This paint by Farrow and Ball was Clive’s choice for our kitchen here.
It is a fabulous colour and, for some reason I couldn’t place, perfectly French.
Despite its price (and it is hideously expensive) we decided to order in some and paint the woodwork in the kitchen to match.
It was interesting to read an article in yesterdays Sunday Times (which arrives punctually into the village each Sunday morning) by journalist Karen Wheeler who is also doing up a house in France in which she says
” I have poured over paint charts searching for that elusive blue-grey which is typical of French shutters (the nearest I have found is Farrow and Ball’s {you have guessed it} Lamp Room Grey)
Of course, that is why it looks so French.
Our Shutters
Our Kitchen
Talking about colour Síle has started to dye the covers of our dining chairs (white was never going to be practical)
I got the correct bulb for the beautiful Pezenas Lamp
Oh and I found this wash stand in the Trocante in Carcassonne and bought it for small money- €45. It should be our last purchase (except sheets) for the moment.
Comments
pad the pedant
on September 4, 2009It’s just as well Karen Wheeler didn’t pour the paint over the charts when poring over them
Martin
on September 4, 2009Mea Culpa. I poured she pored.
petra carter
on September 9, 2009No need to pay a fortune for Farrow & Ball paints Martin. Although paints are much much more expensive in France than in Ireland, Tollens in Beziers or Narbonne do perfect F&B colours in a whole range of different paint types. They even use the F&B reference numbers. (I have also used Lamp Room Gray as one of my colours).
Px
Martin
on September 10, 2009Thanks for the tip Petra.
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