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Pip Rich

Don't Ask AI, Ask an Interior Designer — North-Facing White Schemes, Neutral Kitchen Cabinets, and Matching Pattern to Marble

Dining room, portrait, bathroom.

Q. I live in an apartment that is mostly north-facing and doesn’t get lots of natural light, but I want to paint the walls gray or white. What should I choose?

When looking for the best colors for north-facing rooms, whatever you do, stay away from brilliant white or any grays that have blue undertones in them. In a north-facing space, the white will seem stark and the blued gray will read cold — there is nothing cozy about either of these two shades.

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