White Leaves

White on white paint?

I wanted to paint my walls white. How hard can it be? You go to the paint store, buy l and showed en.

I did the first part: "I went to a paint store. But when I told the seller that I need white paint, took this color chart that opens like a fan to reveal six hundred different shades of white and throws you into a complete panic attack. (I've never responded well to a multitude of options.)

"Could cut, for example, the cream? I asked. The salesman licked his fingers and broke a third of the wheel of panic, leaving me with only about 400 decisions. I grew up a lighter shade of pale white and the humidity is born of my armpits. This was clearly too much for me.

I went home and started an obsession by the large scale. I asked friends and relatives of his ideas on the white paint. I saw my neighbor on the pretext borrow a can opener and set the name of color painting. I called a hotel where he had admired the walls of the room. I asked the bookseller, the neurologist, the florist, everywhere I saw a great white I asked someone what it was. I went online, made the social networks, has selected the brains of people who do not know.

When I finally met a group of color candidates, the wall of my dining room became a patchwork of samples, I checked in at different times of day when the light changed.

I also painted the colors on white cardboard and carried out the samples from one room to another. Made decisions, booked the painter, panicked and the UN will reserved. I threw away rejected colors, then in a frenzy of uncertainty, re-sold to another look.

I kept all these illegal activities under the radar of my husband, so it would not have committed. I finally make some choices, and has all rights, if not perfectly. (One room suffered through two redrawn.)

I offer here a list of my first choice of white wall paint (which in fact are almost-but-not quite white) from a variety of manufacturers. This will save you weeks of trial and error, time better spent mastering the tango, the purchase of a new garden hose, or write your MP. (If you do write, please ask what color she painted her bathroom.)

Benjamin Moore ($ 20 - $ 50 per gallon)
I used both Avena "and" blank canvas ", The latter being more yellow, the first more, Oaty, but two beautiful colors." Swiss Coffee "is another that I used, which is like a stain little white coffee. "Alabaster" BM is a good color for the upholstery, too.

Donald Kaufman ($ 90 per U.S. gallon)
"# 28 "is a beautiful creamy white my sister-in-law has all of your home. I was too cheap to buy the painting but DK is impressive, more light as painting, so you can spend as much on one or two bedrooms.

Farrow & Ball ($ 70 per U.S. gallon)
This manufacturer has my favorite colors, all of which have names of inspiration. It is expensive, so I'm limited to using "Matchstick" only in my office, but if I had to splurge, they also opted for "shoes Satin "or" Clunch "colors so interesting they inspire conversation.

Yolo ($ 40 per gallon)
If you are in the eco-friendly These paints are not toxic and low VOC, and Air.02 Air.01 are white and beautiful.

Restoration Hardware ($ 32 - $ 36 per gallon)
Mediterranean White "and" butter "are good choices and reasonably priced, and" The Right White "is ideal for trim.

About the Author

Jessica Harper is a Hollywood-based actor/singer/sonwriter/author whose website, jessicaharper.com , features musings and tips on many of life's pleasures and curiosities.