The Best Grey Paint

The fabulous Relics of Witney blog has a new post up (put together by yours truly!) featuring their top ten grey paints. The post is split into the best grey paint for front doors. Here's one of their choices, Farrow and Ball Railings:

Railings Farrow & Ball front door

{Isn't it scrummy?}

 ...and the best grey paint for interiors. Here's a deliciously neutral hallway in Farrow and Ball Cornforth White:

Farrow and Ball Cornforth White

But Relics of Witney's vast knowledge is in no way limited to Farrow and Ball paints.We had so much fun trying to narrow down the best of the best...and would love to hear your favourite gray paint...

Come on over?

Images via Relics of Witney

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The New Grey Paint Collection By Little Greene

Little Greene have just released a whole new collection devoted entirely to greys in all their delicately delectable glory. Yeah, baybeeee! Head on over to the Relics Of Witney blog to have a snizzle at which of their delicious grey palettes will work best for you.

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Farrow and Ball's New Paint Colours: The Greys!...

Farrow and Ball have added some 

absolutely gorgeous new greys 

to their already sublime collection.

Check out the very lovely Relics blog 

for an in depth look of how to make 

the most of them in your home.

Farrow and Ball Mole's Breath, we salute you.

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The Holiday: Rosehill Cottage...and Paint Colours!

Do you recognise this house? It's Rosehill Cottage from The Holiday! 

I LOVED sharing the Modern versus Country: The Holiday series {you can see it here...}where we looked at different aspects of Iris' gorgeous Country cottage compared to Amanda's beautiful Modern home. Despite Amanda's being bigger and better in almost every way, Rosehill Cottage's quintessential English charm won the day with nearly all of you.

Now, if your home looks like this, or you'd like it too, then come over to the Relics of Witney blog to chat over the very best exterior paint colours to enhance the Cotswold stone look.

Yummy!

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Creating Flow-Through: Flooring

Let me share a peek into this gorgeous home. Having the same beautiful flooring throughout several rooms is a fantastic way to unify any space and create that Modern Country Flow-Through vibe.

But I bet when I said the words 'beautiful flooring', your heart sank. Beautiful = Expensive in the flooring world, right? Well, just look at these floors....

They'd be in my gorgeous-category hands-down.....and didn't cost the earth either.....both literally and figuratively.

What am I on about?

Come over to the Relics blog and see the rest of this gorgeous home plus a detailed How-To on what YOU can do to get this lovely Scandi-Chic look in your home.

{Top Tip: it's easy-peasy}

All images: mine

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Modern Country Georgian Cottage House Tour

Did you love the house I featured showing The White Company's Christmas 2012 collection as much as I did?

 Want to see more....much, much more? {Like, enough to satisfy the stalker in you?...Yes, I know it's there...} Then come on over to the very lovely Relics blog today and take a peek at how to get the look.

Those lime-washed floors? They could so be yours.

Come and see how...

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How To Gild With Gilt Cream...

Gilding creates a fantastically festive feel, perfect for this time of year, and can be a surprisingly cost-effective way of adding warmth to your home (a little gilt cream goes a very long way) with a bit of creative know-how. 

But where would you find that kind of help? Ahaaaaaaaa.....

I'm over at the Relics of Witney blog today, taking you through the process step by step {ahem,...including trouble-shooting for what to do if it all goes horribly wrong}.

Come over and join the fun...

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Creating Perfect Curtain Poles...

I'm very excited to be over at Relics of Witney's blog today, 

where you can find more about how to get these solid wooden finials and poles...

to look like this painted-and-gilt-creamed curtain pole...

How beautiful do they look now, eh?!

Getting a gorgeously bespoke finish this way isn't as hard as you might think....and considerably cheaper than other options too!

In December, Relics of Witney will be showing a step-by-step guide about how gilt cream can give you Christmassy va-va-voom...so don't forget to subscribe!

Now, I'm off to prepare some yummy food for warming our tummies as we watch some more fireworks tonight!

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Eating Outside...In The Rain? I've Got A Plan!!

Today you can join me over at the Relics of Witney blog, 

we're talking about evening entertaining outside...

and what to do when it rains....again!

Then next week, we've got Part 3 of Get The Gwyneth look...

{see here for Part 1 and Part 2}

and, behind the scenes, our girls bedroom is very nearly ready, 

after a long Sophie-shaped pause!!

Yup, it's all very high-octane over here 

at Modern Country Style!!

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Curvy Grey Wicker Chairs

Today, I'm over at the Relics of Witney blog 

for an in-depth look at the new breed of wicker: 

colonial-style greyed rattan.

{Swoon}

So yummy.

I LOVE these rattan chairs from Relics....

I've been enamoured with this design for a while now. 

Curvalicious, baby.

They call to me every time I visit Relics.

I decided it was time to claim one for my very own.

It arrived just in time for the weekend!

And is even more lovely than I'd hoped.

Don't you love it when that happens?!

Come and join me in the 

greyed-rattan love-fest 

over at Relics...

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The Jubilee Ethos

Hey there, sweets,

We're having the most wonderful Jubilee weekend.

Yesterday, we went to a street party.

{The Queen said she would have been there 

but was having a slightly busy day.}

Singing 'Rule Brittania', 

waving our Union Jack flags, 

sheltering under pushed-together gazebos from the steady drizzle,

whilst children played,

and grown-ups laughed, 

encapsulates all that I completely adore about being British.

Today, I'm over at the Relics of Witney blog, talking about their year-round Jubilee ethos. If you're yearning for a shop that listens to their customers, gives fantastic and individual advice, stocks a huge array of home-related delights and is an absolute pleasure to lazily browse around then come and have a look.. 

I'll be posting over there on the first of every month.

I'd love you to come and join me...

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My Secret Announcement....

Yesterday, I left you with a bit of a teaser, I know.

Are you ready for my exciting announcement?

I'm really hoping that 

you'll love it as much as me.

{But enough with the waffle, Sarah.

On with the post....}

There's a shop in the Cotswolds, 

called Relics of Witney, 

that has been one of my all-time favourites for years. 

They sell a fantastic range of paints - 

Farrow and Ball, Sanderson, Dulux, Earthborn, Little Greene 

- as well a the most beautiful architectural ironmongery. 

Their advice is truly second-to-none, 

and they even have a basket of toys for little ones to play 

with while you're browsing.

They've asked me to design and author a blog for them. 

I began the Relics of Witney blog about a month ago 

and it's now ready for your personal viewing pleasure...

It's going to be a heady mix of top notch advice and tutorials 

on using the very best paints and products, 

as well as how to make your home and garden look gorgeous 

and the sharing of fabulous information.

So far, posts have been about how to choose 

your perfect front door colour,

 and the Relics team have been sharing 

their favourite paint shades as inspiration.

Would you like a peek?

Just click Here.

I'd be so honoured 

if you'd consider following me there.

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