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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Great post.  We too matched pieces with PB white to my child’s crib purchased at PB kids. Â
We’ve since purchased a PB kids bunk set in Navy.  I’ve scoured the Internet looking for a paint code to match and haven’t found anything definitive.  Anyone know where I can find this?
No, but I recommend you purchase a swatch from them and take it to a paint store to color match. Enjoy!
Hi Julie, Do you use oil or water based paints for your furniture?
I love Sherwin Williams Pro Classic, which is a water based. It’s great for trim, too!
I am about to paint a light brown changing table and darker brown tv console. So do I need to sand or use a liquid sandpaper or just the primer? Thank you so much for this post by the way we are about to welcome baby number two and need to match our old crib with some other pieces we got second hand. I am a little OCD so if the color was off my eye would twitch forever lol!
I would just use the liquid deglosser, prime and paint. So excited for you!!! Congratulations on your growing family.
Does the Sherwin Williams Creamy match PB Simply White as well? In particular I am looking at the Beadboard Bed. It seems on Pottery Barn Kids I see a lot of Vintage Simply White? SO I just wanted to be clear that we are matching the same colors here! All of these whites are SO confusing!
Yes, Simply White, enjoy!
July, 2018. Your article lives on. Just had Home Depot mix me some up!
Hope you love it as much as I do!