Farrow and Ball Front Doors ...And Finding Your Perfect New Home!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever experienced the frustration of discovering that the house you had half an eye on for <i>aaaaages </i>has just sold for a price that you could actually have afforded? Grrr. Take a look at some of these lovely houses...and their Farrow and Ball front doors!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="http://p-fst1.pixstatic.com/5429605b2a099a140f01386d/_w.1280_h.1280_s.fit_/diana%20p-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="265" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball Green Smoke</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or have you wondered how many people might be interested in buying <i>your </i>home, without wanting the hassle of putting your house on the market?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Clapham, London - Farrow and Ball Vart de Terre" height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/29/e6/ab/29e6abdb85ff0cf6e0f3f05d1f5708b0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball Verte De Terre</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at this fantastic new site I've discovered: <a href="https://whenyousell.co.uk/" target="_blank">WhenYouSell</a>.  It's such a simple concept but is a completely ground-breaking idea for both buyers and sellers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Pale Powder front door (Farrow and ball) - - -- - love:" height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ed/cf/a5/edcfa5d726546a1aa6c2d3df855eeb5b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="265" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball Pale Powder</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's how to find your dream home the easy way:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're looking to buy, you can use WhenYouSell to plan ahead </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">by registering early interest in properties you love before they're even on the market</span><span style="font-size: large;">. You can do this by simply drawing your preferred search areas on their map.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and ball pelt - front door" height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/8e/72/38/8e7238792d979cdac3603e0ca315f0e0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="296" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball Pelt</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Think of the potential! You could mark off a whole neighbourhood, a school catchment area, walking distance to the town centre, or even that one dream property....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Railings front door. Modern Country Style: The Best Grey Paint Click through for details." height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/f2/7b/43/f27b430b1cd485a73272bca99ad2c8d3.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball Railings</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buyers create a simple profile to enable them to be more specific about the type of home they're looking for (Would you like period details? a large garden? a long driveway?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Front door painted in Farrow and Ball's Green Smoke" height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ed/94/da/ed94da7156d9af643767bd9894548cda.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrrow and Ball Green Smoke</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love it! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Finally....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A site that allows you to let people know that you love their house, <i>before </i>it's even on the market. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Love the French Gray against the white" height="360" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/37/d2/fb/37d2fb468473691d422308f3854075d1.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball French Gray</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then comes the real magic!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every property owner can use <a href="https://whenyousell.co.uk/" target="_blank">WhenYouSell</a> to discreetly follow interest from potential buyers by locating their home on a map, and entering a few basic details. This is kept invisible to other users. WhenYouSell sends email updates to keep sellers informed on any interest in their property.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Audrey Utley - UK Colour: White Tie, Card Room Green Finish: Exterior masonry, Exterior Eggshell 8.10% of votes" height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/2c/8b/eb/2c8beb254afdb1244a5e580bc41dd1a8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball Castle Gray</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Up until this point, the service is totally free for everyone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If a property owner decides to sell, they can pay a £10 fee and send a simple property profile to directly to the buyers they select. Interested parties can then contact the owner directly through the site's messaging platform. Property social networking at its best!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="pictures of gray houses with colored doors | ... grey color by Sherwin Williams. The front door is by Farrow and Ball" height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/58/34/32/5834328b08248c946e00a3c681783807.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="265" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are no hidden costs whatsoever, meaning that it is possible to sell your home for a tenner, saving you thousands of pounds in estate agents fees!