What white do you like for trim?

[circa1978]

Any brand and sheen recommendations are also welcome. I'd like a nice crisp white. I've used oil in the past but I don't care for how it yellows. 

Thank you in advance! 

[Susie]

The beadboard in the bathroom, all molding, and the bookcase are all the same paint:  SW Pro Classic Semi Gloss in Alabaster.

[niknik]

I like a very crispy white so we used Benjamin Moore Decorator White

[mrs.jacinthe]

I like Olympic Delicate White. I've had it matched by SW and use it for just about everything.

[ssmjlm]

Off the shelf BM white. It's just their semi-gloss in the teal can. No tint/color so I can just grab a can and go.

[kermit]

Same as Susie, I'm redoing the whole house in SW Alabaster. Looks great.

[Deleted]

I chose Benjamin Moore white dove, semi-gloss for the new house.

[midwest07]

Apr 9, 2013 10:46:03 GMT -5 kermit said:

Same as Susie, I'm redoing the whole house in SW Alabaster. Looks great.

This is what I used also.  I like the color and the paint itself.  Very easy to work with.  I thought I read somewhere this color is the same as BM White Dove.

[circa1978]

TY! Did any of you notice if alabaster have any gray undertones? We were using BM Glacier White before, which reads very much like White Dove on my monitor. I loved it when it went on, but not as much as the paint aged.

[kitty]

Apr 9, 2013 11:08:52 GMT -5 @charky said:

Apr 9, 2013 10:57:10 GMT -5 d0ri said:

I chose Benjamin Moore white dove, semi-gloss for the new house.

Ditto! The painters just finished all the trim in our house and it looks awesome. A clean fresh white, but not stark.

Same here.  We tried a lot of samples and this one looked good with both warm and cool wall colors.

[Susie]

I wouldn't make a decision based on how anything looks on a monitor. These whites are truly way too similar to distinguish in digital photos.

I wouldn't say I've noticed any gray undertones to alabaster, though, even in the DR where the below-chair rail color is kind of gray itself.

[circa1978]

Good point. I will swing by BM on the way home and take a look!

[salliekate]

I think we have BM White Dove too.

[ktzmoh]

We have BM Steam throughout. My husband never thought I was crazier than when I was trying to choose a white paint.

[simpsongal]

We have BM white dove, but based on your post, I'm guessing it will be a little too creamy and yellow for you. Ditto OPs check out the color chips in person.

[niknik]

It was too creamy for us. We had the hardest time with our trim paint. Good luck, there is a lot of white out there. Just get samples because they look nothing like the chips on the trim in the house.

[april37]

My house has Sherwin Williams ProClassic semi-gloss in Dover White. It's a softer white so it may not be what you're looking for but I love it.

[kellikans]

BM Chantilly Lace. it's the same white I use when painting furniture, too.

[Deleted]

Looking at paint chips is not enough. We had sample paints on the trims to help me make the choice. We had 4 whites, then narrowed it to 2, and finally had both painted on the trims with different sheens. The sheen makes a difference.

I'm very happy with the white dove. We have lots of trims in the house so I made sure we won't get stark white trims or dirty looking trims.

[lavender444]

We also went with white dove. I really like it. Prior to that we had just the Behr Ultra White, but the white dove looks so much better.

[OG Jo]

I use Behr Decorator White in semi. I'm obsessed and use it every chance I get!

[lys]

I LOVE Benjamin Moore's Advance semi gloss paint for trim. So much better than the SW Pro Classic, which I had been using  before discovering Advance.  Color/shade of white depends on your other colors/floor/furnishings.

[Bonita]

Our whole house is SW Alabaster as well - love it