We painted our cabinets BM Ivory White #925 after reading this article we found on the internet. We had narrowed our choices down to several creamy whites as you have and wanted to go with a white that would also make a good trim color. We have been pleased with the color. It is white with just a hint of yellow in it. Very close to BM Acadia white.
"As a designer with almost 40 years in the business, Margaret Ayers has worked on numerous contemporary spaces around the East Coast, yet period houses have always exerted the strongest pull.
Ayers uses her knowledge of antiques, expertise with color, and a love of classic architecture to bring old homes resplendently to life. She honed this talent to perfection starting with her own Greek Revival home in upstate New York.
There's something about the clean, classical proportions of Greek Revival architecture that speaks to Margaret Ayers. "I think it's the relationship of width to height," she says. "It goes back to Palladian architecture, borrowing from the Greeks. It's very symmetrical, with an internal order I find appealing."
Ayers enhances this architecture through the thoughtful use of color to unify a space stating, "I don't want to chop up the space by having a hall in one shade, a stairway in another, and an adjacent room in yet a third color. I try to pick a shade for the hall, and then use related colors, particularly if the rooms open into one another."
That philosophy keeps an Ayers interior feeling coherent, unified, and serene. Trim is often kept to a single shade of warm white, tying together diverse spaces. Ayers also has a favorite white she often resorts to: Benjamin Moore Ivory White. She feels it is "very warm, but not a cream, and all colors go fabulously with it." Margaret Ayer's work is currently showcased in the book "Interior Style: How to Use Color Throughout your Home." You can pick up a copy at your local Benjamin Moore retailer."
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Ivory White? White Dove?
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