Inspiration

via Simply Me

It was just another manic Monday and my head is spinning. It's nice to have a lovely blog like this to look at at the end of a crazy day.. Simply Me, who I am very happy found my blog, has the same passion for those romantic whites and everything shabby chic as I do. Check out her lovely blog. xx Elena

Front door makeover done..

The whale's tail shiny silver knocker won.

Pretty nickel hardware added to our shiny "Chantilly Lace" front door completes the entrance.

Remember the before above? Do you like the change?

Knockers!

So we're painting the front door white and I'd like a silver knocker.
I like the ring the best I think.. simple, classy, pretty.

1 and 2 are Michael Healy, 3 is Restoration Hardware.

stairs (a new concept)

I want to do something with the stairs. Paint the railings white and also do a runner.
Here are some inspirations:

Pamela Anderson on her sisal lined stairs.
I like sisal with white railings. Lining the stairs is safer for the kids.

via apartment therapy- love these stairs! gorgeous! Just had to share!

via sanctuary (I love the family wall here too)

above 2 via shoot factory

via apartment therapy
this is such a cool look! lovely!

via desire to inspire via flickr

there's my wall railing painted white

Exterior painting..

I've just added this first picture of "the house" to the sidebar. Choosing the exterior paint color including the trim is another "white paint" post! Boring but very important. As soon as the painting stage is over, there will be more exciting decisions than shades of white!!
So, I think the shingles will be Benjamin Moore Brilliant White and the trim, shutters and front door will be a nice glossy Benjamin Moore White Dove.

Benjamin Moore White Dove

white front door for sure

via country living

We're just looking at the door here, the beautiful fresh white door with silver knocker, pull and lock.

Front door makeover

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via tiennieknits

A front door can really create an impression for the home.. like the wrapping on a gift or the cover of a book.
The front door of the house currently is dark green with a very dark oiled bronze scallop shell door knocker... This is not what the cover of my book would look like, so the front door color will be one of the first jobs. The shingles are light gray and of course I would prefer them white, but that is a bigger job for the "later on" list. Although there are so many fabulous color directions to go with this, I think I have to go with bright glossy white! (surprise surprise) .. and a stunning new silver knocker??

buy white paint- sounds simple doesn't it???

simply white, snowfall white,

alpine white, moonlight white,
i wish i may, i wish i might,
narrow it down to the white that's right!

When we close on the house, there are several rooms that I want to paint. Most of the downstairs is in great shape and all white and newly done so I am happy with that. The bedrooms however are all different colors, yellow, blue, green, pink. Basically the upstairs needs a clean sweep of white everywhere. So there are several billion shades of white (and that's only Benjamin Moore) I'm going with slightly warmer shade of white.. the cooler shades with undertones of blue can make a room feel cold. I like trim in a higher gloss and a shade darker than walls for a slight contrast. Colors however undecided so far!

Check these articles out: Southern Living- Getting the right white can be tricky here and Choosing the right white by 2Modern Design Talk here

and if you thought you'd seen it all, take a look at this the ben Color Capture app for iPhone. Love it!!!