The Perfect White

Now that the floors are down and the cabinets are about to be hung, the search for the paint color begins.   I wanted white - the perfect white - not too yellow, not too grey, not too brown, not to peachy, not too green, but like Goldilocks - just right.   But unlike Goldilocks, it took trips to Home Depot, Lowes and Walnut Hill Paint to find that perfect white.

I despaired that I would ever find it, as everything I looked at was too green, too yellow, too peachy, too grey, too brown, when I got it home and looked at it in the sunlight as well as in my kitchen under natural as well as unnatural  lighting (meaning the lights were turned on).   Until one day I picked up my Southern Living and read in the letter to the editor about the "perfect warm white" - Benjamin Moore Ivory White 925.   Maybe this was it or at least I hoped so.   Since I had to go to Walnut Hill Paint Store anyway to pick up some paint for Paul for the crown molding and I knew they carried Benjamin Moore, I thought this might be kismet.

By the way if you are looking for a good high gloss oil based enamel, we recommend Benjamin Moore.   And we recommend Walnut Hill Paint Store in Dallas, Texas.  A lot of professional painters get their paint there and the folks behind the counter are always helpful.

So I started looking through paint chips and I couldn't find it.  Was this the fickle finger of fate?  Nope, they just don't put out every single paint chip.  So, I had to go through books looking for this perfect paint.

I wish I could say it was - but it was too peachy  and yellow - obviously the editors at Southern Living have different ideas about white than I do.

BUT,  I did find it - Cotton Balls by Benjamin Moore- the perfect, soft white. 

So I can now stop looking for the perfect white, but now I have to find the glaze for the distressed look for the cabinets.  I can only hope it doesn't take as long.