White Paint Color Diaries

Every white I've lived with — honest, long-term diaries, newest first.

Family bathroom with painted upper walls above white subway tile wainscot and brass fixtures.

Living with Sherwin-Williams Alabaster (SW 7008)

The warm white behind a decade of kitchen remodels and HGTV reveals, judged after years on real walls—where the cream glows, where it goes green-grey, and the rooms where it fails.

Aug 27, 2026 18 min read

Family bathroom with White Dove walls above white subway tile and brass fixtures

OC-17 · White Dove

Living with Benjamin Moore White Dove: The 30-Year Verdict

The most-recommended warm white in America, reviewed honestly: where it glows, the exact rooms where it fails, and what to pick instead.

Aug 27, 2026 15 min read