The best classic white paint color for furniture.
I absolutely love a lot of Pottery Barn Kids & Restoration Hardware Baby & Child furniture, but I’m not at all in love with the prices. It’s difficult for me to invest in pieces where they grow and transition so rapidly, but there’s more than one way to achieve the same aesthetic!
The previous owners of our Colonial were incredibly kind to gift us with a beautiful canopy bed, which is now Adalyn’s. I found a great dresser that mimicked the pattern with gorgeous brass hardware & have blended it with a Pottery Barn Kids table & chairs set.
Blending old and new not only feels more interesting, but it also elevates older pieces. Take a look at this Bedside Desk from a console table, for example!
We’re now doing the same for Ani’s room – I purchased a bed on Craigslist, am repurposing a vanity that was in the guest bedroom {a thrift store find} & am awaiting the right dresser to come along.
To make it feel cohesive, I’m painting it all in the same color we painted Adalyn’s furniture. Finding the right white paint color isn’t always easy. Some are too bright & harsh & others just have too much blue or yellow undertones.
Pottery Barn Kids’ simply white furniture paint color is a soft, not-too-creamy off white. I borrowed a sample to take to Sherwin Williams and found that Sherwin Williams 7012 Creamy in satin is a nearly perfect match!
We’ve been using it for the past few years for Adalyn & Isla’s furniture. If it were up to me, I’d call it right white. It’s just the right white paint color for furniture.
Learn more about Sherwin Williams Creamy here. If you’re looking for the best primer for furniture, we’ve had great luck with this one! Don’t miss this round-up of my favorite Warm Whites for more soft white inspiration!
Photography: Alea Lovely
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Can you tell me which primer you use with this? Also, you mentioned above that you don’t use a varnish/sealer on top, but I’m looking to paint a crib and I’m wondering about my baby teething on the rails. Any suggestions for a sealer that would pair well with the satin finish?
Honestly, I have no idea, but 2/3 of my girls were chewers. Sorry! I just use Sherwin Williams primer.
Hi there.
Thank you for your article. I am getting ready to pain my daughter’s bed to match her other pottery barn furniture pieces. I bought the bed second hand. I plan to sand, prime, and then paint. However, I was wondering if you sealed the piece at the end with anything. Thanks for the help.
I didn’t and when it chips (they’re rough on it), I do a-tip touch ups. Enjoy!
This article was amazing! I used the Sherwin Williams 7012 Creamy in satin as you recommended in a pottery barn kids desk i bought second hand for 75 bucks! The desk was in excellent shape with exception of the paint. There were scratches on the top and some hard glowing color paint on the front drawers. I scrubbed the desk with a sponge and clorox cleaner, dried it, sanded it and painted it with a paint roller. The Sherwin Williams 7012 Creamy in satin as you recommended and it was a PERFECT match! It looks amazing! Now this desk looks perfect with the rest of my daughters pottery barn furniture, thank you so much for this article!
So glad you love it, too.
Hi Julie, any chance you have a spray paint option for a color match for p.b. Simply white paint color? Thanks
I’m sorry, I don’t. You could use a paint sprayer though!
Hi Julie, are you aware of any spray paint match for the simply white? For example rest oleum’s painters touch and if so what sheen?thanks a lot.