I’m 43... Every home I lived in I’d painted the walls white. Every apartment in nyc had the walls white. I don’t know how this is a new thing and specially I don’t agree when people say that “fixer upper” made white walls a trend. White walls is just a classic. I can’t imagine any other color on my walls.

Our last home had smooth bright white walls, and I felt so happy inb that house - so BEAUTIFUL, I just LOVED it! We are currently building our new house, and I want it ALL white again, and accessorize with plants, and earthy neutral colors, wood, etc. Thank you for these tips 😊🌷

I am in the process of repainting my room and your tips were so helpful, I have decided to go with white walls.

I am so glad I found you, has started to renovate, our home Ireland, your tips going to help a lot. Your home is inspiration to me even is 100 times bigger then ours😉😁😍

This is SO timely for me. When we bought our home 4 years ago, I bought a great gray and painted my common area and a warmer gray went into my family room. What I didn't take into serious consideration, was how little natural sunlight I get in my common area. I love the on-trend gray, in theory (it really is a great gray), but for my space, even after changing our bulbs a couple of times, it's time to go. Just last month I sat hubby down and said, "honey, I want to paint all of our walls in these common areas white." He doesn't know much about interior design, but his eyes bugged out still at the suggestion, Lol. This is the change I need. We need to bring in fresh and brightness into those areas that I haven't been able to re-create with the absence of windows. Thank you so much for the inspiration!

Great video! Thanks for this so much. I just bought an old farmhouse (my FIRST HOME!). It's a duplex so I get to paint my new home and my new rental and neutrals are the name of the game. I'm so looking forward to some nice fresh white walls.

I love this video White is my favorite color and I did a coconut white everywhere in my last house and I think that’s the longest I’ve kept a color on the walls. Like you said it was perfect backdrop for the changes.

In 2018 I found myself moving onto my childhood home (parents passed) and it needed renovating. Mom had off white walls when we were small but since had every room painted a pastel. I decide to use SW High Relective White (which is a great neutral clean white) on the board & baton my husband designed for me…also on all the trim/doors. Then I chose a White Hummus from Behr for the walls. It opened up this tiny house. Another trick to make it seem larger is to have one flooring through out the house. We’re building a new home soon & definitely doing the same paint choices.

Just found your channel...you’re a ray of sunshine and never boring!

I really appreciate the information. One of your best.

I grew up with white walls & love it. Years ago I painted my daughters room in black, wow! Stunning 😍

Love white walls! I am painting my home all white🤗 I love the Scandinavian designs! To me is so clean looking and relaxing. I’m a realtor in the Orlando, FL area by the way🤗 Your home is lovely 😍

Best conversation on white paint thank you ❣️

Awesome tips. I’ve always loved black and white with pop of color so this is right up my alley.

Came back to this video and enjoyed it even more than the first time 👍🏻

Love your style Ms Valentina 😊

Very very well done. I am going to go white. I was a little hesitant but you helped me decide. Thank you.

I have white walls and I love it. We have a small house and I too love pops of color and lots of texture. We were inspired by spending lots of time in Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

Hmm 🤔 love your style I’m happy I came across your channel definitely I’m subscribing I also love your energy.

I painted my living and dining room with vaulted ceiling a flat white. I wanted to mimic a museum look to show off all my daughter’s large artwork. I have never been sorry. Love it and thank you for your great suggestions!

Thanks so much!! I'm about to paint my living room, we are redoing it & this is so helpful. I hope to sent you pictures soon. lots of love from the windy city.

I wall papered my master bedroom with a very subtle patterned white wallpaper and the woodwork painted all white. My bed linens and decorated pillows were all white with just a few pops of a pale blush. My furniture was a mahogany four poster bed and the flooring was a champagne color wall to wall. Since my bedroom was on the main floor and people could peak into my room going to the powder room, I received so many compliments and I loved it so!

I had such trouble getting the right white but I just figured it out! I have honey colored hardwood floors that reflect yellow and I'm in sunny florida with tons sunlight and green outside (plus a key west exterior) that also reflects and changes the paint. I painted my LR 6 times before finally using ceiling white on the walls. It looks so good! I was sitting on my sofa and thought occured to me "I really like the color of the ceiling". Bingo!

