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Help with colours please

Maria MacDonald

2 years ago

This is my holiday home and I would like to refresh it, I will not be replacing furniture or fittings so I’m a bit limited on colours. I tried this blue but I’m not sure about it, I wanted to use oval room blue by F&B but budget will not allow.. I would prefer not to have plain neutrals if possible. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Daisy England
2 years ago
If it’s just painting you are planning to do and are concerned about the cost of the F&B paint then go elsewhere and have the colour copied. This is what I do. I use and prefer Johnstones paint and they do an excellent F&B colour match. It’s spot on.
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Sonia
2 years ago
I love Oval Room Blue and have it in my kitchen, but I don’t think it will sit well with your kitchen units and your green tiles. I would stay with an off white neutral for the kitchen end. For the living room end you could go green on the end wall and I think something like Lichen may go, but get a test pot to ensure it will go with the green pattern on your sofa. As Daisy says, you could get any F&B colour matched at Johnson’s. By the way I really like the heather plum colour you already have.
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kazzh
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Ahh Sonia, just what I was thinking when I saw the pattern on the couch!
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Great minds think alike kazzh!

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