The Top Ten Grey Country Kitchens

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grey kitchen AND country kitchen? Can it be done? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Oooooh, yes</i>!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a look that Modern Country Style does to perfection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here, in no particular order, are my current Top Ten Grey Country Kitchens...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img height="640" src="http://chelseadesignquarter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Untitled_Panorama2-31.jpg" width="606" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Country kitchen... oak beams, cream aga and touches of grey blue" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/7b/82/27/7b8227dec9ba0e5f32f9c3825ea96d03.jpg" width="476" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img height="374" src="http://mydesignchic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bespoke-kitchen-martin-moore-kithcne.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/7f/36/23/7f36230c8d535de54ac40c3cbe2edfdd.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Freestanding Kitchen" height="347" src="http://www.devolkitchens.co.uk/images/kitchen-projects/classic/osgathorpe-kitchens/freestanding-kitchen.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Moody greys. A kitchen perfect for English light?" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fd/a1/e9/fda1e92170c9f50434570dee9d93ac54.jpg" width="512" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Practical layout | Step inside this traditional muted green kitchen | housetohome.co.uk | Mobile" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/03/cf/e8/03cfe811b5028c2b55c888c60b5e427a.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img height="640" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00001394b/e6b9_orh550w550/Grey-and-Marble-Kitchen-Ideal-Home-Housetohome.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/e8/93/95/e89395be5f834a2534363bf9f1b8b043.jpg" width="468" /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Proof, if proof were needed, that a grey kitchen and a country kitchen can go hand in gloriously stylish hand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/modcountrystyle/kitchen-modern-country/" target="_blank">here</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Top Ten Grey Country Kitchens

Grey kitchen AND country kitchen? Can it be done? Oooooh, yes!! This is a look that Modern Country Style does to perfection.Here, in no particular order, are my current Top Ten Grey Country Kitchens... Proof, if proof were needed, that a grey kitchen and a country kitchen can go hand in gloriously s…

