Down Pipe or Elephant's Breath, darling?

Ha ha. For anyone else who's ever spent a middle-class weekend deliberating over the darker side of the Farrow & Ball colour chart...

...here's an alternative take on the ubiquitous book from My Builder.

 

Incidentally, if you are in Bristol next week (Tuesday 17 July), Farrow & Ball are hosting a talk by their colour consultant, Joa Studhome. Find out more at the Farrow & Ball website. Alternatively, if you haven't seen it before, watch Joa's talk – illustrated by her own (gorgeous) home in this YouTube clip. The hall is especially lovely, I think. (Just don't be intimidated by her admission that she repaints her painted-on bed headboard EVERY MONTH.)

Geometric walls and glorious greys

Very simply and swiftly today – two ideas from homes that I fell in love with online this week. Take a look at the sites they were posted on for more images and details.

I have been writing about using geometric floor tiles on walls for my column in the Independent on Sunday this week. And  – too late for that, but perfect for here – I spotted this image of the colourful, excellently clash-y Sao Paolo house owned by designer, Cris Rosenbaum, over at The Selby. Don't his tiles look excellent on the wall? I love the contrast of their hard lines with the painting hung in the middle of the wall.

And regular readers will know that I've recently become a bit obsessed with painting walls and stairs and offices and all sorts different shades of grey and off-black. By way of illustrationof how soft this can look, the beautifully relaxing, colourful German farmhouse decor of blogger and Etsy seller, Katrin Scharl – which you can see in full at Etsy's Get the Look blog post this week. You can also read Katrin's blog Taking Notes.