Case Study: Farrow and Ball Light Blue (Pt 2)

 Oooh, I love this colour! Time for an updated, more detailed version of my Farrow and Ball Light Blue Paint Case Study.

Farrow and Ball Light Blue in our home!

I receive so many enquiries week by week about the paint colour in our Master Bedroom (which is F. Light Blue) that I thought an update was well overdue!

Farrow and Ball Light Blue in a gorgeous living room

This Paint Colour Study features our bedroom, and also other rooms I've sourced to give you the very best idea of how Farrow and Ball Light Blue plays out on the walls.

Farrow and Ball Light Blue kitchen - so Modern Country!

And not only do these Colour Studies show lots of pretty pictures (though how could that be wrong?!) but I also hope they give you a clearer impression of what you can expect when you use Farrow and Ball paint in your own home. 

Farrow and Ball Light Blue

For example, when used on front doors, Farrow and Ball Light Blue will appear much paler - almost to the point of being an off-white....but still looks stunningly crisp paired with white woodwork.

Farrow and Ball Light Blue Front Door In Bright Daylight

Farrow and Ball Light Blue  front door with cloudy sky

Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee, BM Iron Mountain, Farrow and Ball Light Blue front door in shade

This is also true when Farrow and Ball Light Blue is given lots of natural light....

Hallway woodwork in Farrow and Ball Light Blue

Farrow and Ball Light Blue bedroom

Farrow and Ball Light Blue (no. 22) looks paler on painted furniture....

Farrow and Ball Light Blue painted furniture

Farrow and Ball Light Blue dresser - I love the Modern Country twist!

Farrow and Ball Light Blue 

Farrow and Ball Light Blue painted furniture with dark wax finish

Kitchen units look a pale grey-blue dream with F&B Light Blue paint...

Farrow and Ball Light Blue kitchen with matching tiles!

Farrow and Ball Light Blue kitchen with warm tones

Farrow and Ball Light Blue painted kitchen with cool tones

Farrow and Ball Light Blue kitchen with white

...as long as there is good lighting. However, in dimmer lighting, and this is where it gets a little tricky to predict, even painted furniture with plenty of external angles to bounce light from looks a little moody in Farrow and Ball Light Blue...

Lovely Farrow and Ball Light Blue kitchen

Dimly lit Farrow and Ball Light Blue kitchen

Farrow and Ball Light Blue's darker side comes out in smaller rooms, or those that receive very little light (for example, north-facing rooms)...

Farrow and Ball Light Blue panelled bedroom

Farrow and Ball Light Blue bathroom in dark light

Farrow and Ball Light Blue on hall walls, slipper satin on woodwork

When choosing paint colours for clients, I always consider all aspects of a room before choosing paints to avoid any nasty surprises. It's astonishing how much some colours change from the paint chart to the wall, or even from room to room. These images show what you can really expect from Farrow and Ball Light Blue...

Our Farrow and Ball Light Blue bedroom - I LOVE it!

Do be careful when looking online - there are plenty of mis-labelled images out there. And Farrow and Ball Light Blue is no exception. If you stumble across an image that looks extraordinarily different from any others you've seen of the same colour then chances are that it's been mis-labelled. 



Muted Farrow and Ball paints are perfect for the bedroom

Farrow and Ball's paints often need to be taken with a pinch of salt and Light Blue is certainly a case in point. Yes, it is Light and yes, it does have a hint of Blue but is has SO much grey in it, as well as a touch of green that calling the colour plain old Light Blue just doesn't do it justice. 

A Lampshade from Jim Lawrence complements the F. Light Blue paint

There are plenty of images out there but some seem to have distorted the colour somehow (hello, Photoshop) so I haven't included those. The images I've picked for this Colour Study are those that best represent how Farrow and Ball Light Blue actually looks to the naked eye.

Farrow and Ball Light Blue and white bedroom

A small tester square gives no hint of how beautiful this colour is. F. Light Blue builds up in intensity in the corners of a room, yet reflects the light beautifully when given a chance.

Farrow and Ball Light Blue in artificial light

 Not many colours can be cool and restful yet warm and cosy at the same time but this one can. I think it's safe to say that Farrow and Ball Light Blue will feature forever in my all time supremo favourite paint colours evah!

A close up of our bed and Farrow and Ball Light Blue walls

Let's compare it to some other Farrow and Ball paints so you get a good point of reference...

Farrow and Ball Light Blue (right) and Farrow and Ball Hardwick White (left)

Farrow and Ball Light Blue on hall walls with Farrow's Cream and Picture Gallery Red

Farrow and Ball Light Blue with Farrow and Ball Old White

Farrow and Ball Light Blue is a paint colour that can change from green....

The wall color is Farrow and Ball 22 Light Blue.

to blue...

Bedroom in Farrow and Ball 22 Light Blue.

to grey in a twinkling of an eye.

Farrow & Ball's Light blue looking super-grey

Farrow and Ball Light Blue can take on the simplest of interiors....

Bath is painted in Farrow and Ball Vert de Terre, the floor and walls in no. 22 Light Blue

or the grandest of homes...