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="West Egg Blog modern country living with pug!" height="400" src="https://s-media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c9/23/ed/c923edf1799ff7343e9a7770960430d5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="220" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door painted in Farrow and Ball French Gray</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So whether you're trying to find your dream home - Farrow and Ball front door included! - or whether you'd like to dip your toe in the property market, take a look at WhenYouSell and see for yourself!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://whenyousell.co.uk/" target="_blank">WhenYouSell.co.uk</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> for more details...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All images via:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="200" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/modcountrystyle/exteriors-modern-country/">Follow Modern Country Style's board Exteriors: Modern Country on Pinterest.</a><!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><script async="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

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Exterior Transformation: Shockingly Lovely!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">WARNING: You are in for the shock of your lives! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the <i>same </i>house....Before and After....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8uqF5ktSAFMwvzN1qP7iDeCV_Takji0BEPUieHZSJcRY4sw4ApxHT7LnO-y-L_HRmy2oxJJuEm4yEFSYOes6bmY_IZPcEeW3_wfy7zMAF8be7CNJbBfqBqoPGqHSbdo98BVHiQZ6P8mp/s1600/Modern-Country-Exterior.gif" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Modern Country Exterior Transformation" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8uqF5ktSAFMwvzN1qP7iDeCV_Takji0BEPUieHZSJcRY4sw4ApxHT7LnO-y-L_HRmy2oxJJuEm4yEFSYOes6bmY_IZPcEeW3_wfy7zMAF8be7CNJbBfqBqoPGqHSbdo98BVHiQZ6P8mp/s1600/Modern-Country-Exterior.gif" title="" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the most incredible exterior transformation from a company called Back To Front who, frankly, I want as my Fairy Godmother!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNKJGS0SxAOGRnGwePd5PWpHU6cxfOuk6SfLNNXSxINWWUK40P-5C9ZaZjwmrDVtBZcd5W-Cw5vuu7iPrCYVJtmNT-a_9PEnepS15ISyV9ZE_3Cfho0OlT0kFdF1wpb4_iSparhGnT1N0/s1600/Cookham_after_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Modern Country Exterior Transformation" border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNKJGS0SxAOGRnGwePd5PWpHU6cxfOuk6SfLNNXSxINWWUK40P-5C9ZaZjwmrDVtBZcd5W-Cw5vuu7iPrCYVJtmNT-a_9PEnepS15ISyV9ZE_3Cfho0OlT0kFdF1wpb4_iSparhGnT1N0/s1600/Cookham_after_front.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This beautiful home was once rather more of an ugly duckling....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9hKn5z6nY2kJFHSfIF0W57IsRsVZTp3LsQCTDWB_nwX-_G0pIcyM00C6rYIuDmUYu7ZSE3-lA5O185oo5c9qPu727nwVoboOAOUEur1vDBjaTBBbSDxNYDBJJfX-pphT9qZILzeogIY2/s1600/front_before.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9hKn5z6nY2kJFHSfIF0W57IsRsVZTp3LsQCTDWB_nwX-_G0pIcyM00C6rYIuDmUYu7ZSE3-lA5O185oo5c9qPu727nwVoboOAOUEur1vDBjaTBBbSDxNYDBJJfX-pphT9qZILzeogIY2/s1600/front_before.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Can you believe it? Here's the 'After' view from the back of the house...</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Z77JuDXUKncGf5mfjc-ZSyUi6Em0L8wW_F0tDvRFt2SvUW7M6gTTOBr-WNcHDEjTgvi-OuAVdfDNgwBdISQCbosVqkbiwD4kjDe1fd2i9mVkDqvQm7qJgDPZUeUdh5J7ezq-xpDGVopo/s1600/Cookham_after_rear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Modern Country Exterior Transformation" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Z77JuDXUKncGf5mfjc-ZSyUi6Em0L8wW_F0tDvRFt2SvUW7M6gTTOBr-WNcHDEjTgvi-OuAVdfDNgwBdISQCbosVqkbiwD4kjDe1fd2i9mVkDqvQm7qJgDPZUeUdh5J7ezq-xpDGVopo/s1600/Cookham_after_rear.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And the Before from the same angle...</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvVWYOUHjgWUO2SJmizlpJ13jSGaoJLEWt4fGOKnrRLby7jEVuiJvgrb3orbI5CXZ82NqY9CybS8gep4nPQo6z6cTTgo8EjR5I56ezAFmRnGURBySkA4XW6paIDpIDrxmpRCiAb9R1Fz0/s1600/Cookham_before_rear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvVWYOUHjgWUO2SJmizlpJ13jSGaoJLEWt4fGOKnrRLby7jEVuiJvgrb3orbI5CXZ82NqY9CybS8gep4nPQo6z6cTTgo8EjR5I56ezAFmRnGURBySkA4XW6paIDpIDrxmpRCiAb9R1Fz0/s1600/Cookham_before_rear.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is your jaw scraping the ground? Are your eyes popping out on stalks? I make no apologies!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Modern Country Exterior Transformation" height="427" src="http://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/cms-assets/images/347068.4-rear-after.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Rear Before" height="480" src="http://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/cms-assets/images/995986.6-before-rear-mid-side.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a proper, full-on extensive (and, yes, expensive!) transformation but just goes to show the differences you can accomplish in any home if you set your mind to it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Modern Country Exterior Transformation" height="435" src="http://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/cms-assets/images/314563.7-after-rear-side-elevation.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Rear Elevation Before" height="480" src="http://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/cms-assets/images/282797.before-rear-side-elevation.