The weekend didn’t quite happen as planned as sanding the floor and striping paint off skirting boards took way longer than my original time plan, think I had given both jobs 2 hours when in fact they took 2 days! Everyone including the builders warned this part would take longer that I had thought, but I have a tendency not to listen to advice (not good I know). Anyways the bulk is now done thank goodness and we can get on to the fun stuff like painting and sourcing things to go in it. Now I know lots of people are scared about colour so I wanted to show you a pad in Buenos Aires that uses mostly an earthly palette and then takes the whole interior to another level by adding a single shot of colour. I’m thinking of sticking to a pretty earthly palette for my new bedroom and restricting my usual mix of colours to just the odd splash of bright, pretty similar to the space below. Maybe a rug, a chair, or a throw not so sure yet but I want this space to feel calm and relaxed unlike the other spaces in my house which feel inspiring and invigorating. However in every room, even limited palette ones you always need a piece to throw the space off radar and knock it out of the park. That might be a chair in a high voltage hue, an odd looking coffee table, a cool vase something that makes you double take, otherwise the whole room becomes way to boring. What we want is neighbours, friends, the Jones’s down the road to be talking about our rooms to be so inspired by our rooms that they try something similar themselves.
Right then image below of the house I have been yabbering about and could immediately move into and of course the beautiful red chair which takes the space to another level.
I’m off for a swim its a beautiful morning in London, but before I go a quick pic of Mung’s who on a school day should be breakfasted, showered and waiting at the door for the bus but instead is so snoozed on my pillow right now that he won’t get up. He never gets to sleep at the top of the bed as Queen Maud won’t let him. She sleeps on the pillow next me, Mungs has to sleep half way down the bed but but the minute she is out the door and her back is turned up he sneaks!
Ok – done I’m going dark!
I’ve been tempted for a while but am now ready to paint.
Wish me luck,
B x
Hi Abigail, I would love your advice on something! Hubby (who loves crisp white walls) is away skiing this week and I’d thought i should surprise him on his return
So, I am going dark in the bedroom…..;) My dilemma is to go for Down Pipe or Railings. (I am totally leaning towards railings, but feel a bit scared..) It is a north facing room so quite a cold light with normal height ceilings. I know you have used both colours at your home and would like to hear what you think. Also, do you have any experience with ‘Off Black’, Farrow & Ball? Looks nice on the colour chart, but have not tried it on the wall. Hope you enjoyed your swim, the sun is shining here as well, -perfect day for painting I’d say!!
How exciting. Both colours are beautiful Railings is way more beautiful than Off Black in my opinion it has more depth, its dark but somehow doesn’t feel black which makes no sense I realise but its the only way to describe. I am the hugest fan also of Down Pipe – don’t know which one to tell you to use both are utterly beautiful. If I had a gun to my head and had to choose then Railings is I think what I would plump for. Hope that helps and let me know how you get on xx
Down pipe won! I painted the tests early this morning when the sun was streaming through the windows and Railings was def my favourite, but as the day progressed and the light left the room I fell in love with DP. It kind of cocooned the room while Railings became quite black…. Don’t get me wrong, I love black and got a few black walls dotted around the house (sorry no entire rooms….yet), so wanted something different in the bedroom. Since I am (trying) to live by the mantra ‘do it now or it will never happen’ I ran out and got it this pm and can’t wait to get to work in the morning. Think I’ll have an early night! Btw, sooo looking forward to the programme on Thursday! Congrats, well done!! Take care x
How exciting DP is a beautiful colour and at night when it takes on that almost blueish hue – heavenly.
Hi!
Observer Magazine are working Todd Selby (of theselby.com) on a new column for the mag, and we’re looking for interesting, beautiful, odd homes in the UK for him to shoot.
Would you be able to post a request for entries on your site? We’re inviting people to submit pictures of their homes (along with their names, email addresses and location) to magazine@observer.co.uk
Thanks, and let me know if you need any more info…
x eva
aww that is the best pic ever of mungo, does your husband have to sleep on the floor though with two dogs beside you xxx
That picture of the little snoozer is hilarious…He’s adorable. : )