House Tour: Small Country Cottage

<div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.979999542236328px; margin-bottom: 1.3076923em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Although it's lovely to look at enormous homes, from time to time, it's good for the soul to see how size is absolutely not an issue when it comes to making your home beautiful; letting you feel inspired, rather than intimidated. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.979999542236328px; margin-bottom: 1.3076923em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After this house tour of a tiny extended two bedroom stone cottage, you'll see exactly what I mean....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball front door and entrance" height="640" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-armchair.jpg?itok=hi0QVc5Z" title="" width="517" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: large; line-height: 18.979999542236328px;">Now, won't you come in and make yourself at home?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball living room" height="640" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/featured/1113glynn-main.jpg?itok=tqhAl-U1" title="" width="467" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This house was a wreck when the owners moved in. They've lovingly renovated every nook and cranny.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball dining room" height="461" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-dining.jpg?itok=nNjER255" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Oh, the kitchen....G:O:R:G:E:O:U:S!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball kitchen" height="640" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-dresser.jpg?itok=dt8XzrOu" title="" width="498" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back" height="464" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-kitchen.jpg?itok=reP4V1iy" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball kitchen" height="640" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-range.jpg?itok=3iUUYSm0" title="" width="449" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When it came to choosing paint colours, they say this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18.979999542236328px; text-align: start;">‘We really wanted to create a home that flowed perfectly from one room to the next,’ explains Charlotte. ‘I didn’t want a different feel in each room and wanted the type of colours that you would find in old faded floral fabrics: soft creams and greens and dusky greys.’ They settled on a limited palette of powdery, matt paint from Farrow & Ball</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18.979999542236328px; text-align: start;">, which they have used throughout the entire cottage. ‘We have mixed and matched with various shades to keep the look cohesive,’ says Charlotte, ‘and I also chose similar tones so that none ‘jarred’ against each other; that is also the advantage of using paint from one company, as invariably all of their colours sit well together.’</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Green Ground bedroom" height="460" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-bedroom.jpg?itok=nKyIhrOm" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Tallow bedroom" height="466" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-guestbed.jpg?itok=Aos22qHR" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I love the way that the kitchen and bathroom tie in so well together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Lime White bathroom" height="640" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-bath.jpg?itok=ivGa15q2" title="" width="500" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray" height="640" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/homebuilding_scale-1680/public/images/completedprojects/gallery/1113glynn-toilet.jpg?itok=2SLKgybw" title="" width="453" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Very yummy and very Modern Country.</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;">See what I mean about the size not being an issue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{And wasn't it good for your soul?}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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House Tour: Small Country Cottage

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Case Study: Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back takes us back to that familiar territory of paint uncertainty. This paint can change, in a twinkling of an eye, from 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 Mouse's Back Living Room" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoto215B_gfhcMLDBb22sgNU32orSCURjICYPB6P-xORQCafnWYQB9g8JwBWtQXNm25CN1zdsjP1Cp2gkd5ixhEwkGRTEE_3AoPD0hyphenhyphenlvEmYjmgGq4oSwKVfJPSPlVehCDdzb5RrAfxbW8/s640/DSC_0529.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 Mouse's Back 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;">To 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 Mouse's Back Bedroom" height="429" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=554&hires=true" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In The 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 describe Mouse's Back as '<i>a quiet neutral dark stone or drab colour</i>', which, as their descriptions go, gets full marks for helpfulness. But let's look at what it <i>doesn't </i>tell you...</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 Mouse's Back Bedroom" height="427" src="http://farrowball.ugc.bazaarvoice.com/7097-en_gb/175661/photo.