Thanks for the video although I wish you had done this 1 year ago. I painted my entire condo a bright white, top to bottom. I have never regretted it. Your video would simply have given me the confidence I needed at the time. You are always a breath of fresh air and I so look forward to your videos.

Best video content! Learned A LOT!

This video is my sanity. I love white walls and have been trying to avoid the comments regarding the coldness. I have decided to paint it white and add some pop of colours and textures as you suggested.

Just painted all the walls SW white dover. Going to make the trim and doors SW extra white. Very happy with it.

I love the ideas

Bonjour Valentina, I am loving this video, you gave great tips. Getting ready to paint this coming spring and it will be white, therefore this video was very informative. Again, thank you and have a great week-end.

Hello beautiful! I love, love, love your walls! Mine are dark plum, chocolate accents with a neutral tan. That's what so wonderful about paint opposed to wallpaper. You can change the color quickly and inexpensively. Thanks so much for these amazing tips!😊

I have painted every room in my home white. I love it! My favorite white colors are White Opulence and Chantilly Lace. Also, being a realtor, the correct white reigns supreme.

Getting ready to paint my big common area and entryway Behr’s Swiss Coffee. So excited.

Loved this video! We just painted most of our rooms Greek Villa from SW. I have to say choosing the right white was a process of elimination. I ordered several shades I liked from Samplize so I was able to move them to a lot of areas to make my final decision. I do have to say your house was my inspiration! We went from a dark moody gray to all white! What a shocker. We are getting new white kitchen cabinets and along with the white I am using Iron Ore (black) for my kitchen walls, powder room and carried it into the great room, painting the mantel and built in s cabinetry back. Right now we are in the throws of the remodel, but I’m excited to start putting the rooms together! I am not a designer so that will be challenging. 😰 I do have to say my husband said no white in our master, so I went with Mega Greige and it looks great. You have been such an inspirational me in this process, so thank you for sharing such wonderful ideas with us! ❤️

So crazy you put this video up. I’ve been thinking about painting my walls white.

You are so correct about making sure you have the RIGHT tone of white. In 2012 we purchased new construction with bright white flat builder paint(they do that to disguise any imperfections in the walls). We lived with it for about 4 years. I felt like i was totally ahead or on trend lol. When we finally decided to paint we toned down the color of white to Dove White which is so much softer of a color but still white. We were living in South Florida too with tons of light from outside but that builder white was very sterile. Now I'm using a very cream color in my bedroom with white bedding and it all looks so clean, fresh, but calming. Thanks! I'm loving your channel!!!

I live in a high rise in Midtown Atlanta & the natural lighting in here changes all day. After a lot of trial & error I have found that Benjamin Moore’s Paper White is just about a perfect white in staying true to its tone. Also the sheen can really effect the color in places with a lot of direct sunlight. I do eggshell on walls & satin for the trim. For me it’s not too reflective or too matte. Thanks again for another great video! (I could talk about white walls all day LOL)

I always loved white wall. I am from Brasil and we usually don’t use too much colors inside. There is here and there an accent wall, bricks wall, cement, wall with texture, wood etc. When I moved to US I got used to it after a while. In my apartment we have white and black accent walls. I love the black accent walls so much in contrast with the white wall 😊🖤🤍

When we moved in our house years ago , I painstakenly painted each room a different shade of white- I just loved it!! Then my sister showed up and said " Hey, you're not the white room type" and we ended up repainting the entire interior different colors- that was great for awhile, but now I am noticing that room by room I am going back to white_ I love it for all the reasons you said.

Thank you for this information and I love your videos. Please post everyday, you have great content. I am drawn to French country interiors without the ruffles if you need ideas. Thank you for your ideas and friendly personality. I look forward to your post, may God bless your family and business.

We just had our Florida condo painted polar bear white and it’s stunning ❤ love your advice. 🇨🇦

I love your advice ma’am. I wish you decorated our new built home.

I'm 72yo and white walls are classic, always have had them in my homes with accents of other colors (only in the bathrooms/laundry room) . Stark white for me is too, well .... stark! My current home I have used Behr Belgium Cream w/primer. I use Satin on the walls and ceilings (vaulted) and Semi-gloss on doors, moldings and baseboards. It's a comfortable white since it has a "pink" base but it doesn't read as pink in my space. Its easy to keep clean as well. I'm moving into a much larger home with 14-15 ft ceilings and I'm thinking of using the same color the same way but add different accent color. I've enjoyed watching your KZfaq vids - thank you!

