Tom's Bakery is one of Earthborn's warm off-whites — LRV 81.8, so properly light — with a soft beige-yellow undertone that reads gently stony rather than crisp. Treat it as your main wall white with a bit of bread-crust warmth baked in, not as a colour that needs framing.
Because it's already soft and warm, the thing to watch is what you put beside it. A stark blue-white ceiling or trim will make Tom's Bakery look dingy by comparison — keep companion whites warm, or run Tom's Bakery itself over walls, ceiling and trim with a sheen shift for a seamless, chalky envelope. Earthborn's claypaint finish makes that look particularly good.
For definition, step down in tone rather than across in temperature. Paint & Paper Library Slate IV (LRV 67.5) is a soft stony grey-green a clear step deeper — lovely on woodwork or a lower wall where you want quiet structure without hard contrast. Deeper again, Mylands Artichoke BH.13 (LRV 27.6) is a muted, dusty olive that turns the scheme properly earthy — joinery, a chimney breast, a run of cupboards.
For the anchor, Dulux Sapphire Springs 1 (LRV 6.4) is a deep, dusky ink-blue. One contained dose — a door, panelling, the back of shelving — stops all that softness floating off into blandness and gives the eye somewhere to land. It's a cool note, but as a single deliberate contrast against a warm envelope it works.
Materials do the rest: oak boards, antique brass, oatmeal linen, terracotta pots. They pick up the beige-yellow warmth and make the room feel grown rather than decorated.
Practical tip: two coats on a big board, checked morning and evening. In north light Tom's Bakery leans stonier; in afternoon sun the warmth comes up. If the room is starved of light it stays kind — that's the whole point of a warm off-white.