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Colour Study: Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inspired by Willow Crossley's Living Room, painted in Farrow and Ball's Elephant's Breath (<i>what a name!</i>), here is another colour study...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath living room" height="399" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Thelivingroom_2426051k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath living room</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath is soft, calming, warm neutral...here's the lowdown! Colour toning paint suggestions: (from top) Farrow and Ball All White, Slipper Satin, Elephant's Breath and Charleston Gray</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZiN0SO3oUU52AY6x0vGcWFQtB2WdJoWAVv27Gd1UpOcsZ5GG6MiZHPFO5lF_30_nXO4i3AziNEc5ZBPDGF5APGWGBN03q6o_Nszr-2U0fZr_r06K6BxVYqTrEGp-RQs5KQOzF4u53nyJ/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Farrow+and+Ball+Elephant's+Breath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath Mood board" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZiN0SO3oUU52AY6x0vGcWFQtB2WdJoWAVv27Gd1UpOcsZ5GG6MiZHPFO5lF_30_nXO4i3AziNEc5ZBPDGF5APGWGBN03q6o_Nszr-2U0fZr_r06K6BxVYqTrEGp-RQs5KQOzF4u53nyJ/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Farrow+and+Ball+Elephant's+Breath.jpg" title="" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{For information on my other Colour studies, click away...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/colour-study-farrow-and-balls-new-white.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball New White</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-old-white.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Old White</a></span><br /><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-white-tie.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span id="goog_693464662"></span>Farrow and Ball White Tie</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</a></span><br /><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-middleton.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Middleton Pink</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Down Pipe</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Pigeon</a></span></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-hardwick.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</span></a><br /><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-green-blue.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Green Blue</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/colour-study-dulux-heritage-stone-green.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Dulux Heritage Stone Green</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-lamp-room.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray</span></a></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french-gray.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball French Gray (interiors)</span></a></div><div><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball French Gray (exteriors)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-mouses-back.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back</a></span></div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2013/06/colour-study-earthborn-gregorys-den.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Earthborn Gregory's Den</span></a></div><div><div><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-light-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Light Blue</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/farrow-and-ball-powder-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Powder Blue</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-hay.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hay</span></a></div></div></div><div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephants Breath paint bedroom" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/43/cb/72/43cb726f6391abf6033ce84fb501f068.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball's paints are chalky, matt and delicious BUT are notoriously changeable in different lights. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow + Ball Elephants Breath paint in bedroom. Fabrics from fox linton and gp & j baker." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9a/fa/f8/9afaf8154c83bd71f59e2b269a942d0c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="427" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bedroom in Elephant's Breath (Farrow and Ball)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This acts as a positive (enormous depth of colour, and instantly recognisable) but also makes some of colours pretty tricky to predict.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Kitchenpainted units in Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="431" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/53/63/23/5363235a4a4ca84c4d360d454461f037.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've tried to eliminate this unpredictability as much as I possibly can for you by sourcing images that best reflect the results you should expect in different conditions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="428" src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/jonwoodbloke/Utility/utility-201024x685.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In soft (by which I mean overcast!) daylight, Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath can appear greige - a gentle mix of grey and beige...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow & Ball Elephant's Breath hallway" height="480" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/98/c4/c3/98c4c3ba7fc2b355a66ddf75689169f2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath in dark Victorian hall</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, give Elephant's Breath even a glimmer of lamplight and it can go in two different directions....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Paint : Elephant's Breath by Farrow & Ball bedroom" height="480" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/3d/5d/d5/3d5dd50d8b60b95416dd922b9bb3b8f7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath in artificial light</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">either a bruised lilac shade....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom" height="427" src="http://st.houzz.com/simgs/9761f0090eee43fa_4-8482/traditional-bedroom.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or a peachy brown...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath paint bathroom" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAetUCEx0BcBQ_AcEGj78d6o0b2Gh2dT43WmQaXPXvvDaTA9Y0xi5Xn3lb5Vo-BUj2BzWxA8TQhdxwpHBLFSyyZCiJnRpULCBOenv9mUbz9_boSARLW03GGqLC9EBTwNScXktM3dlnEnQ2/s1600/4979220235_e54bd115b7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="424" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under light bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAbkC80vuXpthIRtNWUYZcu3BjsorGBTG27t4qm8hZS0i2X0fZWSaCyRseYU3Y4PrAN77xudHceuxR2UFJ6bAa5fIb4h2cibxPWRUzfio7DsVsegohBT3wf8TTy279Ta10_qaepoFqkOS/s1600/4979834562_4e39b64f3b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath paint in bathroom panelling" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAbkC80vuXpthIRtNWUYZcu3BjsorGBTG27t4qm8hZS0i2X0fZWSaCyRseYU3Y4PrAN77xudHceuxR2UFJ6bAa5fIb4h2cibxPWRUzfio7DsVsegohBT3wf8TTy279Ta10_qaepoFqkOS/s1600/4979834562_4e39b64f3b.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under light bulb</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Under cool, white halogen-type light, Elephant's Breath looks grey with delicate lilac undertones...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Elephants Breath by Farrow and Ball painted kitchen units" height="477" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/22/af/17/22af17d0a401defe21bb23b4c24f9a27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow & Ball's Elephant's Breath hallway" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/18/40/e1/1840e1e4c75cdc65b1daac92242e758d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="478" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under halogen lighting in Victorian hallway</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's the unknown line between these variations that means Elephant's Breath gets VERY mixed reviews from shocked home-owners who haven't realised that this paint has a mind of its own!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="elephant breath paint (farrow & ball) living room" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c2/8f/bc/c28fbce2f7ca405990f28973c7c030f5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="427" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball's description Elephant's Breath as '<i>an interpretation of this famously named colour by John Fowler. Use as a colour in its own right, or as part of a 'stone' scheme</i>.' </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Elephants breath 229 farrow & ball paint" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5b/24/8d/5b248dd51a2c22cce7bc87800b615dc9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What</i>? What does that even mean?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm3IcWo3l9GzmOA4IfvXSyduIjOuOI-bTYYAlm75dTu3FSSn0KGRhNQM-RUo6956iQjQhTxLuvAFePtZn8GRZRJtphmYVCoGZgXtBrwmOhnHUKw1Ct13wDkhFPIJ3csBFgV-pqL4X3Ncf/s1600/5327768588_398d83ed6f_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath Victorian hallway" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm3IcWo3l9GzmOA4IfvXSyduIjOuOI-bTYYAlm75dTu3FSSn0KGRhNQM-RUo6956iQjQhTxLuvAFePtZn8GRZRJtphmYVCoGZgXtBrwmOhnHUKw1Ct13wDkhFPIJ3csBFgV-pqL4X3Ncf/s1600/5327768588_398d83ed6f_z.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath under dado rail in Victorian hall</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Stone' is usually a euphemism for warm, brown-based neutrals, which will work beautifully with natural materials, think rattan, linen and wood, but less well with cool greys...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath tongue and groove panelling bathroom" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/39/a3/26/39a326621e31c413f35b30ece35bb875.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="481" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath on bathroom tongue and groove panelling</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's worth being aware when looking at images like this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="640" src="http://uw-woonidee.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nrgcms-256210.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="630" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...that special lighting techniques will have been used, which may give a false impression of the real colour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Contemporary kitchen in Farrow & Ball Elephant's Breath and Manor House Gray " height="426" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/01/75/d0/0175d02b2bcdb03e84d4da06e53ef451.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even though the room has the lights on, more cool light will have been added from an off-picture source to give an additional effect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath panelling" height="426" src="http://thewallpanellingcompany.co.uk/images/Decorative%20Heritage%20Wall%20Panels.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath panelling</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This image below demonstrates what I mean. In the first room, the Farrow and Ball paint appears as a warm gray but if you peer carefully into the second, you'll see that in places, the paint takes on a definite lilac hue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath " height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=743" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="479" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath undervarious lighting conditions</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath is dark enough to work well as a floor colour...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="floors painted Elephant's Breath by Farrow & Ball." src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2b/9d/02/2b9d029fa228c1db7d3165668695ca57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath painted floor </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or as a darker woodwork foil to an airy room...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Beautiful Farrow & Ball Elephants Breath paint match in a 63mm slat size" height="425" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/50/29/ad/5029ad7e5084aa5fe900be2e3717f757.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath woodwork</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but still light enough to be used as an exterior wall paint colour. Here is Elephant's Breath with a Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray front door...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Front door is Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray with Elephants Breath house exterior walls." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/37/1d/81/371d8197f06f2e6a4c955dde7f54f7e4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door is Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray with Elephants Breath house exterior walls.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="House exterior in Farrow & Ball Elephants Breath (walls), Charleston Gray ( front door), and Pointing. " height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5f/94/7c/5f947c9c99ad560e14d1e71d9ec7ca78.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door is Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray with Elephants Breath house exterior walls.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So whether your room is flooded with natural light, for a warm grey...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom paint" height="640" src="http://www.madaboutthehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Bedroom.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...or whether your intended room will need artificial lighting, which make Elephant's Breath lean towards a richer purple-toned brown...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath Bathroom paint" height="425" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=759" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath bathroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Balls Elephant Breath paint" height="610" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/0a/be/e00abe439c0071d59254d810406df7f2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...or, if you're looking, like me, for a new front door colour (the stark outside light giving a pale taupe finish to this front door in Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath)...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath front door paint colour color" height="640" src="http://cust.fresca.co.uk/farrowball/gallery/images/img_entry-8-large.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath front door</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...you'll end up with a sophisticated, modern, yet pretty and warm space....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow & Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="425" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ac/56/c9/ac56c99463f4303f71872628e95903fc.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...with Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via: Willow Crossley, Wealden Times, idhomes, broad oak, woodwork, adam rogers, turquoise textiles, houzz, Bibsnbraces, BibsnBraces, paradise design, claire mcfadyen, klausandheidi, dcdesigncenter, unknown, inspired living, unknown, Hill Farm, The Wall Panelling Company, g, Willow and Stone, Willow and Stone, Beautiful Homes, Stone and Chrome, chalk farm home, murdoch joinery</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Colour Study: Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath

