Colour Study: Farrow and Ball Hardwick White

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to another Modern Country Style Paint Colour Case Study. This time its the turn of </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> (number 5) to come under my watchful eye.</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 Hardwick White" height="426" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=536" 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 Hardwick White</span></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;">Hardwick White takes the rather shaky accolade of '<i>Most Changeable Colour In The Whole Wide World Ever</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="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White bathroom" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/26/d2/79/26d2796f80fd099c2013dee4866f0b93.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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</span></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;">Yes, that's a bonus if you want a chameleon of a colour that shifts between taupe <i>and </i>green <i>and </i>blue <i>and </i>grey <i>and </i>brown but it makes my job explaining it to you pretty trick-eeeeeeee. </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="Painted Kitchen Units in Farrow and Ball Hardwick White " height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a3/28/83/a3288353ae0e08edf05f51530ada2725.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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White kitchen</span></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;">This is a colour that sits right on the cusp of a bazillion others so that it slips away in unexpected 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="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White Hallway" src="http://www.farrow-ball.com/pws/client/images/content/colour_light_affects.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White Hall</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;">Compare it to Farrow and Ball Light Blue, for instance...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><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/AVvXsEgQ6-dQrwca7hmwFV3JHuR1Jq0hJSvd2427H-RU9HR4_8kB0MaopyUYGfmX6amhNwUkIlygkUfqmccjBqb9gTEXD-BDbKO5jqDhcXN0rdgq1JoN7EMWMRXLePNESZkqgbsegTwxK5zKrBP_/s1600/hardwick+white+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White and Light Blue" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6-dQrwca7hmwFV3JHuR1Jq0hJSvd2427H-RU9HR4_8kB0MaopyUYGfmX6amhNwUkIlygkUfqmccjBqb9gTEXD-BDbKO5jqDhcXN0rdgq1JoN7EMWMRXLePNESZkqgbsegTwxK5zKrBP_/s1600/hardwick+white+047.JPG" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White and Light Blue</span></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or Farrow and Ball Blue Gray...</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqgeW9sCPzNDWFqSnKsW5O3vjtyJ9rqlpFmE-HlOkb_Np4prpFoh-YfolgEY8nlbYtv_w79Fm24XgZ9HKiwj2ywvwA40HW1aCLCv1uzYKJGAeb3tvvEjGGVHGuVHDa8HP2ufNj8C-G4N-/s1600/hardwick+white+058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White and Blue Gray" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqgeW9sCPzNDWFqSnKsW5O3vjtyJ9rqlpFmE-HlOkb_Np4prpFoh-YfolgEY8nlbYtv_w79Fm24XgZ9HKiwj2ywvwA40HW1aCLCv1uzYKJGAeb3tvvEjGGVHGuVHDa8HP2ufNj8C-G4N-/s1600/hardwick+white+058.JPG" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White and Blue Gray</span></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...it veers right over to the taupe end of its dastardly spectrum...</span><span style="font-size: large;"> yet put it up against the natural tones of these reindeer antlers and watch  Hardwick White's green undertones sing right out to greet 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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kt7zha6aEPByyDj_JC759da1HfmxJYBZSfbAmL00Q41L480I0MA2jrv-kBdClIauFv4fqCF9AOX0d7AmlObqa6Y_MWn4hTXXqlGpqZyxFJdV0XLPyJV1qBZrJrOvNP0ZwHcquczzTUUT/s1600/hardwick+white+077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kt7zha6aEPByyDj_JC759da1HfmxJYBZSfbAmL00Q41L480I0MA2jrv-kBdClIauFv4fqCF9AOX0d7AmlObqa6Y_MWn4hTXXqlGpqZyxFJdV0XLPyJV1qBZrJrOvNP0ZwHcquczzTUUT/s1600/hardwick+white+077.JPG" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</span></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You might find it useful to compare Farrow and Ball Hardwick White to these other paints in the image below (From top left...Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray, Lamp Room Gray, Ammonite, Purbeck Stone, Mole's Breath, Elephant's Breath, Manor House Gray, Skimming Stone and Hardwick White) to get a better handle on it. Hard to pin down, isn't it?</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 Charleston Gray Lamp Room Gray Ammonite Purbeck Stone Mole's Breat Elephant's Breath Manor House Gray Skimming Stone Hardwick White" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a6/d9/cb/a6d9cb14922734b9cc026d6b30f6fbe0.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray, Lamp Room Gray, Ammonite, Purbeck Stone, Mole's Breath, Elephant's Breath, Manor House Gray, Skimming Stone and Hardwick White</span></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;">So here's the nub: before you get swept away in picking Farrow and Ball's Hardwick White, bear in mind the following factors:</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 Hardwick White" height="427" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=721" 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 Hardwick White</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The direction your room faces....