downstairs
Linen
warm white · main wall
Unbleached-flax warmth — a downstairs main.
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The Cottage
Paint & palette
Rose of Jericho lime throughout – one soft, chalky, breathable finish. The house leans light: the pale colours are the mains, the deeper tones used sparingly. Worktop, oak and floor sit apart, below.
lime Rose of Jericho, breathable · material Formica / oak / greenhouse
The mains
The Lights
most of the house
The pale Rose of Jericho colours that carry the walls. Downstairs, French Ochre & Linen are the mains. French Ochre also stands in for pink.
Lime White
cool white
Neutral greyish, crisper.
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Terra Alba
warm off-white
The darkest of the off-whites — a soft chateau neutral.
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Buttermilk
pale cream-yellow
Warm soft cream with a hint of red — a gentle sunny neutral.
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Raw Sienna
palest ochre
Soft Tuscan yellow.
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downstairs
French Ochre
sandy ochre · main wall
A downstairs main, with Linen — and covers the pink role.
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Stone
rosy taupe
The warm hinge between earths & greens.
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Eau de Nil
soft grey-green
Cool & dusty, period-perfect.
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Malachite
soft blue-green
Echoes the Blue Grass greenhouse.
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Celadon Green
warm yellow-green
Paler & more yellow than sage.
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Apple Green
vivid yellow-green
Granny Smith — the liveliest green, for a fresh accent.
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Bloomsbury Green
fresh green · local
After the green sitting room at Monk's House — Virginia Woolf's East Sussex retreat, just up the road.
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Accents only
The Deeper Tones
sparingly
Used in small doses against all that light — a dresser, joinery, a warm corner. Ferrugina is the anchor for any dark element.
Roman Ochre
mid gold
A cosy warm-gold accent.
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Deep Yellow Ochre
deep gold
The richest gold — a small hit.
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Dark Yellow
golden yellow ochre
Yellow of the sun — an ancient cave-paint gold.
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Sung Green
their deepest green
A soft blue-leaning celadon — their darkest green; where it goes is open.
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Ferrugina
their darkest
A warm reddish-brown, soft not black — the anchor for any dark element.
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Jericho Grey
grey-green accent
A soft grey-green — a lovely interior accent.
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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
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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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
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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
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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.
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Terracotta
the floor
Warm earthenware — ties straight to your ochres & Stone; a timeless foil for the greens.
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