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 Mouse's Back IN The 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;">First off, Mouse's Back is a strong colour so what might look like a gentle background colour in large rooms...</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 Mouse's Back Living Room" height="425" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=414&hires=true" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Large 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;"><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;"><img alt="Mouse's Back by Farrow & Ball Living Room" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/63/5a/07/635a075f8bb4d6dd99cf88f39059ac20.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Large Living Room</td></tr></tbody></table><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;">or on skirting boards or wood trim....</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 Mouse's Back Trim" height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=345" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="423" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Skirting Board Trim</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;">(Here, with bunk beds in <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></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 Mouse's Back Trim with painted furniture in Farrow and Ball Old White" height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=344" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="423" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Skirting Board Trim</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;">...will look very much bolder in small spaces....</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 Mouse's Back Bathroom Panelling" height="640" src="http://farrowball.ugc.bazaarvoice.com/7097-en_gb/175895/photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Bathroom 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 is because the colour, with all those internal corners in close proximity, has the chance to build and reflect back on itself, which means that the shade intensifies.</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 Mouse's Back Walls and Ceiling" height="425" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=864" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Intense On Walls and Ceiling</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;">Quite the opposite is true when painting furniture, as the edges reflects light outwards, rather than inwards and the colour appears to recede...</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 Mouse's Back Painted Furniture" height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=494" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="479" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted Furniture</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="Vintage furniture painted and distressed in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/04/59/b0/0459b08eab4695c681cec31d7124c422.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 Mouse's Back On Painted Furniture</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back makes a fantastic choice for painted units in a Modern Country kitchen. Take a look at these babes:</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="Soft grey kitchen...cabinet color is "Mouse's Back" by Farrow & Ball" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/db/d9/c4/dbd9c4b369fb176e265214e98815e5a9.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 Mouse's Back On Painted 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 Mouse's Back No. 40 kitchen" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/44/e7/11/44e7110ea06a0b2b949a9ca360f45b82.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="479" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted 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 and Ball Mouses Back lowers, lightened Light Grey uppers, surf green granite, copper back splash. Medium oak floors." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/11/b0/a1/11b0a1a355249177a706b4c859fe5f68.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted 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="Anne Turner's kitchen in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back, Stony Ground " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdOds1KKFwUBTJo3tsdgcovXuOk0ssxGRz9O1vhyC9rT_Al1Sa8jgVy0z4NU5ra-7WjfAoMo0lDAAJeFNlVp1TgJHWVCil2_utlELLye1o6Oc1VtyKMq2KKSaBYadIz2Z9BxtNEIh-HlJ/s640/modern+country+style+8.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted 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;">Under soft cool light: gentle daylight or halogen lights, Mouse's Back is a soft greige paint...a mid-tone grey-brown blend. </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 Mouse's Back fitted wardrobes in bedroom" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a5/55/4b/a5554ba81e688f49fb04cdeaa68407ae.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 Mouse's Back On Fitted Cupboards</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="Paint color: Farrow & Ball Mouse's Back" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/65/e8/4b/65e84b71a0787a9954dad1386bf61384.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 Mouse's Back Paint</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 Ball Mouse's Back Living Room" height="451" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/95/5a/c6/955ac624a1dcaf21b26312cc4074433b.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Is A Mid-Tone Grey Brown Shade</td></tr></tbody></table><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;">But...give it more warmth (think hot sun or incandescent lighting) and the green undertones of Farrow and Ball's Mouse's Back come out to dance...