Thursday 26 August 2010

Kitchen: Colour me beautiful....


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Anyway, pressing on with the kitchen. Once I'd done my taking stock (not at all the same as a stock-take!) of the room, the next stage was colour choice. My favourite, bestest, most enjoyable bit in the whole world ever! I could look at paint colours all day every day. Mmmmmmm. Mr Modern Country is completely confounded by this pastime. If I've heard 'Oh, you're looking at colour charts.... again' once, I've heard it a thousand times!


So how do I choose a colour for a room? Well, my first step is always to look through as many colour charts as possible, waiting for particular shades to jump out at me. Not because they're garish but just because I love them. The kitchen is a North-West facing room that doesn't get masses of light, especially in the winter so the colour can't be too cool.

When I've narrowed the choice down slightly....

I buy sample pots........

and paint them onto A3 bits of paper.

I then hold these up in different places in the room and at different times of day and night to get a feel for how they react to different moods. Those photos are of almost all of my sample pots, by the way, not just the ones I've bought for the kitchen. There are a lot, I know, but I find that if you rely on the paint chips on the charts then, especially with the more expensive brands, you can't get a good understanding of how the paint will look on a larger scale.

By this time, I've usually narrowed it down to two or three. I've taken some shots of different pieces of paper held up against one of the kitchen cupboards. It looks bizarrely like I've actually painted the room in each of the colours in the photos but, rest assured, I didn't take my crazy colour obsession that far! So, here goes....

Farrow and Ball Ball Green:

Farrow and Ball Blue Grey:

Paint and Paper Company Eucalyptus:

My vote's with the Blue Grey. Which do you like? Watch this space!

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8 comments :

Unknown said...

I like the blue gray the best, too. Thank you for stopping by and commenting on my Cuter with Pewter post. I definitely giggled! Happy you like it and I hope you can find it on your continent. :)

Hugs,
Jami

La Belle Vie said...

I agree blue/grey! It's a lovely colour. ♥ Thank you for your comment on my blog. I'm happy to be your new follower!! Jxx

The Cloth Shed said...

F and B blue gray....have just finished painting a little French wardrobe in that colour...looks lovely. Might have to do a blog post...
Julie x

paola said...

I'm for blue gray, too...
Have a nice weekend ;)

Anonymous said...

Love the blue Grey.

Jenny @ Simcoe Street said...

Love the blue gray :)

I just found your blog through Home and Family Friday and wanted to say hi! I am also your newest official follower -- your blog is great!!

Would love it if you had time to visit and maybe even follow me too :)

Jenny
www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

Amanda said...

Yeah, writing for people or followers is definitely and exciting matter. As a regular reader I was also got pleasure to see you have done something especial and innovative for us. The color stage for the kitchen you explored here was totally an awesome and useful job. It will help many kitchen and home lovers to pick up the perfect color scheme for their home. Thanks a lot for this wonderful job. Also for painting helps especially for the people in Vaughan can be useful to find a reliable house painter in Vaughan.

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