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The little details add to the feel of substance, and create that nonchalant impression of the house having been this beautiful swan forever....not even a hint of that ugly duckling is left.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Weatherboarding Detail After" height="640" src="http://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/cms-assets/images/275654.weatherboard-detail.jpg" title="" width="426" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Guttering Detail" height="427" src="http://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/cms-assets/images/804237.guttering-detail.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope this leaves you feeling the wheels of your mind turning with creative thoughts ablaze for your own home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Porch Detail After" height="427" src="http://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/cms-assets/images/323886.porch-detail-after.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who fancies a peek inside?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Colour Study: Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inspired by Willow Crossley's Living Room, painted in Farrow and Ball's Elephant's Breath (<i>what a name!</i>), here is another colour study...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath living room" height="399" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Thelivingroom_2426051k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath living room</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath is soft, calming, warm neutral...here's the lowdown! Colour toning paint suggestions: (from top) Farrow and Ball All White, Slipper Satin, Elephant's Breath and Charleston Gray</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXR535XaeQ91Q0Tl9FV3bC4-v8exZEH-B-cDeSWryjgikChnrpCjPoes0_kKK5m3tlsyjueSwI1ZPWFwnUeII4eLQmeWBNPfY_PsrfpKIBIuB8Tji_-by8VVCIgGD-XTPYPqRGP1rhTvn/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Farrow+and+Ball+Elephant's+Breath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath Mood board" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXR535XaeQ91Q0Tl9FV3bC4-v8exZEH-B-cDeSWryjgikChnrpCjPoes0_kKK5m3tlsyjueSwI1ZPWFwnUeII4eLQmeWBNPfY_PsrfpKIBIuB8Tji_-by8VVCIgGD-XTPYPqRGP1rhTvn/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Farrow+and+Ball+Elephant's+Breath.jpg" title="" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{For information on my other Colour studies, click away...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/colour-study-farrow-and-balls-new-white.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball New White</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-old-white.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Old White</a></span><br /><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-white-tie.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span id="goog_693464662"></span>Farrow and Ball White Tie</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</a></span><br /><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-middleton.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Middleton Pink</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Down Pipe</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Pigeon</a></span></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-hardwick.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</span></a><br /><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-green-blue.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Green Blue</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/colour-study-dulux-heritage-stone-green.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Dulux Heritage Stone Green</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-lamp-room.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french-gray.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball French Gray (interiors)</span></a></div><div><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball French Gray (exteriors)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-mouses-back.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back</a></span></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2013/06/colour-study-earthborn-gregorys-den.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Earthborn Gregory's Den</span></a></div><div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-light-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Light Blue</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/farrow-and-ball-powder-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Powder Blue</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-hay.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hay</span></a></div></div></div><div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephants Breath paint bedroom" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/43/cb/72/43cb726f6391abf6033ce84fb501f068.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball's paints are chalky, matt and delicious BUT are notoriously changeable in different lights. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow + Ball Elephants Breath paint in bedroom. Fabrics from fox linton and gp & j baker." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9a/fa/f8/9afaf8154c83bd71f59e2b269a942d0c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="427" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bedroom in Elephant's Breath (Farrow and Ball)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This acts as a positive (enormous depth of colour, and instantly recognisable) but also makes some of colours pretty tricky to predict.