Colour & walls
Choosing colour for a north-facing sitting room
Start with the daylight you have and the furniture that is staying, rather than a list of supposedly safe paint shades.
Colour & walls
Paint, pattern and the details that change how colours sit beside one another.
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Colour & walls
Give paint samples a movable home
A painted board lets you compare a colour beside the floor, curtains and furniture without covering one wall in little squares.
Colour & walls
When two whites disagree
A wall, door frame and new cabinet can all be called white while looking quite different side by side.
Colour & walls
Wall colours beside a honey-coloured oak floor
Honey-toned oak supplies a large area of warmth. Wall samples need to meet the floor before they meet the shopping basket.
Colour & walls
Build a palette around the grey sofa you already own
The useful question is which grey you own, and what you would like the rest of the room to do around it.
Colour & walls
A ceiling that is a colour of its own
A coloured ceiling changes the whole room, so include the walls, cornice, lights and doorway in the decision.
Colour & walls
Colour along a narrow hallway
Think about the doors and the view along the hall before deciding where a new wall colour should begin and end.
Colour & walls
Deciding whether a dark bedroom will suit you
Deep colour can suit a bedroom, but the decision is easier when you separate atmosphere from the jobs the room still needs to do.
Colour & walls
Warm and cool colours can share a room
Contrast between warm and cool colours can help a room feel balanced without dividing every purchase into matching categories.