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Decoration
10 ways to use Little Greene's ‘Slaked Lime’
It's one of Little Greene's most popular colours, but how should you use ‘Slaked Lime' and where does it look best?
By Tilly Wheeler
Decoration
What colour is ecru? Examples in real houses
Ecru is a notoriously finicky colour to define, but it’s everywhere in houses, once you start looking for it
By Thomas Barrie
Decoration
Interior designers pick their favourite paint colour combinations
We've asked interior designers their favourite combination of paint colours to use in a space. From neutrals to bold brights, here are the combinations that work time and again
By Christabel Chubb
Design Ideas
41 yellow rooms to inspire your next paint project
Warming buttercup, zingy lemon and elegant mustards - yellow is the colour of the moment and the one that is guaranteed to spark at least a little joy
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
Paint
80+ Farrow and Ball paint colours in real homes
We’ve gathered our favourite Farrow & Ball paint colours in real homes: from Hague Blue to Setting Plaster to Railings. See exactly what they look like
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
Colour Ideas
The best white paint, according to the experts
White seems like it should be the simplest paint colour to choose but it’s actually the most complex. To help you decide, we’ve asked stylists, interior designers and colour experts to share their idea of the best white paint
By Eleanor Cording-Booth
Colour Ideas
17 timeless paint colours that should be in your house this year (and every year)
Colour trends come and go, but there are some shades that never seem to go out of style. These are the paint colours that we see on our pages year in, year out
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes and Thomas Barrie
Decoration
53 Little Greene paint colours in real homes
Examples of Little Greene's famous paints in use, from ‘Hopper’ and ‘French Grey’, to ‘Slaked Lime’
By Arabella Bowes, Kitty Grady and Tilly Wheeler
Decoration
Decorating experts give their opinion on the best blue paint colour
Planning to paint your walls blue? We’ve asked colour consultants, stylists and interior designers to share their favourite blue hue and how to complement it
By Eleanor Cording-Booth
Decoration
Is magnolia making a comeback?
The first rule of using magnolia is – don't call it magnolia
By Christabel Chubb
Decoration
Is there such a thing as a ‘flattering’ paint colour? If so, what is it?
Can your walls flatter your furniture and your face? Decorating experts say so
By Eleanor Cording-Booth
Decoration
All the interior designers with paint collaborations (and our favourite shades)
Creating a range of paints is a classic and often business savvy move for an up-and-coming interior designer – these are our favourites
By Thomas Barrie
Decoration
Eggshell? Satin? Gloss? Where to use what paint finish
What’s the difference between satin and eggshell and is either any good for a bathroom? We demystify paint finishes so you don’t have to
By Eleanor Cording-Booth
Decoration
Yellow can be a neutral – no seriously
Forget off-whites and beiges: interior designers are turning to yellow as the perfect neutral for walls and woodwork. Here's why (and the shades that work best)
By Christabel Chubb
Decoration
8 paint tricks to make a room feel bigger
Whether it's in the finish, the pattern or the colour, there are many devices in ones arsenal which can turn a room from puny to palatial. We turned to interior designers and paint experts to find out the best one.
By Christabel Chubb
News
Farrow & Ball launches 12 new colours – and they are everything we want in our houses right now
Earthy reds, deep greens and icy blues, this is the palette to be paying attention to.
By Christabel Chubb
Decoration
Green paint ideas for every room in your house, as chosen by experts
Go green with these ideas for virescent bedrooms, living rooms, hallways and bathrooms, and take inspiration from expert designers and colour consultants’ picks of the best green shades
By Eleanor Cording-Booth
Decoration
How to choose the right accent colour for a room
Once you've got the main colour scheme for a room under control, adding in an extra colour or two can take things to a whole new level
By Virginia Clark
Decoration
Brown is the colour of the moment: this is how to use it
Love it or loathe it, brown is the style set’s colour du jour, but how to decorate with it?
By Eleanor Cording-Booth
Decoration
21 green living room ideas in every shade you can imagine
From vibrant bottle greens in a gloss finish, to light and dusty tones for cosy corners, green living rooms are surprisingly easy way to elevate a scheme
By Evie Delaney