Beautiful hall in Farrow and Ball Light Blue

...and always look absolutely gorgeous!

Our Farrow and Ball Light Blue Master bedroom

For more Case Studies, just click on the links below:

Farrow and Ball New White
Farrow and Ball Old White
Farrow and Ball White Tie
Farrow and Ball Blue Gray
Farrow and Ball Middleton Pink

Farrow and Ball Down Pipe

Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath

Farrow and Ball Pigeon

Farrow and Ball Hardwick White
Farrow and Ball Green Blue

Dulux Heritage Stone Green

Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray

Farrow and Ball French Gray (interiors)

Farrow and Ball French Gray (exteriors)
Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back

Earthborn Gregory's Den

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue

Farrow and Ball Hay

Our Modern Country bedroom in Farrow and Ball Light Blue

Isn't it delicious?

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Our Modern Country Attic Bedroom

Attic bedrooms are the perfect place for a whole heap of Modern Country Bedroom Style. With none of the practicalities needed of the downstairs: no children's needs to take into account, no worrying about sticky fingers on the wall - thisd is a place to make all your dreams come true! I am still as besotted with our loft conversion bedroom as I was on Day One.

Farrow and Ball Light Blue paint in our attic bedroom

I wanted simplicity, cosiness and a relaxed Modern Country bedroom vibe that would make us feel as though we were coming into a whole other world when we entered the room.

Our attic bedroom in our loft conversion

I always recommend to Modern Country Style clients who have young children that they concentrate on their Master bedroom first. They're sometimes initially sceptical – most are eager to get on with the more visible rooms on the ground floor – but ALL are thoroughly convinced when I've taken them through my reasoning. You will not believe the difference that creating a perfect Modern Country bedroom to look forward to at the end of each day makes to your life. Getting a good night's sleep in a wonderfully comfortable bed, and waking up each morning to a room that makes you smile will increase your quality of life beyond belief, particularly in the delight-filled but busy years of having a young family when you need all the help you can get to relax in the evenings!

Modern Country bedroom must-haves most definitely include a bed piled with plump pillows, a sumptuously luxurious quilt and a touch of the artisan to make this space uniquely yours. The great joy of working with attic bedrooms is that they often have beautiful old beams, and interior quirks such as sloping ceilings that add enormous amounts of character and warmth.

Our silk and velvet quilt is one of my favourite Modern Country bedroom accessories.

A muted shade on the walls, in our case a gorgeously muddied grey-blue-green, which I still find jaw-droppingly beautiful, completes the room. Modern Country bedrooms are, without doubt, the place not to skimp on paint quality. This is the place where you should need no encouragement to spend time luxuriating – deliciously pared-back paint colours make all the difference in the world.

Can you ever go wrong with white bed linen in a Modern Country Attic Bedroom?

Onto more practical attic bedroom issues....windows treatments. As I said in my previous post, you have a number of options. However, we went with black-out VELUX blinds and, truly, these are one of the best choices in the whole room, in terms of sleep-quality! They keep our bedroom super-dark when we're asleep. We chose our blinds in a soft off-white (I suspected that pure white might age to grey). When they're open you don't even notice that they're there, maximising the simplicity of our Modern Country bedroom.

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50 AMAZING And Inspiring Modern Country Attic Bedrooms

I've long had a thing for Modern Country attic bedrooms. Whether they are the result of a full-scale loft conversion, or simply the delicious remnants of sloping-roofed servant's quarters from days-gone-by, there is SO much scope for attic-bedroom chic. Modern Country means warm, cosy and restful. Yes, although attic bedrooms need careful treatment, they can ooze serious comfort and charm.

Here's my pick of the best of Modern Country attic bedrooms.....

I so often hear attic bedrooms being spoken of in negative terms. A number of my clients have talked about having less usable floor space, having to duck to avoid cracking heads on lower ceiling heights; all credible complaints....but it really is worth having another look at your attic bedroom if you're lucky enough to have one.

Attic bedrooms are a huge opportunity to create an absolute Modern Country bedroom haven away from the hustle an bustle of the lower floors; a grown-up sanctuary.

For example, there is very often the opportunity to expose beams, which instantly adds character; not to mention all the quirks of the little nooks and crannies that the angled roof-line creates.

If you are a fan of planked walls then the attic bedroom space is the perfect place to have a play with this look, either using rough timber to play up the rough and ready rustic charms, or by going down the route of fresh white tongue and groove. Try laying this horizontally for a New England twist.

If you plan to sleep in your Modern Country attic bedroom (and why wouldn't you, eh?), then you'll need careful consideration given to window treatments. Loft conversions usually have angled VELUX windows parallel to the roof-line. These are a brilliant way of bringing in masses of light in a way that appears unobtrusive from the outside but the usual curtains won't hang properly. Consider shutters or curtains poles at the top and bottom of the VELUX window.

Do you remember our Modern Country loft-conversion bedroom, up in our attic space? I'll be sharing how we've got round all the potential difficulties to create the attic-chic bedroom of my dreams in the next post.....

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