Yesterday Amber wrote about our Door and trim options, and today I’ll be talking about our color choices regarding those. Before I jump into our actual color choices themselves, allow me to tell you a story.
Back in April, during our original scoping sessions with our architect, we had one word that we beat into the ground: Windows. We wanted to make the point that it was almost impossible for him to put too many windows in our house. Every time our architect (Larry) would come back with a revision of the plan, our response would be something like this:
It was to the point where you’d think we were asking basically for our house to be 4 walls of windows and a roof (though that does sound nice).
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We want our house to have tons of natural light because we want white walls. Looking through our inspiration photos, white walls were a major recurring theme (especially on my pics) and the thing is, they never look good unless there’s a ton of light bouncing around a room. A dark space was not going to work.
With the majority of our walls being white, we knew that our windows needed to be a different color. We have mainly vinyl windows for budgetary reasons, though the windows in the kitchen are wood because they had to be for them to open like we wanted. The pic above shows our main color options: Almond (Left) and Clay (Right).
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We went with clay, thinking that it would be closest to the pic above (this house is also a recurring theme in our home inspiration). Yes, we know that we won’t have the beautiful wood windows like in this pic, but we think it won’t be too far off.
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As far as baseboard colors go, right now we’re leaning towards matching the window color though we reserve the right to change our mind and match the wall color to go with a monochromatic look of sorts.
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Lastly, to pair with our light and bright walls, we’re hoping to throw a bit of a curve ball with some black interior doors. White walls + dark wood floors + black doors = my favorite combo.
We had always been leaning towards black doors. Then our door guy showed Amber a house that he was doing with black doors that were even the same style as the ones we chose. We were pretty much sold then.
So there it is. What do you think of our choices? Are crazy for going white? Will they be impossible to keep clean and will we be continually touching them up? Black doors too bold? Will they look good with the clay trim?
i have got to paint my doors all black…. one day.
You will! No one can finish a paint job faster than you can, so I expect in the next couple of weeks…
I think the black doors are a great bold choice. I think those would have a greater potential for getting dirty than the walls, so the white walls will probably hold up just fine (especially if you use a durable/washable paint). I’m a fan of neutral walls and surfaces as well, with color pops in the accessories. Excited to see how things are coming together!
We have 2 big dogs and (soon to be) 2 little ones, so white walls still scare me…. but we’re jumping head first into them anyways! You only live once right?
Yes. Yes. Yes. You guys are good at this decision making thing! I love the clay window trim! And those black doors? Please send them to my house so I don’t have to spend hours painting my existing doors!
Cool, yea. I just stuffed them all in a giant box labeled “Caitlin @ Desert Domicile” and put it out by the mailbox. Hopefully the Postal Service knows what to do with that
The black door are so chic. And I think the white walls are a good choice, it will open you up to so many more choices when it comes to furniture and accent pieces.
Chic indeed. Black doors and white walls have been major priorities the whole time.
It will be interesting to see if we can live with white walls. We’ve never been able to because of light issue. Fingers crossed there’s enough light to pull it off!
I’m completely on board with the black doors. Completely. Love the Clay for windows too. Love your inspiration living room. It looks Emily Henderson-isk… I can totally see both of you casually conversing in that sofa with a snazzy cocktail in hand.
If it looks like Emily Henderson… well it’s probably because it is
We’ll see if we can bring this sucker together!
I think white will be lovely on the walls. We were in the white camp when we built too, but ended up going with a light grey. Light grey actually has to be touched up all the time, which I didn’t expect. I think any wall color plus kids means you will touch them up sometimes, so why not go with the bright white you truly want! Black doors=a HUGE yes!
Black doors dominate. Black doors are the Babe Ruth of doors.
“You had me at white walls.”
Seriously. I have been itching to move just so I can be in a space with white walls. I’ll just live vicariously through y’all in the meantime.
I’m just a guy, standing in front of a girl, asking her to paint everything white.
Also, +10 texas points for using “y’all” in a comment
What black paint color did you use on the door and was it a satin finish?
It’s Tricorn Black from Sherwin Williams. I am not sure what the sheen is but most likely satin.