Bought a foreclosure. It had some wacky colors. After the reno I painted the whole house white. What a difference! The space seems twice as big. OK, I did knock a few walls down and took down a cabinet or two. To balance out all the white I took inspiration from sea glass. I live by the water. I comprised a color palette from only the colors of sea glass I had collected over the years.

Tips: 1. TESTING: When painting white samples on dark walls spray a larger area with a can of Kills Primer to neutralize the existing color. The spray primer stays fresh for future use and it drys super fast so you can get your sample paints up quickly. The primer prevents bleed through of the existing color. 2. ADJACENCY: The primer can also give you a neutral field on which to compare colors. Adjacent colors viewed together push each other in the opposite direction on the color wheel. For example, if you paint a white swatch on a blue wall the swatch will appear warmer as an adjacent color, but you may be surprised that the same white paint feels cooler when the whole room is painted in the swatch color. Make sure you have a good amount of neutral white around each swatch when you are making your choice. You can also use adjacency contrast to influence perception of the wall color by using cool furniture, textile and accessory accents to make the wall color feel warmer. I have used this adjacency to make old prints look less yellowed by hanging them on a warm white wall. A cool white wall would have made the yellowed prints look harsh. 3. REFLECTED COLOR: Incandescent and LED lighting 3,000K will increase the warmth of white walls. Daylight and 2,500K LED lighting will make walls look cooler. White walls with very slight tints will look like the tint is more intense in corners where the white wall paint reflects on itself. Make sure you look at your swatch samples with different types of daylight and the lighting you intend to use when choosing. 4. AGE: White paint tends to oxidize to appear warmer. If you buy the exact same paint color and you take it home and it does not match your walls at home, don't panic. Just repaint whole walls sections to inside corners and noone will be able to see the difference. The same paint will look different every time light hits it at a different angle. Hope this helps.

(MaryJo Stanley) I Love this video!!! I moved into my new construction home less than a year ago. The inside of my whole house is painted white. I Love It! I have hardwood and tile floors throughout. The hardwoods are a medium brown tone with gray undertones. I love mixing light and dark tones together. I agree with you on the fact there are many shades of white paint. I like you prefer the brightest true white. My friend has the same floor plan as myself. Her walls are gray. I am amazed how much brighter and cheery my house is. Lastly, the white walls help the fact that my house does not have lots of natural sunlight. I prefer Sherman Williams "High Reflective White".

I am about to paint my walls so this was useful video.

What is your suggestion when painting the walls, trim and doors white, do you use the same color white and the same sheen? LOVE your videos!

Fav white paints: Benjamin Moore: Paper White for the whole house (minus bedrooms) has a very slight hint of gray. The cool white is a perfect complement to our stained trim. Benjamin Moore: White Dove. LOVE this color on our Kitchen cabinets. And it still pops against the paper white on our walls. White Dove is a more creamy classic white. We are looking forward to changing our Master to white and I'll be trying Chantilly Lace (BM) and Decorators White (BM) as samples on our wall. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Colors in our bedroom tend to read bluer than what they really are because of the son that pours in from the East. Our wall is grey but reads blue grey in the morning.

We are in the process of building a home and right now in our apartment we have the most gorgeous peacock blue on the walls but we are going boldly white in our new home! I do love the color though so we will be using peacock accessories and throw blankets to bring in texture. Now if I could just find chairs to go with the dining table we just bought...

I'm really starting to love the look of white walls. So many possibilities to compliment my changing styles. Tfs!

Thank you so much 🥀🥀

I have painted my home pure white, sherwin williams and it is brighter, fresh, clean and pleasing but in the basement Eider white to make that area cozy. Love the tips!

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2021.. thank you!

I painted my condo in Florida all white. I really like it. A designer really tried to discourage me but I saw all of the Pinterest white walls so I went for it. Everything had been builder beige, the white brightened up the space.