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Kitchenpainted units in Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="431" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/53/63/23/5363235a4a4ca84c4d360d454461f037.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've tried to eliminate this unpredictability as much as I possibly can for you by sourcing images that best reflect the results you should expect in different conditions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="428" src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/jonwoodbloke/Utility/utility-201024x685.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In soft (by which I mean overcast!) daylight, Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath can appear greige - a gentle mix of grey and beige...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow & Ball Elephant's Breath hallway" height="480" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/98/c4/c3/98c4c3ba7fc2b355a66ddf75689169f2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath in dark Victorian hall</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, give Elephant's Breath even a glimmer of lamplight and it can go in two different directions....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Paint : Elephant's Breath by Farrow & Ball bedroom" height="480" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/3d/5d/d5/3d5dd50d8b60b95416dd922b9bb3b8f7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath in artificial light</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">either a bruised lilac shade....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom" height="427" src="http://st.houzz.com/simgs/9761f0090eee43fa_4-8482/traditional-bedroom.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or a peachy brown...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath paint bathroom" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy76ifC9ylThDQckfQ9n0D1ISbBAope0SiqXpy48_R6-h5Y6U6Kbg6e8gJVLQVotK6V6GAgvBvOQ2gqT662ZBEzXmO377ETZ3Z_3Klp_xOuwxAEOaDQX6r1XRwi74zEhratL7PaaxUPN8U/s1600/4979220235_e54bd115b7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="424" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under light bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jv7GO7yF0CCdPvcOw-pFb9PioGwLwi_TWmhR4hryD_un2gIxb9s1JgeiGPVKotE3XUpBI0xakeVj_t9WiEZIfcTAsjdVEVUt06hFWdUW6kcoH5D0JQBpk55H1o9GsopCCbS6-tv9nWOv/s1600/4979834562_4e39b64f3b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath paint in bathroom panelling" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jv7GO7yF0CCdPvcOw-pFb9PioGwLwi_TWmhR4hryD_un2gIxb9s1JgeiGPVKotE3XUpBI0xakeVj_t9WiEZIfcTAsjdVEVUt06hFWdUW6kcoH5D0JQBpk55H1o9GsopCCbS6-tv9nWOv/s1600/4979834562_4e39b64f3b.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under light bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Under cool, white halogen-type light, Elephant's Breath looks grey with delicate lilac undertones...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Elephants Breath by Farrow and Ball painted kitchen units" height="477" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/22/af/17/22af17d0a401defe21bb23b4c24f9a27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow & Ball's Elephant's Breath hallway" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/18/40/e1/1840e1e4c75cdc65b1daac92242e758d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="478" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under halogen lighting in Victorian hallway</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's the unknown line between these variations that means Elephant's Breath gets VERY mixed reviews from shocked home-owners who haven't realised that this paint has a mind of its own!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="elephant breath paint (farrow & ball) living room" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c2/8f/bc/c28fbce2f7ca405990f28973c7c030f5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="427" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball's description Elephant's Breath as '<i>an interpretation of this famously named colour by John Fowler. Use as a colour in its own right, or as part of a 'stone' scheme</i>.' </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Elephants breath 229 farrow & ball paint" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5b/24/8d/5b248dd51a2c22cce7bc87800b615dc9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What</i>? What does that even mean?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xPT25ZWC8_cJN-LVU0Murje5GxpcMFnPf2e4zTxsZanqT8MPi0eF0o79n0V6gPEfQJPzZZLF5t721TgWspaOrVi8OwymQpDqc8Hceuh98R2Oe5kjUlBC9-TxA8DlP87AJekgowoN1wVL/s1600/5327768588_398d83ed6f_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath Victorian hallway" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xPT25ZWC8_cJN-LVU0Murje5GxpcMFnPf2e4zTxsZanqT8MPi0eF0o79n0V6gPEfQJPzZZLF5t721TgWspaOrVi8OwymQpDqc8Hceuh98R2Oe5kjUlBC9-TxA8DlP87AJekgowoN1wVL/s1600/5327768588_398d83ed6f_z.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under dado rail in Victorian hall</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Stone' is usually a euphemism for warm, brown-based neutrals, which will work beautifully with natural materials, think rattan, linen and wood, but less well with cool greys...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath tongue and groove panelling bathroom" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/39/a3/26/39a326621e31c413f35b30ece35bb875.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="481" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath on bathroom tongue and groove panelling</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's worth being aware when looking at images like this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="640" src="http://uw-woonidee.