White

Clean, bright and fresh, soft shades of white create a gentle backdrop for contemporary country living. When the beginning of a new year is dark and dismal there is no better way to refresh a room or transform a tired piece of furniture. So it's out with the brushes for me! Here are a few of my inspirational favourites...

Above image: The White Company - divine bedlinen and interiors

Above image: The White Company - divine bedlinen and interiors

Above images: 1.John Lewis pretty beaded cushion 2.& 3. JJ Locations the perfect white house! 4.The White Company gorgeous white coat hangers

Above image: Neptune - exquisitely crafted furniture and bespoke kitchens

Above image: Neptune - exquisitely crafted furniture and bespoke kitchens

Above image: Neptune - exquisitely crafted furniture and bespoke kitchens

Above image: Neptune - exquisitely crafted furniture and bespoke kitchens

Above images: 1.Riviera Maison beautiful cupboard of weathered oak and white maple 2.& 4.Riviera Maison lovely crockery collection 3.The White Company gorgeous porcelain carafe 5.Summerill & Bishop chalky pestle and mortar

Above image: Slettvoll - divine white contemporary living

Above image: Slettvoll - divine white contemporary living

Above image: Border Oak - gorgeous new oak framed homes and buildings (discovered via Modern Country Style blog)

Above image: Border Oak - gorgeous new oak framed homes and buildings

Above image: Border Oak - gorgeous new oak framed homes and buildings

Above image: Border Oak - gorgeous new oak framed homes and buildings

Above images: 1, 2 & 3 Slettvoll - divine contemporary living

Above image: Light Locations - photographic location agency

One of my all time favourite 'white' paints is a shade called 'Chalk' by Zoffany, not too cold, not too yellow, filled with light, it is pretty perfect in any setting! 

For more information on anything shown in the above images please click on the names under each photograph to go through to their web sites. The colour swatches featured are my suggestions for accent shades and do not relate to specific paints unless otherwise stated, but I'm sure your favourite paint companies would be happy to suggest matches!

With warmest wishes

 

Romantic French Fabrics - Champagne Neutrals

This is the fourth in my series of posts about fabulous fabrics for French style interiors. In this post elegant, sophisticated neutral shades are depicted, with the palest ivory, richest clotted cream through to divine taupe; in decadent silks, lavish embroidery and softly textured linens.

Above images: Hotel Borgo Santo Pietro

Fabrics: 1.Marvic Textiles 'Arumina' 70% silk/ 30% viscose colour shown: porcelain 2.Clarke & Clarke 'Gingham Check' colour: taupe 100% cotton 3.Marvic Textiles 'Adara' 80% cotton/20% polyamide colour shown: almond 4.Marvic Textiles 'Agrippina' 25% Silk, 25% Linen, 24% Wool, 15% Viscose, 11% Cotton colour shown: opal 5.Kate Forman Fabrics 'Light Plain' 100% linen colour: light 

Above images: Hotel Borgo Santo Pietro

Fabrics: 1.Clarke & Clarke 'Antoinette' 51% linen/49% cotton colour shown: mocha 2.Clarke and Clarke 'Cove Check'100% linen -colour shown: natural 3.Chelsea Textiles 'Queen Anne Vine' 100% linen colour shown: natural 4.Clarke and Clarke 'Dupion Silk' 100% silk colour shown: buff

Above image: Tiara Chateau Hotel Mont Royal Chantilly

Fabrics: 1. Design Forum 'Climbing Leaf' 100% silk colour shown: beige 2.Nordic Style 'Sage Small Check' 100% cotton colour: sage 3.Clarke and Clarke 'Dupion Silk' 100% silk colour shown: taupe 4.Design Forum 'Taffeta Check Duo/Trio' 100% silk colour shown:taupe/ivory

Above image:Chateau de la Verrerie

Fabrics: 1.Design Forum 'Jacobean Embroidered Linen' 100% linen colour shown: taupe on ivory 2.Ian Mankin 'Skye Check' 65% linen/35% cotton colour shown: sage 3.Marvic Textiles 'Adara' 80% cotton/20% polyamide colour shown: almond 4.Design Forum 'Duck Weave' 100% linen colour shown: oatmeal

Above image: Country Homes & Interiors magazine

Just a note: I have compiled these fabric combinations working from images online so please forgive me if in reality they don't work as well together! Most shops are happy to provide swatches. 