I’m Danish and I’ve just painted two of my walls a light “greige” colour and felt very bold doing so 😂 the rest of my walls are white, my family members’ homes have only white walls and I think all of my friends have just white walls too 🤔 it’s so common and is the save and basic choice in this part of the world. What you said about decorating with textures (and to some extent pops of colour - many prefer a very neutral colour palette and use plants as “pops”) is very true. It’s clear that you have lived here 😜

I am in the process of painting my complete lower level white. The furnishings are shabby chic, mostly thrift store makeovers. I LOVE 💕 it!!!

I've had the white paint itch for a while lol, this was extremely helpful; thank you 🧡

Oh man, now I'm terrified! I need a decorator in the Midwest. Better safe than sorry! GREAT info!

My parents loved antique white for every room in every house until they found a similar white (oyster shell?) and used that--maybe antique white was phased out. (They never had white furnishings! They had six rambunctious kids.) They let me paint my room any color I wanted (light yellow) but as an adult, I like a warm white with no gray for woodwork and possibly ceiling, and a creamy white for walls.

Love white. I used Alabaster White.

Pattern.is goin be one of my biggest challenges but im Ready ...Hey i work to Marshalls , I can do this!!🎨😁

I love the white walls. I am going to put white walls in my home.But for now I have soft gray walls.Thanks for the tips 😃

Ooh I'm early!! One thing I learned the hard way:: This should go without saying but make sure your walls are in good shape before you paint. Even the most expensive paint looks mediocre at best if the walls are in poor shape. I will be repainting my town home white but 1st those walls are need to be sanded and nail pops fixed and seems dry wall seems fixed before any paint ever goes on.

Using White Dove in kitchen soon...Renovating aftr ..Well its Been quite sometime

I love the ethereal aspect of white.

I’ve painted the walls in our 1970s ranch-style house a light greige because I feel like it helps bridge the age of the home with the more modern aspects of my style and my need for coziness without a lot of stuff. Having said that, I’ll probably paint the common areas a white color when we sell in a few years because I do think it will make the house seem larger to potential buyers... gotta make that $$! 😉😂

I would like to paint most of the interior walls of our fairly large house of 8,000 SF under roof, in ONE white paint color, to make it easy to touch up when needed. However, what color goes well EVERYWHERE, including in the darker or lighter rooms? I'm so CONFUSED! Thank you Valentina - I LOVE your show!!! 🌻

When you say to paint everything white, do you use the same white for ceiling, walls, and trim? if so, do you use different sheens for each? We have a new build in the process, Im trying to decide on paint. :) Thank you! Probably paint the entire house the same throughout for cost efficiency, so thinking white. Thanks!

How did you know!? My husband built a wall for our basement...happy dance. Presently he is sanding the sparkle and the next, you guessed it we will be shopping fir white paint! Thanks for your timely and informed guidance.

We painted our new house with Sherwin Williams “Alabaster White” and we love it! Thanks for all the great videos!!!

Hi. I found this video very helpful and I also checked out the part 2 video. I still want to post my question here and gain your advice. I have a property that has very dull (white lights) to no natural lighting. In order to make the place look a bit more cheery, I want to look into painting the walls either in Simply white - benjamin more or whispering white - BHER. I would like your advice on which color to use that has white LVTs with grey to slight yellow undertones?

Yay

TFS❣️. My bedroom furniture is that reddish brown wood colors, which whites do you suggest? Thanks

Being ex-military(wife), the 1st thing we changed were those white walls, but now, I couldn't imagine my home w/o them! Like u said, it's all abt layers, light & the color u choose. My daughter thought I lost my mind bc I didn't wanna paint anything. We're finished decorating now & she actually likes it too. She, however, chose a different route in her home. ;-)

Our first house was built in St Louis in 1991, and the whole house was painted Dover White from Sherwin Williams. At that point in my life I didn’t want white walls and had my dad paint most of the walls in a khaki color. 😃

Im for white paint...bcz i love the way the furniture accessories plants just look beautiful and stand out...but finding one reminds me of the chore i hated as a kid..lol

Thank you for this video! Can u possibly do a video how to transition style? Such as currently I have rustic farmhouse and I would like to bring more Scandinavian. I have dough bowls from pottery barn and galvanized lanterns that are some of my favs. I hope this makes sense I just would like to do more of that style but don’t know where to start or what main pieces I should get, etc.

I know this is an older video but we just bought a house that I want to paint and white is what I am leaning toward. Anyway my question is what do you think about a white wall with an even whiter trim?