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nrgcms-256210.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="630" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...that special lighting techniques will have been used, which may give a false impression of the real colour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Contemporary kitchen in Farrow & Ball Elephant's Breath and Manor House Gray " height="426" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/01/75/d0/0175d02b2bcdb03e84d4da06e53ef451.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even though the room has the lights on, more cool light will have been added from an off-picture source to give an additional effect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath panelling" height="426" src="http://thewallpanellingcompany.co.uk/images/Decorative%20Heritage%20Wall%20Panels.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath panelling</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This image below demonstrates what I mean. In the first room, the Farrow and Ball paint appears as a warm gray but if you peer carefully into the second, you'll see that in places, the paint takes on a definite lilac hue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath " height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=743" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="479" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath undervarious lighting conditions</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath is dark enough to work well as a floor colour...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="floors painted Elephant's Breath by Farrow & Ball." src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2b/9d/02/2b9d029fa228c1db7d3165668695ca57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath painted floor </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or as a darker woodwork foil to an airy room...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Beautiful Farrow & Ball Elephants Breath paint match in a 63mm slat size" height="425" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/50/29/ad/5029ad7e5084aa5fe900be2e3717f757.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath woodwork</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but still light enough to be used as an exterior wall paint colour. Here is Elephant's Breath with a Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray front door...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Front door is Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray with Elephants Breath house exterior walls." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/37/1d/81/371d8197f06f2e6a4c955dde7f54f7e4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door is Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray with Elephants Breath house exterior walls.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="House exterior in Farrow & Ball Elephants Breath (walls), Charleston Gray ( front door), and Pointing. " height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5f/94/7c/5f947c9c99ad560e14d1e71d9ec7ca78.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door is Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray with Elephants Breath house exterior walls.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So whether your room is flooded with natural light, for a warm grey...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom paint" height="640" src="http://www.madaboutthehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Bedroom.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...or whether your intended room will need artificial lighting, which make Elephant's Breath lean towards a richer purple-toned brown...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath Bathroom paint" height="425" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=759" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bathroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Balls Elephant Breath paint" height="610" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/0a/be/e00abe439c0071d59254d810406df7f2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...or, if you're looking, like me, for a new front door colour (the stark outside light giving a pale taupe finish to this front door in Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath)...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath front door paint colour color" height="640" src="http://cust.fresca.co.uk/farrowball/gallery/images/img_entry-8-large.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath front door</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...you'll end up with a sophisticated, modern, yet pretty and warm space....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow & Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="425" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ac/56/c9/ac56c99463f4303f71872628e95903fc.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...with Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via: Willow Crossley, Wealden Times, idhomes, broad oak, woodwork, adam rogers, turquoise textiles, houzz, Bibsnbraces, BibsnBraces, paradise design, claire mcfadyen, klausandheidi, dcdesigncenter, unknown, inspired living, unknown, Hill Farm, The Wall Panelling Company, g, Willow and Stone, Willow and Stone, Beautiful Homes, Stone and Chrome, chalk farm home, murdoch joinery</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Colour Study: Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath

Inspired by Willow Crossley's Living Room, painted in Farrow and Ball's Elephant's Breath ( what a name! ), here is another colo...

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