White...as long as it's not snow

I am sick of winter, snow, cold, slush, ice etc. etc. I like colour because it warms up a space. If I had alot of white in my home, I imagine it would feel very cold in the winter, adding to the cold outside. But these photos from Sköna hem are beautiful in all their Scandinavian whiteness.

Your favourite white paint

Bolig Magasinet

This post is a request for help. I think I want to paint the main floor of my new house all white (and one day hopefully the icky hardwood floors). Colours I will save for the bedrooms and bathrooms. But the living room, kitchen and office I think I'd like to keep white (and maybe the stairwell and upstairs hallway). My problem is I have never found a white I love. In my last house I used Ultra Pure White or whatever the base is for Behr paints. That was a tad too bright. Then I repainted my living room in Benjamin Moore's Cloud White, and I thought that was a bit too off-white. So if anyone out there has a white paint they swear by, please leave the name and brand in the comments. And if there's anyone who wants to come by and help paint.....

White walls

It seems Denmark is the white wall capital of the world. Is it because everyone rents there so no one is allowed to paint? I am not a huge fan of white walls....until I look at photos such as these from the site Bolig Magasinet, and then I want to strip and paint my hardwood floors and all the walls white.

White kitchen dilemma

My twin sister was talking to a co-worker about his kitchen and it seems he needs a bit of help. Saif has a white kitchen - white cabinets, white countertop, white walls, white EVERYTHING. He's not sure what to do with it to spice it up. GAWD, I wish that was my only kitchen dilemma. Saif, hope this inspires you to add some colour to your bland kitchen, even if it means just doing something minor(ish) like replacing your countertop.

Bolig Magasinet	David Netto
Domino	Living Etc.
Messana O'Rorke	Peter Dunham
One to One Studio	Peter Dunham
Gareth Byrne	Lavish Locations
Modern Living	William Fife
Selldorf Architects	Joel Sanders

White floors

Lately I have been dreaming about white painted wood floors and pink walls....not necessarily in the same space but those are things I do not have in my current home that I've been craving. Due to this craving, I got a bit of a fix (although I think I also made it worse) by posting about pink walls. So I thought I'd also post about white floors. I just love the brightness of the rooms and how the furniture pops. Perhaps I'm influenced by people like Jessie who go and buy white hardwood for their entire house. And while I'm pondering white floors, are they as much of a nightmare to keep clean as dark floors? (Because when you live with 5 cats, Swiffer becomes your best friend).

Domino	Bolig Magasinet
Galanes Haverland	Dwell
Paul Massey	Zownir Locations
Dixcot Locations	Pia Ulin
Richardson Sadeki	Pia Ulin
House Beautiful	Studio Linse
Galanes Haverland	Tim Beddow