HELP! Deciding on white cabinets/trim/ceiling matching

2 years ago

We are building a stone french home. I love BM swiss coffee at 75%. I was thinking of using that for our cabinets. Do I also use it for celing /trim in the whole house.

If not ....just trim and cabinets?

Then what celing color would work and not make cabinets look yellowish? Thinking White dove or simply white.? Thank you for any advice and help!

I’m so undecided and torn and stressed! Wish it to be perfect ✨

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
To make your life simple use the same color for the cabinets and trim but IMO ceiling color is something I would change to a soft blue or some other color not white. Do you have beams or coffered ceiling . I think you need to post some pics of the space or at least some inspo pics you are using .
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Rouge Interior Design & Staging
Original Author
2 years ago
This is style of kitchen I designed. Will be Dark espresso wide plank wood floors and dark island base. No beams they are being used in family room. Will Have stone wall in kitchen going into living room . Grayish with cream mortar .
Need some ideas.... I’m not sure if ceiling and trim should be white dove, Simple white, or all Swiss coffee 75%
Cabinets most likely as in last picture Swiss coffee 75%.
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2 years ago
I would still do the ceilings in s color . BTW espresso is the color all the cheap cabinets and furniture from China was do you really want that in your home. Why not ,since you are going dark , look at ebony or a really dark walnut .BTW I like the softer SC for the reim and cabinets in this case. See how beautiful that range color is with that color
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2 years ago
Thank you for your suggestions!
nhb22
2 years ago
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Patricia Colwell Consulting - What soft blue do you recommend for kitchen ceilings?

Rouge Interior Design & Staging - I will have white cabinets that are not a bold white. The trim paint color that looks best with the cabinets (SW Pure White) , does not do much to highlight the colors in the rest of my house. I am thinking of doing the SW Pure White in the kitchen, family room, and breakfast room. And then doing SW Extra White in the rest of the house.

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