Also I do hope that my Italian friends will not be offended by my featuring the Hotel Borgo Santo Pietro in a post about French style. The hotel is so divine I just had to include it! 

Romantic French Fabrics - Gorgeous Greys

This is the third in my series of posts about fabulous fabrics for French style interiors. This time shades of grey are highlighted, with the softest dove through to deep charcoal; in the perfect Toile de Jouy, embroidered florals and lavish silks.

Above images: Cabbages and Roses 

FABRICS: 1.Bennison 'Banyan' 100% linen colour shown: charcoal blue on oyster 2.Clarke and Clarke 'Cove Check'100% linen -colour shown:Mineral 3.Chelsea Textiles 'Posies' 100% linen colour shown: white on cloud 4.Tinsmiths 'Ticking' 100% cotton colour shown: flax 5.Clarke and Clarke 'Clifford Check'100% linen -colour shown:Mineral

Above images: The Bella Cottage

FABRICS: 1.Manuel Canovas 'Bellegarde' colour shown: sepia 2.Clarke & Clarke 'Gingham Check' colour: taupe 100% cotton 3.Clarke & Clarke 'Ashley' 70% viscose/30% linen colour shown: linen 4.Clarke & Clarke 'Marton'70% viscose/30% linen colour shown: linen

Above image: Michael Paul Photography

Above image: Kate Forman Fabrics

Fabrics: 1.Clarke & Clarke 'Alderly' 70% viscose/30% linen colour shown: linen 2.The Linen Works 'Kama Lin' 100% cotton colour shown: taupe 3.Chelsea Textiles 'Forget-me-not sprig' 100% embroidered linen colour shown: grey green 4.Marvic Textiles 'Toile Carreaux' 100% cotton colour shown: noir 5.Marvic Textiles 'Fortuna' 49% Linen/18% Cotton/18% Polyester/14% Viscose/1% Polyamide colour shown: flint

Above image: Joanna Maclennan Photography

 Above image: Homes & Gardens photo Jan Baldwin

Just a note: I have compiled these fabric combinations working from images online so please forgive me if in reality they don't work as well together! Most shops are happy to provide swatches

Romantic French Fabrics - Powder Blue

This is the second in my series of posts about fabulous fabrics for French style interiors. In this post features pretty shades of the softest powder blue through to deepest indigo in perfectly faded florals, delightful ginghams, Toile de Jouy and ticking stripes.

Above image: Cabbages and Roses 

FABRICS: 1.Bennison  'Chinese Paper' 100% linen - colour shown: blue on oyster 2.Clarke and Clarke 'Clifford Check'100% linen -colour shown:Denim 3.Bennison 'Phoenix Negative' 100% linen - colour shown:blue on oyster 4.Clarke and Clarke 'Cove Check'100% linen -colour shown:Denim

Above images: Kate Forman Fabrics

FABRICS: 1.Bennison 'Faded Floral' 100% linen colour shown - Blue on Oyster 2.Tinsmiths 'Cotton Ticking' 100% cotton colour shown - Dove 3.Nordic Style 'Blue Check Small' 100% cotton colour shown - Blue 4.Brocante Fabrics 'Petits Oiseaux' 100% tumbled linen colour shown - French Blue on white 

Above images - ANTIQUES: 18th Century Atelier

FABRICS: 1.Tinsmiths Linen Union French Toile linen/cotton blend colour: Silver 2.Clarke and Clarke 'Cove Check'100% linen -colour shown:Denim 3.Robert Alan 'Crystal Springs' 100% cotton colour: Aqua 4.Clarke and Clarke 'Clifford Check'100% linen -colour shown:Denim

Above images: Kate Forman Fabrics

Fabrics: 1.Brocante Fabrics 'Cabane-Rose' 100% tumbled linen colour: Ciel on white 2.Titley and Marr 'Provence Toile' 100% cotton colour: cornflower 3.Bennison Fabrics 'Liliana' 100% linen colour: pale blue on oyster 4.Pretavivre 'Classic Toile' 100% cotton colour: silver 5.Nordic Style 'Blue Small Check' 100% cotton colour: blue

Above image: Kate Forman Fabrics

Just a note: I have compiled these fabric combinations working from images online so please forgive me if in reality they don't work as well together! Most shops are happy to provide swatches.