

#BENJAMIN MOORE SNOWFALL WHITE HOW TO#
Here’s how to not make my mistake: Go searching down the paint chip to figure out what undertones you’re working with. My bathroom now looks perfect for an octogenarian living in Palm Beach in the 1980’s. They only exacerbate their tendencies when paired up in a north-facing, San Francisco room.

Snowfall White is already looking a little queasy next to Atrium White.īecause that Atrium White is pink. Obviously, what you’re already getting a hint at here, is that the colors do not belong together. Now, Benjamin Moore’s Atrium White looks here like a putty, right? I’d been reading a lot of Swedish design books, and I liked the puttiness of some of the walls and I wanted to replicate it here. The paint chip is the perfect warm pink/not-pink white. Snowfall White looks like a perfect creamy white.Īs my bathroom is also north-facing, I thought about maybe using another white for the trim, but decided to be safe and use what I already liked. I also wanted a white that played well with our white Ikea kitchen cabinets. I chose it after weeks of deliberation, in which Decorator’s White (and most other whites) looked waaay too cold, gray, and blue. I had used Benjamin Moore’s Snowfall White in my (north facing) kitchen, (north facing) nursery, and (west facing) hallway. When I wrote that original post, I was only concerned about the wall color. Let’s take a look at where it all went wrong. There are no solutions in this post, just a lessons learned so that you don’t do the same thing. Where’s the dress you bought? What the hell.Īnd so it is that I painted my bathroom pink with a really kicky acidic green trim. And then add in your different incandescent/flourescent/CFL lighting options, and practically none of us know what color our walls are anymore.īasically, it’s like buying a pretty white and gold dress, taking it home and not understanding why it’s suddenly blue and black. Add to that the normal tendency for northern facing rooms to look a little blue.

I have no idea what it is about our mysterious climate, but SF skies have a tendency to make white paints break either pink or green. I’ve read tips and suggestions online from decorators who rue San Francisco’s light. Do you know how many search results that gets? We may be a city of people searching for a white paint that appears…white. Again.)Ī few months ago, I brought you the greatest story of our time: the epic journey for the perfect San Francisco white paint.