Inspired by Willow Crossley's Living Room, painted in Farrow and Ball's Elephant's Breath (what a name!), here is another colour study...Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath living roomFarrow and Ball Elephant's Breath is soft, calming, warm neutral...here's the lowdown! Colour toning paint suggestions…

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Willow Crossley's Home: House Tour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Situated in a tiny Cotswold village, <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/inspire-art-of-living-with-nature-by.html" target="_blank">author Willow Crossley</a>'s home is a mixture of Manor House and cottage, whilst the palette of understated muted colours she has chosen make my Modern Country heart beat a little faster.... Shall we take a house tour?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Come with me through this beautiful beamed porch, taking note of the hydrangea wreath on the front door...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Wreath on door of Willow Crossley's home" height="640" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Wreathondoor_2426029k.jpg" width="410" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At first glance, this room looks small and cosy but look again...see how teeny-tiny the sofas look in comparison to the fireplace. Willow Crossley has done a fantastic job at toning down the imposing double height ceiling, and creating a warm cottage-y vibe. The living room is painted in <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Pigeon</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Drawing room in Willow Crossley's home" height="640" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Drawingroom_2426037k.jpg" width="425" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The kitchen, with its bottle green Aga has units painted in Farrow and Ball's Elephant's Breath, and Willow has used Sanderson's Swallows wallpaper. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Willow Crossley's Cotswolds home" height="640" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Kitchen_2426057k.jpg" width="423" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The family room leads off the kitchen (also decorated with Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath paint)...can you spot the Cabbages and Roses cushions?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="The living room in Willow Crossley's Cotswolds home" height="399" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Thelivingroom_2426051k.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and into the conservatory, strung with simple fairy lights...and a hot air balloon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="The conservatory in Willow Crossley's home" height="640" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Conservatory_2426043k.jpg" width="429" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">More cushions from Cabbages and Roses fill the sofa in the bedroom...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Master bedroom at Willow Crossley's Cotswolds home" height="399" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Masterbedroom_2426061k.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hand-painted walls in a paisley design create a snug attic-chic space...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="The spareroom in Willow Crossley's Cotswold home" height="399" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Spareroom_2426067k.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Willow Crossley's office is lined with Cabbage and Roses Hatley wallpaper...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Willow Crossley's office in her Cotswolds home" height="640" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Study_2426071k.jpg" width="423" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The gardens contains enormous yew topiary, and parterre, with an ancient well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Willow Crossley's cotswolds cottage exterior" height="399" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02426/Cotswoldshouseexte_2426022k.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The mellow stone and rolling surrounding countryside remind me why I love living in the Cotswolds...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Willow Crossley's Home: House Tour

Situated in a tiny Cotswold village, author Willow Crossley's home is a mixture of Manor House and cottage, whilst the palette of understated muted colours she has chosen make my Modern Country heart beat a little faster.... Shall we take a house tour?Come with me through this beautiful beamed porch…

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