chosen
Bloomsbury Green
the house · walls
The house exterior — after the green sitting room at Monk's House, Virginia Woolf's East Sussex retreat. The Vanessa Bell standards carry the same story down the path.
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The Cottage
Palette
The decided exterior and the kitchen materials – worktop, oak and floor. The interior paints, every pot ordered, are on the paint page.
lime Rose of Jericho, breathable · material Formica / oak / greenhouse
Decided
The exterior
Bloomsbury Green + Celadon Green ✓
Bloomsbury Green walls with Celadon Green joinery — a warm green (more yellow than sage) that chimes with the garden & greenhouse while still carrying warmth. The annexe stays white limewash. French Ochre stays indoors. RoJ exterior emulsion.
chosen
White limewash
the annexe · walls
The annexe stays white — limewash.
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chosen
Parchment
No. 9 · warm cream · joinery
The exterior joinery — warm parchment cream, settled via the house-04 render.
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Blue Grass
Rhino greenhouse · fixed
Sage-blue frame.
material
The surfaces — not paint
Worktop — Formica
shortlist flagged
Seventeen laminates. Front-runners flagged, across four moods — a deliberate dark anchor (Green Slate), fresh greens (Marble Green), quiet warm neutrals (Sarum Grey & Kashmir), light pink (Just Rose), and a cool crisp foil (Liquid Glass). The choice: ground, recede, lift, or freshen.
Supplied by Plyzen — Formica laminate worktops, made just up the road in Lewes.
Seed
F5344 · pale sage
material
leaning
Marble Green
F8245 · mid sage
Fresh & light — the green worktop, kept airy.
material
Ocean Grey
F7853 · grey-green
material
Algae
F8796 · moss/olive
material
contender
Fir
F8237 · deep fir
A deep forest green — the darkest anchor, alongside Green Slate.
material
leaning
Green Slate
F8793 · deep grey-green
The deliberate dark anchor against pale oak.
material
Citadel
F9266 · charcoal-green
material
leading
Sarum Grey
F2770 · warm grey
Leading — quiet, warm, timeless; and Sarum's a great Rutherfurd novel (the old name for Salisbury).
material
Oyster Grey
F7929 · pale greige
material
contender
Mojave
F8751 · sandy tan
Warm desert sand — a story-colour too (the Mojave), so a real contender. Sarum still nose-ahead.
material
leaning
Kashmir
F0187 · taupe brown
Warm mid-taupe — soft & earthy.
material
leaning
Just Rose
F8858 · pale pink
Keeps it light — ties to Stone & the pinks.
material
Blush
F8238 · dusky rose
material
Henna
F8239 · red-brown
material
Deep Sea
F5521 · dark teal
material
Viola
F5345 · aubergine
material
leaning
Liquid Glass
F8240 · pale blue-grey
A cool, fresh counterpoint to all the warmth — crisp against terracotta & oak. Test it next to the floor.
material
The fixed surfaces
The wood & floor
The natural materials the paints & worktop wrap around — pale oak above, warm terracotta underfoot.
Oak
handmade · pale natural
The cabinets — pale natural oak, the light heart of the kitchen.
material
Terracotta
the floor
Warm earthenware — ties straight to your ochres & Stone; a timeless foil for the greens.
material