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A bright white on either ceiling or trim will make the walls look darker as well as making you more aware of where the walls end and the ceiling begins this causes the ceiling height to drop.

“The choice of colour for the woodwork and the ceiling is just as important as that of the walls,” notes Joa. “So, if you are lucky enough to have a room that benefits from both east and west light the colour will change throughout the day – making the walls feel alive! East facing rooms tend to benefit from soft calming colours with an underlying warmth like ‘ Peignoir’ or ‘ Pale Powder’ while using cooler tones like ‘ Cornforth White’ and ‘ Dimpse’ in west-facing rooms will neutralise the warm light at the end of the day.” Picking wood and ceiling colours from the Farrow & Ball colour chart Light in east-facing rooms tends to be cooler in the evening and brighter in the morning.” Naturally, in west-facing rooms it’s the other way around. Alternatively embrace the cooler north light by using stronger tones like ‘ Sulking Room Pink’, ‘ Brassica’ or ‘ Bancha’ – deeply saturated colours are perfect for use in north facing rooms.” Best Farrow & Ball paint for east- and west-facing roomsĪccording to Joa, “choosing colour for an east- or west-facing room is totally dependent on what time of day you use the space. “North-facing rooms tend to bring out the green in all colours,” explains Joa, “so if you want to avoid this then look to warm based neutrals like ‘ Jitney’, ‘ Oxford Stone’ or ‘ Stony Ground’. Pale soft tones like ‘ Cromarty’, ‘ Pink Ground’, ‘ Hay’ or ‘ Skimmed Milk White’ will maximise the feeling of light and space, while the slightly stronger ‘ Blue Gray’, ‘ French Gray’, ‘ Setting Plaster’, ‘ Sudbury Yellow’ and ‘ Bone’ will all glow in south light.” Best Farrow & Ball paint for north-facing rooms When it comes to the direction a room faces, Joa advises that “south-facing rooms are often the easiest to decorate as they are filled with warm light for most of the day. View Gallery Best Farrow & Ball paint for south-facing rooms In that case you still need to consider whether the room would benefit from warm undertones or if you want to embrace cool light.” This will create an intimate cosy space as it will be artificially lit anyway, while rooms you work in during the day probably will benefit from being kept light.

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when there is no natural light streaming in through the windows and you’re likely to rely on lamps and electric lighting in general, then “you can afford to choose a much stronger colour. The quality of the light will change how you perceive the colour, so you need to think about what time of day you will use the space as well as whether it faces north, south, east or west.” For example, there’s no point painting a south-facing room a colour that works with the daylight if you only use that room in the evening.įor rooms you tend to use in the evenings – i.e. “Large, light rooms are best suited to lighter tones while stronger colours bring small dark rooms to life. “Light is your friend when it comes to decorating – do not fight what nature has given you,” Joa explains. The first thing to assess is where light is coming into the room, and from which direction.

We spoke to Joa Studholme, Farrow and Ball’s Colour Curator and all-round paint expert, for her top tips on choosing the right Farrow and Ball paint for your house (and you can see Joa’s own house in Somerset here).

Drawing from some of our favourite houses, we have pulled together more than 60 of the best Farrow & Ball paints, to offer a broad gallery of paint inspiration and counsel. It's one thing to look at a paint chart and think a colour is nice, but in our experience, you need to see the colours in real life to understand why the vibrant, joyous hue of ‘ India Yellow’ is so popular and what makes elegant, understated ‘ Setting Plaster’ the perfect pink. But, with 132 colours in the palette, including almost 50 neutrals, as well as their signature dark hues, a little guidance and inspiration can help. Long beloved of interior designers, Farrow & Ball paint has a near cult following for its array of water-based, eco-friendly paints, that are packed with rich pigments which give a deep tonality to walls. Our favourite Farrow and Ball paint colours Paul Massey