Case Study: Farrow and Ball Powder Blue

This week, my flowers, I have not one, but TWO Farrow and Ball Case Studies...

If you love Farrow and Ball, Modern Country Style is sooooo the right place for you.

When I posted photos of my latest wreath,

I had a bajillion emails about our front door paint colour.

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue front door

The colour is Farrow and Ball's Powder Blue.

Here it is at night time.

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue front door at night time

If you're about to paint your front door, it's always worth taking the extra time to think about how much light your front door gets. Ours is south facing, which means that it gets strong sunlight all day.

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue front door with festive wreath!

Paint colours that look strong on interior walls fade into nothingness on south facing front doors. Insipid and bleurgh.

{Their official names, you understand..}

So, while Powder Blue is a stronger colour than I'd personally choose for inside the house, it was perfect choice for our front door.

{For a fuller look at choosing your perfect front door colour, check out this awesome article. Yes, it's written by me for the Relics of Witney blog, the best interiors shop in the world...ahem, in my humble opinion!!}

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue

I wanted a very muted bluey-green for our front door.

And Farrow and Ball's Powder Blue fits the bill perfectly.

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue painted furniture

You won't find this colour on their current paint card but any of their discontinued colours that catches your beady little eyes can still be easily ordered.

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue bedroom

When I put together a case study, I source as many pictures as possible of the paint colour, so as well as the images of our front door, here are plenty of room images featuring Powder Blue, showing what a strong colour it actually is.