I have off white kitchen cabinets, would white walls make then look dinghy? I really need help!! Actually, they are more like a cream color

I just found your channel and looooove it! We live in Alpharetta as well. So...my hubby won't do white walls but I'm hoping to convince him. Do you think like anything else white walls will be a trend/fad? Also, Is it ok to have a pure white trim...our is Extra White by SW which I love and then choose a different white for your walls. So basically, the wall white won't match the trim white. I'm thinking the extra white might be too stark but haven't tested it yet. Love it on the trim but scared to put it on the walls. The back side faces north the front faces south and we do get decent light...aka Georgia, but the lot is surrounded by trees as well..so not a ton of light all day. Thanks so much!!

Love your videos.. we chose shoelace from behr. It's not a white white. I love the look of white but was afraid it would be too stark. Hope i dont regret it.

Thank you sooo much sincerely karen

What's your opinion on painting walls and trim the same color but in different sheens? Also I'm painting a bedroom with lowlight and a lot of green outside - I haven't swatched yet but am considering Simply White, Swiss Coffee, and Marshmallow. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Thanks for the tips Valentina! I am building a new home and plan on going with white walls. Question: If you are using the same color white for walls, trim and baseboards, should you do the walls matte and the trim gloss--and what about the ceiling?

Hi Valentina, I have a question about ceilings. How do you paint over imperfections there, such a waviness in the ceiling itself? I’ve heard skimming could be the answer or using textured paint. What do you suggest?

Valentina !!! Is Polar Bear comparable to Benjamin Moore's Chantilly Lace for LRV, Value, Hue and Chroma? I want to do a all white house and love my B.M. Ulti-Matte!

Sherwin Williams Extra White. The only builder options were Alabaster (yellow), Pure White (a little tan), and Shoji (really tan). Extra White was the trim. We asked if it could be the wall color and luckily they said yes! Its an industrial inspired space with concrete and metal and the contrast with Extra White is go great. the others are nice Whites, but just not for this style space.

So in a room with a lot of daylight with windows facing south and sky lights would you do a warmer white like Benjamin more simply white or more neutral/bright like Benjamin Moore Chantilly lace? I like warm wood tones on my furniture and sofa is a warm leather brown. But I do love the look of white walls so much.

Thank you! If I paint the baseboards the same white, do I still use a different sheen? I have wainscoting on my walls,do I paint the mill work in satin and the wall in eggshell?

Hi, we are renovating and we just picked a white for our walls. We actually picked flat and now I see you suggest matte. Will that make a big difference?

Do you recommend painting the ceilings with stock white ceiling paint or the same colors as the wall. I'm planning to use a slightly warm white paint. I also need to paint doors. Thanks!

I just painted my walls white and an almost grey black accent wall in my dining room where my china hutch is and I'm loving it! Everything is so bright and fresh! Picking out the right shade of white was crazy! I brought home so many swatches and either they had a pinkish hue or a yellowish one. I finally found one called "linen" in Pittsburg paramount that was perfect for me. Love the paint too. I got satin so I can scrub it. Got the dark gray in eggshell so it won't have shine but not matte. After I got done painting one wall I thought, oh man that's crazy bright! But after I stated hanging art and other thing brought in, it looked fabulous! I also wanted some art to flank both sides of my hutch but couldn't find anything I liked. So I came across this wallpaper that had a Art Deco kind a feel with bird pattern on it and 2 square large matching frames from the thrift store for $10 bucks a piece. Put the paper in the frames. It looks very sheik. And I can change out the print to something else if I find something I like better. 👍😀

Thanks for the tips...new subscriber...#ATL

What color curtains do you recommend with white walls?

Now White is out! Creamy Beige is back! All the warm colors are coming back in vogue.

haha I ended with a washed out baby blue, but I don't hate it :D

White paint color for north facing open concept kitchen and family room. Please!

Good tips! Especially noting the exterior influence. I'm in Northern California in the forest. I could not find a white that didn't turn yellow grungy greenish hue because of the green trees surrounding the house. I ended up with BM Classic Grey, a beautiful soft white, depending on light sometimes grayish sometimes beige. It seems to be a perfect color as we are preparing to list the house.

Love white walls, they blend well with modern lofts. You mentioned you picked the most pure white for your walls. What is it??? I want to use a very pure white on my walls