</span></b></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 Hardwick White Modern Country kitchen" height="640" src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/538c81cfe4b0371e6dad697a/53974c74e4b0bc9e00b74368/53974c77e4b0bc9e00b74440/1369897939000/Plain-English-Kitchen-2.jpg?format=original" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="463" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White Modern Country kitchen</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;">In rooms that receives lots of warm southern light, Hardwick White can appear positively chocolate-like. There'll no escaping those taupe-y tones.</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/AVvXsEj1kBPnlgs7sD2x8xajjQ_9B-pwnIdrXQmJFG6zY09iQWwBmnn7Jam5_fiVhlCyRWUD9i7rkdEfWL-AqQjn0JEIWjLAyTjcNOAmpukUplstBVnzfiyZem_IEMNE5zJf6PYyX-DLXijBEHQg/s1600/hardwick+white+066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kBPnlgs7sD2x8xajjQ_9B-pwnIdrXQmJFG6zY09iQWwBmnn7Jam5_fiVhlCyRWUD9i7rkdEfWL-AqQjn0JEIWjLAyTjcNOAmpukUplstBVnzfiyZem_IEMNE5zJf6PYyX-DLXijBEHQg/s1600/hardwick+white+066.JPG" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White in south-facing room</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But in a north-facing room, just look! For the vast majority of the time, particularly with the glum weather we've been having, Hardwick White takes on a far bluer character....</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/AVvXsEjSDTQblM3PzTaFgZ80jrdC12d7rAYCZQ7jPITw_ueEgpS8ckOD2twAYTwDwmEiV7Ko3qf1Fw-gLXQh3mRffdWTffVBe2lyBQVawRxw6WVZQ9Lphc9kwUz_AjkHeg_DGZrD0yrmTm-K6kNY/s1600/hardwick+white+072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White in shade" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDTQblM3PzTaFgZ80jrdC12d7rAYCZQ7jPITw_ueEgpS8ckOD2twAYTwDwmEiV7Ko3qf1Fw-gLXQh3mRffdWTffVBe2lyBQVawRxw6WVZQ9Lphc9kwUz_AjkHeg_DGZrD0yrmTm-K6kNY/s1600/hardwick+white+072.JPG" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White in north-facing room</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second thing to bear in mind is </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">the size of your room</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White builds intensity like nobody's business, so the the closer your internal corners are (i.e. the smaller your room) the darker the paint will seem. </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 Hardwick White in north facing room" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0UBS386gDDuELZRprJnyv_75gvZsgi4xU3_lX85uRS8kSp0T62nDYqUo8Ft1uJDX4vtLE55CT4Wa8p1a0X_ajx5TY5ZJSI_K867cYNPczuV205oAP6bSvtxpydAkROSIyXLig6_j8JA/s640/photo.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</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;">Just look at the difference in the image below between full light and shadow. Those differences, my Modern Country friend, are what you'll be playing with.</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/AVvXsEheAgQD3-d66f6huFyYma0qPISSp74BdEInfRY35jK8tIpJBha3vc-hNPjPU64ytu4N8JRUs_zSAcICGYZGRD-zvrv7eDyHyNy4rjHvFf-hCVLPl1ejg5fm0iMxBHLci4oPkDa87FcgXfCm/s1600/hardwick+white+074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White in south facing room" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAgQD3-d66f6huFyYma0qPISSp74BdEInfRY35jK8tIpJBha3vc-hNPjPU64ytu4N8JRUs_zSAcICGYZGRD-zvrv7eDyHyNy4rjHvFf-hCVLPl1ejg5fm0iMxBHLci4oPkDa87FcgXfCm/s1600/hardwick+white+074.JPG" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Conversely if you're painting furniture with Hardwick White and you have plenty of external angles that bounce the colour away from itself, this shade</span><span style="font-size: large;"> never has the chance to build and you start to see where the <i>White </i>part of Hardwick <i>White </i>comes to play. See the kitchen island below?</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 Hardwick White kitchen island" height="428" src="http://st.houzz.com/simgs/8ef1db7d0ff3567f_4-7455/traditional-kitchen.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 Hardwick White kitchen</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;">And this holds true for floors and doors...</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 Hardwick White floor paint" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimITpId_R1r_FfYOifsvpTWAGrJkFV5t0qGTRzRjo1h-pEKergNtcYnyD0gYzVks6KU6wjr8L6CNZ9qu_9Afsh00YOxLZx8M_lyuz7BJPinsXotlfTm6g60E3w3HKtEojItfQjlaFKkcF1/s640/6_img.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 Hardwick White floor paint</td></tr></tbody></table><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="Farrow and Ball Slipper Satin Estate Emulsion and Hardwick White Estate Eggshell." src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a6/f5/02/a6f5022e2cf223c85cb5375b69d2e148.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 Hardwick White painted floor</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;">including front doors painted in Farrow and Ball Hardwick White....</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 Hardwick White front door" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXqQ9GImd2VLJFZROv5sTLgfVRvAbY-dfEmCpYiz2hRx1g454aBKJE5sdBXKg9w3mazKIXHo_RIvGjSwanBfwF4kbeFwiknZPV15PSgm5KQBqvEas7Uz8V-OieFMCuprosBHUwfHH5bp3/s640/19632948345088163_7X5XmZWs_f.