How to make off white appear more white and less cream?
Kaila Kalon
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Hello,
I just bought this “Chipped White” bed frame. I love it but hate that it does not really look white in my room. Any ideas on bedding or wall colors I can use to make the bed frame appear more white (LESS CREAM)
My ultimate goal is a farmhouse bedroom.
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PROJudyG Designs
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoPaint it white…but the bed has a distinct French Country farmhouse look, not American farmhouse.
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Comments (8)Thank you, but to be clear, it's not an option to repaint the trim and moulding a different color, because it's the same throughout the house and we're only repainting one room. We're the ones who painted it 17 years ago, and we still have the same color, which is off-white. We'll repaint the trim with the original color so it looks new, but my husband is vehemently against repainting the trim in a different color, so that's not an option. Not worth getting a divorce over, ha ha! So, back to the question, if the moulding is off-white, (cream, even) will the ceiling look weird if it's white? Is it better to have the moulding and the ceiling the same color (off-white)?...See More
PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoKaila Kalon thanked Patricia Colwell Consultingnjmomma
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC I agree
When I saw your headboard I thought of Vintage Farmhouse.
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PROJAN MOYER
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoNo, it won't look "whiter" . First, it looks a tad cheap, sad to say. The upholstery on itt is very poorly done. The fabric isn't great and it's not wonderful with the with the walls, either.
So You will spend more money fixing all those issues, than you will returning it, and loving........something else. Sorry, that's jmho
There are many wood framed upholstered headboard. Save up for a better one......make the bedding the focus. Pottery barn below
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