Dining Room Painted Benjamin Moore Baby’s Breath
Happy Monday!
You have seen them in magazines, designers love them, design books and magazines feature them. There have been discussions about them and their origins date back many many years ago. I am talking about painted white walls. An example would be Benjamin Moore Baby’s Breath.
My dining room and family room are painted Benjamin Moore Baby’s Breath. I love it! Baby’s Breath is on the wall in my dining room but transcends and includes the ceiling as well. My eat in kitchen, dining room, and family room are open to each other and the wall colour spills cohesively from one room to another while complementing the kitchen wall colour. In the summer I love how it is a neutral backdrop to all the foliage, colour and greenery that filters in from the outdoors. The many pops of colour seem to make their way in through the large dining room windows. In the winter it is also an extension of the outdoors. I love how the twinkling lights indoor during Christmas makes it all seem like a winter wonderland with all the snow outside. It does not seem clinical or cold but rather really serene. Lastly, with work, family, running around and everything else in between I feel that I can “breathe” with this wall colour when I come home.
For our dining room makeover the “popcorn” ceiling was professionally scraped ( we had the entire first floor ceiling scraped) We painted BM Babys Breath right to and including the ceiling. The little bit of crown moulding around the room was also painted the same colour. I felt the crown moulding did not add any real significance to the room so we painted it as well.
What we learned
Having all the ceilings professionally sprayed on the first floor not only saved us a lot of time but the job when done looked amazing. In the past we have “rolled” the ceiling paint onto the ceiling, sometimes we have found you can see slight roller marks. Not with the ceilings we have now. They look sooo smooth!
Dining Room – Before
Where to Buy
Ceiling Lamp – Lamps Plus
Curtains –Ballard Designs
Table Lamp – Crate and Barrel
Art – Homesense
Have a wonderful day and see you Wednesday!
Love this! What colour is your trim?
Hi Linda,
The trim colour is Chantily Lace by Benjamin Moore.
Hello Daniela:
This few last days I have tried 7 different color samples on a white board and I found they all looked yellow or green in my living room which is a west facing window ( my house for the rooms all are west and eastern facing) and I do not wanted it yellow or green as I am moving from an open large house to much smaller and darker house so i am so glad finally saw the baby’s breath and by googling found your site. You have lovely ideas so I wonder if you can help me, you have mentioned you painted everything the ceilings and crown moldings and wall with Baby’s breath:
With a short ceilings do you think is better to have a whiter crown moldings comparing to the ceilings or not as originally that was my plan or should i keep it all the same color as the walls like you have done? ( just to mention I was thinking to use this color for all the house) or should I use a white color like chattily lace or ? for ceilings and crown moldings?
Thank you so so much ,