Yes, the grey grumbler is back. The one with the lead lament, the stone moaner.

Thanks for the great comments about my grey stresses – I loved reading your own recommendations for colours that might work. I noticed a few suggestions for Cornforth White, as shown in the picture below, by Farrow & Ball.

This looks so smart. This is exactly what I’m after. But behold, how it looks in the dreaded north-facer that is my front room.

It’s the menacing cloud lurking in the alcove on the left of the picture. And also, more pleasingly to my eyes, the bit immediately behind the paint tin. They’re on the same wall but look wildly different. Weird huh? But don’t think for a moment I’m defeated.

I’m going straight back to give F&B another £3.75 for a sample of Great White (above) and one of Strong White (below). I know they don’t look grey to you…

…but I’m think if all else fails maybe I’ll just do the walls white and put a little grey on the skirting board. You with me?

Hay Ya!

The Danes are white hot at design. Fact. So it’s no surprise that Danish company Hay has many decorator-obsessives in a tizz – even if their presence outside of Denmark is not enormous. Myself, I sometimes look up the Dot blankets, available here, on the internet just so I can sit and imagine them in my […]

Draw me a room

Did you used to do that, as a kid? I loved drawing imaginary rooms, with distinctly dodgy perspective, and buildings and also swimming pools. That was what I was reminded of when I saw these illustrations by Emily Robertson, done for Italian furniture company Molteni & C. I love the detail, giving you more the […]

Peake district

A rare moment when I’ve bought something I want for someone else. Not that I’ve handed it over yet, mind. I was very pleased to happen upon this charming drawing in Magma that seems perfect as a wedding present for some bike enthusiast friends of mine. Did I mention I hadn’t handed it over yet? I […]

Grey grief

I’m in a grey grump. Yes, like everybody else with any sense, I want a grey living room, preferably at some point before it becomes terribly passe. And the clock is ticking, yo! But no matter what sort of grey I choose it just looks wrong on the actual wall. And my living room is […]