</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 Mouse's Back on painted kitchen units" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/ad/3c/bf/ad3cbf2e29b36e9a3acd2226c2978538.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Greener</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;">What was once a divinely muted paint colour becomes rather more bold...</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 Mouse's Back Hall" height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=469" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="330" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Brown</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 by turning firmly 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 Mouse's Back bedroom" height="429" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=862" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Brown</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 by giving in to its olive 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=" Warm and inviting country liing room in Farrow and ball mouse back" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/73/08/c4/7308c4e43ded13f276c1c31d8bb7ef5d.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 Mouse's Looking Olive</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;">Are you looking for a new perfect front door 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="Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back on the front door and stairs " src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/df/1e/6f/df1e6fde9fd00ebeb93fb36fbe8bb6c9.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front Door In Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back </td></tr></tbody></table><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;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back makes a fantastic exterior colour...could this be the new paint for your 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="Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back house exterior" border="0" height="586" src="http://st.houzz.com/simgs/6791ad80004609fb_8-6703/traditional-exterior.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="500" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Exterior</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;">Its depth becomes a real strength as it can hold its own against strong outside light...</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="5ft hexagonal shed with cedar roof in Farrow & Ball Mouses Back" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/64/92/4f/64924f40d915ae44f5bb3ccfe2eca0e9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Exterior</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;">Let's contrast Mouse's Back against some of the other Farrow and Ball paints...here, walls in Mouse's Back, units in Bone and Lime White make a gorgeous Modern Country kitchen combination...</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 Mouse's Back, Bone and Lime White in kitchen " height="479" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=558" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kitchen walls in Farrow and Ball's Mouse's Back, units in Bone and Lime White </span></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;">The gentle green tones of Mouse's Back (floor) and <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> (floor) blend perfectly together. Walls are in Wimbourne White....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></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="Mouse's Back (floor) and Farrow and Ball Old White (floor paint) . Walls are in Wimbourne White" height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=354" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="425" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Floors in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back and Old White</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 feminine country kitchen has used Mouse's Back with Farrow and Ball Setting Plaster, a warm brown-based pink...</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="Mouse's back & setting plaster... Farrow & Ball" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/11/7e/fe/117efe3838a980deb3e5941a5dc79ba8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitchen in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back and Setting Plaster</span></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;">One of my current favourite living rooms, painted in Farrow and Ball Light Gray with woodwork in Mouse's Back is here. These two colours are a match made in heaven!</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 Mouse's Back and Farrow and Ball Light Gray living room" height="480" src="http://lacqueredlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Living-Room-1024x768.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 Light Gray and Mouse's Back</td></tr></tbody></table><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 Mouse's Back and Farrow and Ball Light Gray living room" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/aa/09/65/aa096596cedbaef65cbda1db3c7333cc.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="502" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Light Gray And Mouse's Back</td></tr></tbody></table><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's a great image from Old Mother Hubbard comparing greige paint samples....from the left, Restoration Hardware Stone, Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back, Restoration Hardware, Slate, <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-hardwick.