Book: Farrow & Ball Living With Colour
Posted on | September 23, 2010 | 10 Comments
Are you a big fan of Farrow & Ball paints and English country style like me? Released this month Farrow & Ball Living with Colour by Ros Byam Shaw, Ryland Peters & Small, $40, is jammed packed with colors to inspire from modern apartments to country homes. Best part of it all? Every interior shown gives Farrow & Ball paint color reference. Of course remember through the printing process colors change so always purchase a sample pot and test the paint on your own walls before choosing a color.
Above and below just a few of my favorite interiors. I realized after I pulled all the photos together that the colors are all really similar which is not the case with the book but just my personal preference. I love earthy greens and browns.
The first interior below is from Ben Pentreath’s country house. Remember him? He has a great shop in London and his apartment appeared in Shaw’s other book: Perfect English. I have a total crush on his design style.
The bathroom has become my favorite new inspiration—great color and love the sill. Want that kitchen, the plaid sofa, and how romantic is that molding painted ‘Calke Green’? Beautiful. Enjoy!
Photographs by Jan Baldwin courtesy of Ryland Peters & Small.
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House Update: Roof, Rotten Gutters, Sill, and Back Door
Posted on | September 22, 2010 | 17 Comments
So what is up with house renovation you’re all asking? I’ve been intentionally avoiding talking about it the last few weeks. Everything is up in the air. We are still trying to find someone to help us with the roof which at this point I wonder if we’ll get it done before winter? I’ll share more on the roof later. I thought I would round-up all the projects we have going on so you could get a better idea how it all connects.
Are you getting three tab or architectural shingles? The historic society approved architectural shingles which I prefer. Again, asphalt shingles are not historically accurate but a comprise. I am looking at darker gray shingles that will hopefully complement the house colors I’ve been brainstorming.
What have you learned about chimney liners? Chimneys are still up in the air. I stopped pursing estimates because it was looking like I can’t afford a roof and chimney liners this fall. Still looking for solutions other then thermocrete. I was told my chimney was too large to have metal liners which some of my readers have suggested seemed bogus.
What kind of gutters did you choose? Last night, the historical society meeting approved wood gutters and painted galvanized steel downspouts. We were hoping to get these replaced when our roof got done.
Are you planning to fix the rotten wall this fall? We haven’t talked a lot about this rotten wall on the blog. Basically we have major rot on a wall between our house and the neighbors. The sill and wall are rot and need to be replaced. Greg and I are trying to tackle this project ourselves. More to share in another post.
Are you going to replace your back door? I need to find a new (old) door to replace our current back door. The door itself is rot and not historically accurate. I need to research styles from the 1750′s and search for something comparable. I’m thinking I might contact Old House Parts in Kennebunk, Maine for some help.
Below photos of the house I took in the last few days. Our roof and gutters as is—gastly sight! Below Greg working on replacing the sill and the back door that needs to be replaced. Whef! Typing this all out kinda gave me a mini-anxiety attack. The renovation is feeling very overwhelming at the moment…
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Posted on | September 21, 2010 | 14 Comments
Thanks for all great comments and words of encouragement on my sweater jacket inspiration post. I think I’ll hold off for now and sign up for a baby sweater class at my local yarn shop. But I still need a project! I’m traveling a lot in the next three weeks and want something with me to work on. Maybe I should rephrase that? I need something that will stop me from having an anxiety attack on my 5 hour flight to Vegas in two weeks. I hate flying!
So what about an afghan? I could do something easy…I found this Garter Stitch version knit in three panels in Comfort Knitting & Crochet Afghans. I love it! Reminds me of Breton fisherman sweaters and ticking stripe—two of my favorite things. Garter stitch is terribly easy which probably means bor-ing. But I want a project that I won’t get stuck 1/2 way through and have to ask another knitter on my flight for help. What do you think? Is easy always boring? Or you can’t go wrong with stripes!
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