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| Farrow and Ball Blue Gray and White Tie with Emma Bridgewater teapot! |
Hey duckies,
Yup, it's Farrow and Ball Case Study time again...
{Can you hear their siren-like call?}
I LOVE Farrow and Ball paints.
Love 'em.
{Can you hear their siren-like call?}
I LOVE Farrow and Ball paints.
Love 'em.
Farrow and Ball's Blue Gray would have been too dark a colour for our kitchen. It has so many internal corners that the colour intensifies hugely. The Blue Gray needed toning right down in this room...and what better way to do that than to introduce a gorgeous creamy white?
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie |
But which one?
There are seriously a bajillion off-whites
to choose from out there.
to choose from out there.
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie |
We chose Farrow and Ball's White Tie.
It's been perfect. Just exactly the right amount of white to really knock back the Blue Gray but enough yellow to warm up the room.
It's been perfect. Just exactly the right amount of white to really knock back the Blue Gray but enough yellow to warm up the room.
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie |
And it goes superbly well with the cream Shaker cupboards.
That was a big concern.
I compared a lotta, lotta off-whites to get this right.
That was a big concern.
I compared a lotta, lotta off-whites to get this right.
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie and Blue Gray |
Farrow and Ball paints are always my first port of call. Are they yours?
If so, you're at the right place. Have a look at my other case studies:
If so, you're at the right place. Have a look at my other case studies:
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie |
When I put together a case study, I source as many pictures as possible of the paint colour, from our house, here in the Cotswolds, and from the internet, in lots of different situations and lots of different lights so that you don't just have to rely on a teensy little square of colour on the tester card before you splash out on yet another sample pot.
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie and Blue Gray |
I hope these Farrow and Ball Case Study posts can do all the legwork for you so you can see at a glance whether the colour is going to work for you in *your* house with *your* lighting conditions.
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie and Mouse's Back |
I've only selected pictures that I think are accurate reflections of what the colour really looks like, discarding those where the image has been tweaked beyond recognition or the flash has distorted the appearance of the colours.
Here you can see the same part of our kitchen, with my lovely China Jack Mosaic, at three different times of day: morning, noon and evening, with the weather ranging from overcast to sunny.
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie in overcast skies |
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie In Sunshine |
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| Farrow and Ball White Tie and Blue Gray in the evening |
If you're going to use Farrow and Ball's Blue Gray,
then I'd truly recommend Farrow and Ball's White Tie
as its accompaniment.
They go together like bacon and eggs.
See my kitchen-appropriate analogy?
;-)
My favourite blog for fantastic paint tips and information is the Relics of Witney blog. Have you seen it yet?
Images: mine, Shirofugen, Veranda, mine, mine, Farrow and Ball,
mine, Farrow and Ball, Mine, mine, mine.
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