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</a>, Farrow and Ball 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;"><img alt="Restoration Hardware Stone, Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back, Restoration Hardware, Slate, Farrow and Ball Hardwick White, Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray" height="480" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pFRcoXnedss/TW-RR8srQjI/AAAAAAAADQ8/J3EmKxMz2VE/s640/pistou+and+paint+colors+214.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">L-R: Restoration Hardware Stone, Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back, Restoration Hardware, Slate, <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-hardwick.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</a>, Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray</span></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 is a colour that can easily handle different looks. Lofty Met gallery? Tick:</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 at The Met Museum, New York. Walls in Mouse's Back and Light Gray" height="399" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ec/1a/4f/ec1a4f72397f584f5ffd52f05aa78ca0.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Met Gallery</td></tr></tbody></table><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;">Country utility room? Tick:</span></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;"><img alt="Utility room in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back, " height="640" src="http://twoellie.com/storage/mld104588_1109_laundry079_xl.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1306973887284" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="512" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Country Utility Room</span></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;">Masculine bedroom? Tick:</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="Masculine bedroom, walls in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back" height="510" src="http://www.addicted2decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/headboard-in-front-of-window-room-design-by-tati4design.png" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Masculine Bedroom</span></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;">Used with care, Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back has the potential to be cool, sophisticated and classy. I think I'm a little in love...</span></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;"><img alt="greige walls (Farrow & Ball Mouse's Back) plus orange accent plus light floors and white baseboard" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a5/92/1d/a5921d86c7486f1d030960e8bde98b58.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 Mouse's Back With Orange Accents</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're looking for some paint lust, you'll definitely find yourself getting giddy over these other Colour Studies:</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><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;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Down Pipe</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-elephants.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath</span></a></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></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 style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tempted?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div></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; 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Case Study: Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back

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Stunning Kitchen Revamp In Farrow And Ball Mouse's Back.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey there, sugarplum,</span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Victorian kitchen featured last week on Modern Country Style had units in Farrow and Ball Green Blue and an over-the-Aga mantle in Mouse's Back. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">And this little beauty has the whole kitchen with units painted in Farrow and Ball Mouse' Back. And, as a handy bonus, is utterly-butterly gorgeous! (That's Farrow and Ball <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html">Pigeon</a> on the dining room walls...)</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSHRfvlq9vAE5T7ibdymEn1H5d0xltnsB8s-4PUcYi68F18hDfaTn38UBHo3wJvcTdcA-rK_F0X0G7LkpoJlJdaffDeoLax-gS7ZI-naZFLfe_NDwSA2rs60qKu6U8GWGXoiD52BAFRKu/s640/modern+country+style+11.bmp" width="426" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It's only one of the most fantastic before-and-afters-on-the-cheap in the whole world ever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table 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/AVvXsEgGfcCC4pE5HGdwj3s1jWaOVQ7Vucm6z0GUQTo6liAaNUi8BQ4uU6Q4MUi6P5ECIyPcNiHcxfbiTB_lO2UPbJknt9ytAULs7yrRNMeneXOE3gALEFYT2Ogpid-kpgqx6OV_xJggGZastQ0N/s1600/modern+country+style+1.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfcCC4pE5HGdwj3s1jWaOVQ7Vucm6z0GUQTo6liAaNUi8BQ4uU6Q4MUi6P5ECIyPcNiHcxfbiTB_lO2UPbJknt9ytAULs7yrRNMeneXOE3gALEFYT2Ogpid-kpgqx6OV_xJggGZastQ0N/s640/modern+country+style+1.bmp" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, siree.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the kitchen of Anne Turner who was Assistant Decorating Editor for the magazine Cottage Living. It was featured in its last ever issue.