I Made a Huge Paint Mistake in My Dark, Tiny Hallway — Until This Risky Color Choice Saved It
Apartment Therapy | 09.07.2026 01:40
One of the first design choices I made for my apartment was a (somewhat) controversial one: I painted everything white. I didn’t intend to keep it that way forever. The goal was to reset the space to a blank slate until I figured out how I was going to decorate each room. I chose Benjamin Moore’s White Dove (OC-17), a soft, off-white hue I hoped would feel cozy and inviting versus tark and sterile. It’s really the perfect warm white. But cut to two years later, and my walls remained an empty, uninspiring canvas.
