% might be a little skimpy, but this room has great color balance.

- Not all whites match.

- Necessaries to make white "work": Ample light, some wood to "warm it up" and greenery.

- It's hard to do all white and do it cheaply.

- When white "goes wrong", it can look like a hospital.

Since I have three cats and two dogs it would be totally impractical for me. I have always detested beige in any form and I don't even like off white walls. If you're going for white, I like clean stark white but not in every piece of a room. In my white living room, I have a corner with all-white pieces. Every piece in my house is antique except for upholstered ones and appliances. In this corner is a prize wardrobe from 1840 in its original white paint with all the wooden pegs inside for clothes. I have an antique white ladderback rocker, a white dough box filled with quilts, and a white Windsor highchair all in various shades of the original white. My daughter's old bedroom has the most white with her iron bed painted white and many pieces of white wicker and white twig furniture including a really cool large twig rocker.

The advertiser on this thread is a builder (about 75 miles away) and his offering is of a bathroom, showing corner of white lavatory and commode, beside a post carrying toilet paper, backed by a white wall.

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Advertising is location specific, based on where the user is and often times picking up words in the thread. The ad I see is for a design remodel company in the specific area where I am presently.

White on white on white describes every kitchen in the past ten years. White cabinets, white backsplash, white counters. Enough already.

W on W on W would make me 'jumpy'. just not a relaxing atmosphere at all to me. though i can appreciate chloebud's pic, i would never feel relaxed in that room. even looking at the pic, i want to walk and move around.

we don't have one white wall, trim or cabinet in our house.

It's better than the gray on gray on gray some people have done. White is cheery. Gray is DEPRESSION waiting to attack.

I was happy with an all-white fabric sectional in a south-facing room because anything else would have faded fast.

Many decor photos look lovely because the room itself is beautiful and interesting. One of our neighbors has a home that has been used for advertising shoots. They come in, decorate with whatever they are featuring, then put it all back to her taste.

I would be a nervous wreck..i am a clean freak ...so all my choices include the caveat...will “it” sorta camouflage the little daily specks?

Arch, I agree. Come to think of it, I ha e a white sofa and chair in my living room. I’d get rid of them except that sofa is super comfy.

We have cats, so everything white is an absolute no-go for our house. Plus, even without pets, it would be too labor-intensive to keep everything looking spotless. Constant cleaning is not my thing.

I think its boring and would be a source of stress to keep pristine. But I have been told I have tacky taste. I guess my bubblegum pink kitchen wall isn't for everyone either. :0p

I have a friend who is redecorating now, going for the tone-on-tone look. While many of the pieces she's buying are lovely, the finished look is definitely not my style. I love color, and bright pockets of it!