Painting with Shades of White in Manhattan interior 10128
Park Avenue may be synonymous with glamour, luxury, well-known corporations and investment banks, but that was not always the case. Initially, it was Fourth Avenue and supported tracks for the New York and Harlem Railroad. Noise and smoke were ever present. In the 1850s, tracks were covered and landscaped between 34th and 40th streets. Eventually, all the tracks were layered with natural greenery, and in 1888 the wide street was named Park Avenue, in an effort to attract the upscale crowd.
Newly Painted Interior
It worked! Park Avenue is now a very prestigious address, and it is here that we repainted an entire luxury residence, except the kitchen. The main living room took on new coats of Benjamin Moore’s Simply White paint, that kind of can’t-go-wrong-with-this color. In the primary bedroom, we painted Farrow & Ball’s Ammonite, a subtle gray with a hushed, calm feel.
The homeowner selected Farrow & Ball’s Pegnoir with Wimborne white trim for the guest room, a gently gray-ish pink with trim slightly off-white. The dining room paint is FB’s Strong White on the main wall, a very pale cool white. The light shades in every room elicit a comforting, stable, genial aura. Coupled with very nice trim work, hardware and multi-level ceilings in some spaces, the home is bright and light, classy and comfortable, much like Park Avenue itself.
