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And, if you want to know a few fave whites amongst designers look at the following colors: • Decorators White by Benjamin Moore (Nate Berkus’ fave in case you are wondering!) • Super White by Benjamin Moore • White Dove by Benjamin Moore • Egret White by Sherwin Williams Is there such a thing as too much white? That’s such a personal question, because it all comes down to how you want your home to feel. If you adore a sense of cleanliness and order, then no. But you dance the line of a space going sterile if there is too much white. Rules of layering whites • Pick the white base that best fits your style. (crisp white, linen white, gray-ish white) • Play with textures. This part is fun. You 2 3 white on white on white By Jennifer Bertrand 2016 is looking brighter and whiter—at least in the design world. How can you work this trend into your spaces?
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can add white branches. You can spray chandeliers white, you can add white nubby blankets, it’s fun to see how far you can push the concept! • Play with varying sheens. If everything is the same sheen, it can fall flat in a space. So you create depth by pushing and pulling between how the light bounces off the ele- ments in the space. I love having glossy art frames on a matte wall, or a chandelier that is a high gloss. Maybe a piece of furniture is a white chalk paint that is matte or has a wax finish on it. • Layer, layer, layer. It’s okay to layer different shades of white. And that point may depend on who you ask. However, in my world, I love playing with varying shades of a color, even white. • Color Accents: to do or not to do. Just know that wherever you put in a color your eye will
enjamin Moore’s 2016 Color of the Year was “Simply White.”
It came as no surprise, as most of you have already started the head first leap into the color white lifestyle. However, there is an art to the trend. Picking the perfect “white” If you ask any designer, they always, always have a favorite white. My favorite is actually the white base paint with no tint added. It is crisp, fresh and full of pure yummy-ness. As you are picking a white paint chip, you need to lay it on a piece of bright white paper so you can see the true undertones in the chip. This way you can see if it pulls yellow, pink, blue, and so on! Also, look at it in daylight as well as the light of the room it will be living in. The color of your light bulbs will affect how the paint is perceived. 1
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