Perfect Homes Magazine - Issue 12 | Page 85

Walls Paint is the simplest way to bring the classically rich appeal to your own home. Kelly Moore and Farrow and Ball have released colours based on rooms from the series. The colours range from deep in the library with the addition of blue by way of furnishings against cream walls. Green is introduced in small accent pieces on the mantle and on tables within the space. These colours will translate well to walls, ceiling, trim, built-ins, and doors in most homes and can be interchanged with varying degrees of emphasis based on personal preference. The dining room is essentially in the same or similar colours with cream walls and stained wood, with accent colours in the rug and the introduction of green on the dining chairs. This same palette can be repeated in the grandee saloon, with its painted and glazed trims in cream, and highly decorative Spanish tooled leather walls. In the more formal sitting rooms, painted or lightly glazed off-white trim is used against softer creams, or pastels. The bedrooms should be coloured in soft pastels with off-white trim, or stained wood with deeper greens, blues, and reds. Take care in smaller homes not to “break up” your spaces, this will accentuate the size, as continuity will make it feel larger. By following this formula of repetition of palette in different styles the old world elegance can readily be applied to most any of today’s spaces. PERFECT HOMES INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE 85