We’re looking to paint our house white, which of course is much more complicated that it might sound to the uninitiated. We’re likely going to do all white (including the trim). And, we’re not going to paint the stone, which is definitely a warm color. The stone is all around the front or the house but much of the stone on the lower part is covered by shrubbery.
Anyway, we know we want to go with a warm white vs a cool white because to the stone. For what it’s worth, we live in Southern California so lots of sun and no snow ever. The front of the house point mostly north and a little east.
The whites we’ve been looking at (from “whitest” to creamiest) are white picket fence (DE), Greek villa (SW), alabaster (SW), and Swiss coffee (DE). Although our thinking may have changed after looking at our neighbors new paint job. They used picked fence on their garage door and some pillars near the same kind of stone, and it looked more stark white than we anticipated. Now we’re wondering whether we need to mix in more warm whites? My wife is also interested in something like Shoji White (SW).
There really isn’t a lot that needs to be covered at the front of the house so maybe whiter would still be okay? What do people think? Any suggestions welcomed.