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="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/AVvXsEgz4o9itgesBdjMQTnN_-VO6ScVVwPkZ_PDWp_rJ1WFcgAc-3N7W2H9jC-u98XmvuNQj6iW1pTQyN8uQOsTBXME9H8HFiyUbNNcR-paZVDd4qruo_Ng_ZqiWWdUP00J4glQlPbR9dC50Lcp/s1600/modern+country+style+2.bmp" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4o9itgesBdjMQTnN_-VO6ScVVwPkZ_PDWp_rJ1WFcgAc-3N7W2H9jC-u98XmvuNQj6iW1pTQyN8uQOsTBXME9H8HFiyUbNNcR-paZVDd4qruo_Ng_ZqiWWdUP00J4glQlPbR9dC50Lcp/s640/modern+country+style+2.bmp" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anne has taken her kitchen that's best described as bleurgh......and made it scrumptious...but without a complete overhaul. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="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/AVvXsEhcDCAifCTSq47NBqa-hzGGgMnTjwnFRQQamrM1d2etz9Gw23vb4r7jb5iDxkjY7oIFlyK_oVGvXuo_93cDp0VHVr43EgnHPiBPNnNAjK5FUJYSKz1rZm38RADA9wkmSwQ1ZDXuoG1QhnKi/s1600/aaa.bmp" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDCAifCTSq47NBqa-hzGGgMnTjwnFRQQamrM1d2etz9Gw23vb4r7jb5iDxkjY7oIFlyK_oVGvXuo_93cDp0VHVr43EgnHPiBPNnNAjK5FUJYSKz1rZm38RADA9wkmSwQ1ZDXuoG1QhnKi/s640/aaa.bmp" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her budget at the time was needed elsewhere.</span><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">{I don't mean to get off-track but was she wearing her slippers in that photo?}</span></i></div><div style="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/AVvXsEivdOds1KKFwUBTJo3tsdgcovXuOk0ssxGRz9O1vhyC9rT_Al1Sa8jgVy0z4NU5ra-7WjfAoMo0lDAAJeFNlVp1TgJHWVCil2_utlELLye1o6Oc1VtyKMq2KKSaBYadIz2Z9BxtNEIh-HlJ/s1600/modern+country+style+8.bmp" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdOds1KKFwUBTJo3tsdgcovXuOk0ssxGRz9O1vhyC9rT_Al1Sa8jgVy0z4NU5ra-7WjfAoMo0lDAAJeFNlVp1TgJHWVCil2_utlELLye1o6Oc1VtyKMq2KKSaBYadIz2Z9BxtNEIh-HlJ/s640/modern+country+style+8.bmp" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{Aaahaaa, I see some of the budget went towards some new snazzy footwear....}</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's look behind the scenes at this virtual decorating miracle. :-)</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The freshly brightened kitchen walls are painted in Farrow and Ball Lime White, a soft white with a slight greenish leaning. Farrow and Ball Stony Ground graces the doors and windows.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE29C6NLETdpTTmbbRQlNzISErjO24c5i2QkaHStObzEaoijq3EsS_NdBdiCAlHtm26XIl98DwF53judidjA8t7lynKaSKagOuvSc4PMIKM-hbZmx8hz-WIGdajdoAWzaCfD_aYZasGH39/s1600/modern+country+style+3.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE29C6NLETdpTTmbbRQlNzISErjO24c5i2QkaHStObzEaoijq3EsS_NdBdiCAlHtm26XIl98DwF53judidjA8t7lynKaSKagOuvSc4PMIKM-hbZmx8hz-WIGdajdoAWzaCfD_aYZasGH39/s640/modern+country+style+3.bmp" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They've had the existing cupboards moved up towards the ceiling and added moulding around the top and painted the lower units with heavenly Moue's Back from Farrow and Ball paints, a soft greige with muted olive undertones.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoohp3oPFORQARD5qcRd7pMEvVda1M6FeLvUdBBjmgBp8yKlm0DJxj9WJw7NExk42ScezS-hXFvBzx0WEicIkcX9p6PxabgquSc6vK58iZJgqcm4K48ZYeyr8sOAFzBjbD7egruGm7gkE0/s1600/modern+country+style+4.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoohp3oPFORQARD5qcRd7pMEvVda1M6FeLvUdBBjmgBp8yKlm0DJxj9WJw7NExk42ScezS-hXFvBzx0WEicIkcX9p6PxabgquSc6vK58iZJgqcm4K48ZYeyr8sOAFzBjbD7egruGm7gkE0/s640/modern+country+style+4.bmp" width="440" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, with the extra space created, shelves have been fitted under the units. Aren't they darling?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRBDarZ5Ct-HAo7KbvJimBcQq9DwluJ5ey10TdzpyCc0Jhcr2X12NoQwMnihE9NJIyTFkviGCFTdmzyiAECT8P6Omzn7_eavmU84GnoxN733_jgRDGafyfJVUVuXvD120ukE0k9BfdmLB/s1600/modern+country+style+6.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRBDarZ5Ct-HAo7KbvJimBcQq9DwluJ5ey10TdzpyCc0Jhcr2X12NoQwMnihE9NJIyTFkviGCFTdmzyiAECT8P6Omzn7_eavmU84GnoxN733_jgRDGafyfJVUVuXvD120ukE0k9BfdmLB/s640/modern+country+style+6.bmp" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anne Turner has changed the tiles, the worktop, appliances, sink, hardware, doors, taps, flooring and lights.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsLuPozmfiZfiQ5rDTR3Eln7SDMSKJqDjiQJCoSam8-W-4TVMRf05Zr6PDqaUJ3EWg_0HR0dVKnPI13sYgDTzH497CblX3ij0NIdBQsLrdr3XN4GDy0BnON-h4INSnUenAmNCVO-WFrSF/s1600/modern+country+style+10.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsLuPozmfiZfiQ5rDTR3Eln7SDMSKJqDjiQJCoSam8-W-4TVMRf05Zr6PDqaUJ3EWg_0HR0dVKnPI13sYgDTzH497CblX3ij0NIdBQsLrdr3XN4GDy0BnON-h4INSnUenAmNCVO-WFrSF/s640/modern+country+style+10.bmp" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The result is like having a splediferous new kitchen without the huge cost of new units.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ovis620OlZIUApXP9a15h0hNj13WEHNvHeUqckcEPdZD9yyvV1L79cRHZU_hQk-vPmLRzgUqI8PX-VcKgtfBLhn0BwrhMdXnZhIA0aOfOYFgcm6sB1nhwi45O29nAS8moR7wJXEkeAB_/s1600/modern+country+style+9.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ovis620OlZIUApXP9a15h0hNj13WEHNvHeUqckcEPdZD9yyvV1L79cRHZU_hQk-vPmLRzgUqI8PX-VcKgtfBLhn0BwrhMdXnZhIA0aOfOYFgcm6sB1nhwi45O29nAS8moR7wJXEkeAB_/s640/modern+country+style+9.bmp" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And don't you love the paint colours?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> All by Farrow And Yummy Ball.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">{Which I do believe to be their official name.}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicde0aP6Lixztt7obECdrJG0okzy0xOKukShsYEgx8nSiCu1f40skoJ9-fjdGNozb1RhRFHM94aGKRXPdLmn2Y2ulIJFqVF3v6VX6F4c-7QgDEedTB-H9IPVkZ7az-hxMz5zGnZUa5ly14/s1600/modern+country+style+5.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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