It’s easy to over complicate choosing paint colours for your interior decorating project, especially when selecting which white trim to co-ordinate for trim and ceilings.

But I’m here to help and make things easier for you!

In this week’s video, I’m answering a question from a reader who wanted to know which white to use for her trim and ceiling that would work with her existing paint colours. It’s part of my ‘Instant Colour Claire-ity’ series, because I believe it shouldn’t be stressful to choose the right paint colours the first time for your home.

What’s the Best White Trim Paint For My Project?

Love The Colour Green?

Here’s a kitchen design we did for clients using Copley Gray by BM on the island. See all of our clients interior design project here.

This is the same client’s kids bathroom with greige painted walls.

Custom living room design of our Burlington clients where we painted the walls Pashmina which has a green undertone.

Abingdon Putty has a green undertone as well and it’s the colour we selected for another Burlington client’s living room, except this style is more traditional and with purple accents. Photos below by KWest Images. 

In other news…

This week I’m heading to Las Vegas for the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show!  It’s my third year attending the show and it’s always exciting to see the latest trends, which inevitably always involves colour too!

Follow along with me here on Instagram where I promise to share fun videos and  pictures on both my feed and my IG stories.

If you can’t wait until then, watch my YouTube playlist here from KBIS Orlando in 2018.

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While I can’t promise that every question I receive will be responded via a vlog post, I will reply either in the comments here on the blog or on my YouTube channel.   So go ahead, ask me anything!

Want to love where you live? Contact me here and let’s create something beautiful together today.

ASK ME ANYTHING!

There are so many fabulous colour combinations in the world of Interior Decorating that the possibilities really are endless when creating  a design for any space in your home.

If you aren’t used to working with colour or are unsure of what colour tones will work together to create flow, I’ve got you covered!

There are definitely elements that guide your choice when creating a palette and things that cannot be ignored.  I talk more about that in today’s video.

But first, I welcome you to comment below or email me here to Ask Me Anything (#AMA) about paint colours or interior design, as that’s exactly what inspired this weeks vlog.

A lovely reader commented on my Hale Navy post to ask me this question:

“Hi Claire! I did my studio condo in Palm Beach in Hale Navy and used White Dove for the ceiling and trim. I love it!  What do you think if I used the colour coral gable in the bathroom?”

I pulled these three colours to see how they worked together. Watch my video to see my response.

Here you can clearly see this striking paint palette combination of White Dove, Hale Navy and Coral Gable by Benjamin Moore.

This paint palette below was inspired by similar tones that you can see in the fabric.

Perfect For Pinning!

A little more feminine and fresh blue colour combinations below.

I used the vibrant bird fabric in the graphic above to cover panels on this old cabinet in my own living room.  See more photos of my decorated house here. 

Sticking with blues that you can find in my house, below paint palette is inspired by my daughter Elise’s bedroom that I designed with her a couple of years ago. The wavy fabric was our inspiration piece for her room.

Do you love a painted ceiling? Comment below to let me know which room you have painted (or would paint) the ceiling in.

Although we didn’t tie in too much of the purple-blue found in the fabric of the custom pillow, that colour can be found in the striped pleated drapery.  See more of this clients home here. 

Here is another fabric with a purply blue tone.  Mixed with very different colours that are slightly more subtle.

Most of the paint palettes below have more of a masculine feel to them.  Which one is your favourite?

In the photograph below (taken by Stephani Buchman photograpy) the colour Classic Gray is not shown, but could easily tie in with this paint palette.

We created 2 palettes for the Geode inspired fabric shown below. Sea Salt by Sherwin Williams is shown and if you want to see my colour review of that gorgeous colour, click here.

The fabric shown above was used for a custom accent cushion in our Toronto clients living room design.  See more photos of their project in our portfolio here.

My colour review of Hale Navy post has not only my TNT (THE NAKED TRUTH) video, but also a second video where you can find out exactly how I created the design for the living room above, as well as the dining area where we painted the niche and the ceiling Hale Navy.

Best White Trims to pair with Hale Navy

Final pairing ideas for Hale Navy

Hopefully you’ve found some inspiration here. If you need more of a colour fix, subscribe to my YouTube channel here.

Are you in my local area of Burlington, Oakville, Missauga, Waterdown or in the surrounding GTA?  If so, I’d love to help you in choosing the RIGHT paint colours for your home.  Email me here and let’s do this!

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