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SW Accessible Beige for wainscoting & built-ins?

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We're interested in painting the wainscoting and built-ins in our new home but I think it could look too stark to paint them white, along with the high white walls and cathedral ceilings. We would normally paint the upper portion of the wall and do white waitscot but we don't want to deal with the cost and labor of painting with cathedral ceilings, especially since it was recently painted. I'm considering SW Agreeable Beige for wainscot and built-ins, or another neutral. We may end up painting the brick fireplace, so color choice shouldn't be dicated by the brick. Thoughts? We like a contemporary look but want warmth as well. (note - this is the house with staging, not our furniture)

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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
last month
If you show painted part with Agreeable beige, then it looks on my monito a little bit yellowish. Do you now which white used for the walls?

You can also go with warm off-whites.

Calm BM

American White BM
mariska143
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last month
I have to ask the sellers which white was used. I was thinking I might need a little more contrast for it to look right. I'm strongly considering Edgecomb Gray. The room gets a lot of natural light, btw
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Oakley
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This is sw bagel and sw semi-gloss...white? Can's remember but it's a nice contrast. I had to close the shutters to get a decent picture.
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BeverlyFLADeziner
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That is a contemporary home. The wainscoting seems really misplaced. I would use the opportunity to remove it.
mariska143 thanked BeverlyFLADeziner
tozmo1
last month
Definitely removing as @BeverlyFLADeziner suggests is the best way to go but you mentioned a budget concern, so if nothing else before you paint, remove that raised trim on it and try to replace what looks like an ogee trim transition piece with something with straight lines. Check prices for painting both the wall and ceiling vs. painting cabinets. Depending on your location, you might be surprised which is less expensive.
mariska143
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@BeverlyFLADeziner, wow, thanks for that visualization. I never would have thought of removing it but it does look better. I'll look at the trim piece when I go to the house today. Maybe it would actually be better to paint the wainscoting the same color white, if we don't have the budget to remove it. Labor is very expensive in our area, so we were thinking of painting it ourselves after the proper research.
Sammie J
last month
I have Agreeable Beige throughout the home we just purchased, and my fear would be that it would look a bit "dirty" with the clean white. At times it loos beige, sometimes grey, sometimes green. So, I would either remove the wainscoting or paint it the same color as the walls.

I wouldn't paint the built-ins, unless you are doing the trim throughout the house. It adds a nice bit of warmth to the room and balances out the fireplace wall.
kandrewspa
last month
I agree with Beverly and Sammie J - the best thing to do is to remove the wainscott, but don't paint the built-ins. Or paint the wainscott the same color as the walls to make it blend in. I think Accessible Beige on it with the carpeting would cause beige overload. That's a technical term for too much beige. :-)
mariska143
Original Author
last month
Love the advice, everyone. I definitely see what you all mean. I do like some wood tones with white walls, just not overload, so I think it will help to either remove the wainscoting or paint it the same as the walls.

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