It's not too cool and not too warm.
Chances are you're familiar with Benjamin Moore's White Dove paint, but the color isn't the only designer-loved neutral by the brand. Another one experts often turn to is Swiss Coffee. "We like Swiss Coffee because it is not too cold and not too warm of a white," says designer Andrea Schumacher. "It’s very versatile and blends well with any color palette."
That is to say, it strikes the perfect neutral-white balance. “I love Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee as it’s one of those colors that changes with the different lighting throughout the day," designer Young Huh adds. "The yellow and ever-so-slight green undertones make it a more nuanced and sophisticated off-white."
If you need more convincing, considering all of the white paint options that are on the market, there are plenty of designer rooms that prove Swiss Miss is adaptable and timeless. Ahead, browse living rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms, and more spaces that feature Swiss Miss paint by Benjamin Moore. Whether you cover your entire home in it or use the paint to refresh furniture, all of these ideas are worthwhile.
For a young family's Hawaiian vacation home, designer Catherine Kwong knew the entire abode called for white-painted walls with a warm undertone. “The lighting on the Big Island is really bright, so we didn’t want a pure white," the designer says. "We spent months testing out colors and ended up with Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee—actually a super-popular color that has a little softness to it."
Trim painted in Swiss Coffee allows the deep blue cabinetry and botanical motifs set against a gold background to stand out in this bathroom by Schumacher. When used as trim throughout a whole house, the paint allows you to play with other paint color pairings and all sorts of wallcoverings.
To let unique furniture and decor in a dining room take center stage—like a spikey pendant and large apothecary chest—Schumacher blanketed the walls with Swiss Coffee paint. The chic setting is ideal for intimate dinners.
In a modern en suite bathroom by designer Janie Molster, walls painted in Swiss Coffee set the tone for a luxurious and laid-back atmosphere. Not to mention, the color scheme makes the space feel extra clean.
To refresh the siding of a Palm Beach retreat, designer Pheobe Howard used the 50 percent trick with Swiss Coffee paint—meaning the expert lightened the color to create a whole new shade by cutting it to 50 percent strength with Super White paint by Benjamin Moore.
For simple elegance in a neutral bedroom by Huh, walls painted in Swiss Coffee promote a cozy, welcoming feel. "Swiss Coffee works beautifully in a bedroom when you want a color that is pacifying but has a little something extra to it," the designer says.
Swiss Coffee doesn't have to be limited to your walls. "We used this color on quite a bit of custom furniture we created for the Point Grace resort in Turks & Caicos," Huh says. "The color’s undertones worked very well with the natural light in the Caribbean."
Living room walls painted in Swiss Miss offer a blank slate for plenty of prints and colorful art in this 1950s Los Angeles cottage decorated by Kristen Panitch.
Throughout a Bay Area house, designer Erin Martin brought Spanish Colonial-style interiors to life with plaster walls that are color-matched to Benjamin Moore's Swiss Coffee. The dining room acts as a prime example, featuring lacy brass lanterns from Morocco, an antique table, and seat cushions in a Kyle Bunting hide.
In a bright blue bedroom by designer Christopher Maya, Swiss Coffee painted trim adds contrast and mimics the ocean waves shown in the wall art hung above the bed.
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