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"I like the farrow and ball ones but I'm not rich so I usually go with Dulux.
I gravitate towards the creamy browns, black, emerald green, that sorta thing"
I found my main wall colour by trying to dupe Farrow and Ball. Ended up with something some distance from what I was trying to dupe, but I love it all the same. |
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"Bright primary colours! But my interior design advisor tells me that I have to be subtle, apparently 1960's psychedelia went out of fashion and I'm not allowed to give people psychotic breaks. Then when I say "oh very well, magnolia will do", I get shouted at   "
Magnolia, apart from the shrub, is evil and should not be encouraged.
If you want a deep, warm, orange room - you have it. |
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"Farrow & Ball most of the time. Little Green sometimes, when F&B just isn’t hitting the spot."
When I got super into splitting hairs over paint colours, I ended up spending far too much time looking at Dulux Trade paints. I really like how they lay out colours |
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The trick is not to bother with the paint charts. Go into a F&B shop and play with the big chunky painted samples. Then take tester pots home and paint lots of pieces of paper that you can blu-tac to the walls and see how the light falls on them. |
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"The trick is not to bother with the paint charts. Go into a F&B shop and play with the big chunky painted samples. Then take tester pots home and paint lots of pieces of paper that you can blu-tac to the walls and see how the light falls on them."
Oh absolutely. It's what I ended up doing - starting with dupes for a F&B colour that has been suggested to me. Ended up going lighter and warmer because of the limited indirect light I get in here |
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"When I first started looking I had my heart set on Dulux Heritage Green Slate.
Looked awful as a tester on my wall. I love the idea. Not in my damn house though  "
Hate when that happens 
I spend far too long on the Internet re designing my rooms for when I win the lotto |
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"When I first started looking I had my heart set on Dulux Heritage Green Slate.
Looked awful as a tester on my wall. I love the idea. Not in my damn house though
Hate when that happens
I spend far too long on the Internet re designing my rooms for when I win the lotto "
I used dupe sites, bought a variety of Dulux testers that were supposed to be close to designer colours, and chose based on hanging them on my walls for bloody ages. I've done all the walls in my flat and am onto skirting boards and doors (gloss white, very boring ) |
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"When I first started looking I had my heart set on Dulux Heritage Green Slate.
Looked awful as a tester on my wall. I love the idea. Not in my damn house though
Hate when that happens
I spend far too long on the Internet re designing my rooms for when I win the lotto
I used dupe sites, bought a variety of Dulux testers that were supposed to be close to designer colours, and chose based on hanging them on my walls for bloody ages. I've done all the walls in my flat and am onto skirting boards and doors (gloss white, very boring )"
Im toying with the idea of painting all my doors, trim and skirtings black in the hallway  |
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"When I first started looking I had my heart set on Dulux Heritage Green Slate.
Looked awful as a tester on my wall. I love the idea. Not in my damn house though
Hate when that happens
I spend far too long on the Internet re designing my rooms for when I win the lotto
I used dupe sites, bought a variety of Dulux testers that were supposed to be close to designer colours, and chose based on hanging them on my walls for bloody ages. I've done all the walls in my flat and am onto skirting boards and doors (gloss white, very boring )
Im toying with the idea of painting all my doors, trim and skirtings black in the hallway "
I really like the idea of contrasting or coloured trim (in someone else's house. Not mine!) |
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"When I first started looking I had my heart set on Dulux Heritage Green Slate.
Looked awful as a tester on my wall. I love the idea. Not in my damn house though
Hate when that happens
I spend far too long on the Internet re designing my rooms for when I win the lotto
I used dupe sites, bought a variety of Dulux testers that were supposed to be close to designer colours, and chose based on hanging them on my walls for bloody ages. I've done all the walls in my flat and am onto skirting boards and doors (gloss white, very boring )
Im toying with the idea of painting all my doors, trim and skirtings black in the hallway
I really like the idea of contrasting or coloured trim (in someone else's house. Not mine!)"
I'll be brave enough some day  |
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"When I first started looking I had my heart set on Dulux Heritage Green Slate.
Looked awful as a tester on my wall. I love the idea. Not in my damn house though
Hate when that happens
I spend far too long on the Internet re designing my rooms for when I win the lotto
I used dupe sites, bought a variety of Dulux testers that were supposed to be close to designer colours, and chose based on hanging them on my walls for bloody ages. I've done all the walls in my flat and am onto skirting boards and doors (gloss white, very boring )
Im toying with the idea of painting all my doors, trim and skirtings black in the hallway
I really like the idea of contrasting or coloured trim (in someone else's house. Not mine!)
I'll be brave enough some day "
Oh, absolutely do it! It's not my taste for what I'm going for but I love how it looks. Either black or something like a navy blue, with off white walls - it's striking without being overwhelming |
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"We doing paint porn? I'm in. Let me wax lyrical about Annie Sloan...
Her chalk paint on furniture is *chef's kiss*
Am I allowed to admit I don't like chalk paint?  "
You can go off people you know... |
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"We doing paint porn? I'm in. Let me wax lyrical about Annie Sloan...
Her chalk paint on furniture is *chef's kiss*
Am I allowed to admit I don't like chalk paint?
You can go off people you know..."
But my friend Annie also does non-chalk paint. She's brilliant like that!
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By *bi HaiveMan 46 weeks ago
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"I like the farrow and ball ones but I'm not rich so I usually go with Dulux.
I gravitate towards the creamy browns, black, emerald green, that sorta thing
I found my main wall colour by trying to dupe Farrow and Ball. Ended up with something some distance from what I was trying to dupe, but I love it all the same."
Jess and I went into B&Q at the weekend. Got into a long conversation with the guy at the paint mix counter about how shit F&B paint actually is and how much of a rip off it is (his opinion and he sells the stuff!).
He then mixed up and exact match for one of their colours for half the price. |
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"I like the farrow and ball ones but I'm not rich so I usually go with Dulux.
I gravitate towards the creamy browns, black, emerald green, that sorta thing
I found my main wall colour by trying to dupe Farrow and Ball. Ended up with something some distance from what I was trying to dupe, but I love it all the same.
Jess and I went into B&Q at the weekend. Got into a long conversation with the guy at the paint mix counter about how shit F&B paint actually is and how much of a rip off it is (his opinion and he sells the stuff!).
He then mixed up and exact match for one of their colours for half the price. "
Oh I've got Valspar on my walls too
But as a starting point - most people seem to start with the designer colours to recommend. Either F&B or Benjamin Moore. A friend recommended F&B Theresa's Green for me, so I used online tools to pick up some Dulux testers that were supposed to be similar, and chose after staring at them for awhile |
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