Just in case you thought that you can’t mix white and cream, you certainly can.
But sometimes it can look like you made a mistake.
Or maybe you finished the room and it doesn’t seem quite right.
For example, what if you chose all your kitchen finishes, countertops, flooring and backsplash in white or cream, with only one exception? You might be staringat your kitchen and wonder if there’s something wrong.
Here’s how to fix it.
Better Homes & Gardens
See this kitchen (above)?
If you scroll through ALL the images one by oneyou’ll see that this entire space is mostly CREAM (above).
It almost seems as if this homeowner was absolutely convinced that too much white would be clinical and cold (maybe). And, all of it could also havebeen totally intentional because the thing that pulls this entirekitchen togetheris the cream and white subway tile backsplash. (See first image)
Then, the pure white is repeated in the marble countertops and this slab above the sink. And, thewhite dishes displayed on the open shelving.
Overall, the combination of white and cream in this space is very pretty.
How can you make itworkin your interior?
What if you have a cream leather sofa in the living room like the one above?
And white dining chairs in an open concept space?
Make sure you repeat both the white and cream at least once in something big and make it look intentional by repeating them both three times in a gradation of small, medium and large elements.
For example, your drapery fabric (above) could be a combination of white or cream (that takes care of the “large” element).
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And then you could add some cream and white pillows (that takes care of the “medium”).
A white lamp (“small”).
Here’s another example in this white and cream bathroom (above).
The reason this works is that the walls are painted the same cream colour as the cabinets. If the cabinets were cream, the walls paintedsome kind ofcolour and every other surface was white, it mightlook like the cream cabinets had just been painted the wrong shade of white. Right? If the cabinets were the only cream item in the room, you could think it was just a white mismatch.
Or if you already have cream cabinets and white countertops, floor and fixtures, perhaps tying in the baseboards and crown moulding with the same colour cream would pull the bathroom together.
Better Homes & Gardens
Here the white countertops are repeated in the bathtub, window casings, and the directors chair. In addition to the whitematt in the black and white framed photo above the vanity.
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What would make this bedroom (above) perfect is if the walls were white to provide contrast to the cream drapery or if the drapery was white. Then some pillow shams in cream and white as well as a cream coverlet placed atthe end of the bed.
If you have lots of cream in your house and want to incorporate white, these are some tips to help introduce white into your home!
Where in your house do you need an injection of cream or white?
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