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 Hardwick White front door</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;">The last thing to take into account is </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">the time of day</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> that you'll be spending time in the room...if it's evening, and the lights will be on, then, again, Mr. Brown will be your constant companion...</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="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White kitchen" height="479" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=735" 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 Hardwick White walls</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 chose a garden to room to decorate with Hardwick White, where you'll see it mainly in daylight hours, and Hardwick White can appear as a soft grey-green.</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 Hardwick White dining room" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoj1pCeIaoQ53lOVEYhRNr9z88rLHcK1zu5Nzh95JxwiDa0DB3onHUoBRpyqctiFSYeFFJMxqWMPCID8EOTHuNx2wpVvLohQrTivBVf90bnO-tIEMBdeDNXOWhg8dpNi23EIV1v19wg4Y/s640/KYEM1.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 Hardwick White woodwork</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;">If that all sounds a lot to take in then let me add in some enormous plusses to using Farrow and Ball's Hardwick White.</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 Hardwick White bathroom" height="492" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/6d/e8/2a/6de82afded3886a8b4132fafdadf486d.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 Hardwick White bathroom</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;">It can hold its own beautifully against stronger colours. Here is Hardwick White against a strong orange-red....</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 Hardwick White " border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKGWVc8NOlaQcTV1gio6a0JR9Q8rSBHAQxQv4YWHmedwX9UqBuk7CRVxqxumX3mJyu_dnG20RRfpcD9TYA3ZBNzeTMr0uI2cwX4xAQLukt5Cbs86-4lkWE_mfu-GFzD_xDRlZg1nb2XMe/s1600/yorkshire+pine.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 Hardwick White kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKGWVc8NOlaQcTV1gio6a0JR9Q8rSBHAQxQv4YWHmedwX9UqBuk7CRVxqxumX3mJyu_dnG20RRfpcD9TYA3ZBNzeTMr0uI2cwX4xAQLukt5Cbs86-4lkWE_mfu-GFzD_xDRlZg1nb2XMe/s1600/yorkshire+pine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></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;">and here against Farrow and Ball's Down Pipe.</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/AVvXsEjKe1Z-0BZuoOlewfD_oZ8s-2fLeBcI4dmNC73syGIVZihlMahWCTYY12vH1XbNUfOAzArBGCj5fmLvPyd1NTkI906Oo7uZDQE1RAu9jkPstkM7tQjlcWJu-UJhCZ5Clhv-SjvZDaUcvlv8/s1600/unknown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White Down Pipe" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe1Z-0BZuoOlewfD_oZ8s-2fLeBcI4dmNC73syGIVZihlMahWCTYY12vH1XbNUfOAzArBGCj5fmLvPyd1NTkI906Oo7uZDQE1RAu9jkPstkM7tQjlcWJu-UJhCZ5Clhv-SjvZDaUcvlv8/s1600/unknown.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White with Down Pipe</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the things I love most is the lip-smackingly crisp contrast of Hardwick White and true White. </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="Traditional Bathroom. Farrow & Ball's "Hardwick White" " src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a8/b2/73/a8b2737134590fae300cfd8e0fbae60e.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 Hardwick White walls</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;">See what I mean in this fantastic bathroom:</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=" Farrow and Ball Hardwick White bathroom panelling" src="http://www.narratives.co.uk/ImageThumbs/PE025_11/3/PE025_11__Freestanding_bath_with_tongue_and_groove_panelling_in_Hardwick_White_by_Farrow__Ball_drapery_in_cha.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White bathroom tongue and groove panelling</td></tr></tbody></table><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="Farrow and Ball Hardwick White tongue and groove" src="http://www.narratives.co.uk/ImageThumbs/PE025_18/3/PE025_18__Freestanding_bath_with_tongue_and_groove_panelling_in_Hardwick_White_by_Farrow__Ball_towels_on_radi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White bathroom panelling</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;">This is a colour that can sit happily at the <i>Modern </i>end of Modern Country....</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 Hardwick White hallway" height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=425" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="419" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White Victorian Hall</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 right at the <i>Country </i>end of Modern Country: Aga and all!</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="F Hardwick White" height="625" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/73/97/2a/73972ae58612eb035e51ee4c4ff9b143.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 Hardwick White kitchen</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;">More slippery than a bar of soap I think you'll agree.</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/AVvXsEh_sxk470sV6SQNJDMOzCR1wCKrjz0jt-bBijA3VWukryd0vtfEnRXm_t75JfwVApw9L0dEcLLfPZ2qObPielzmXoZlhWsh5l12nPmio44zStnTOp7TzA20yh5oGWKrDrHmhAn4DT06PUBk/s1600/sally+wells.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Painted furniture in Farrow and Ball Hardwick White" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sxk470sV6SQNJDMOzCR1wCKrjz0jt-bBijA3VWukryd0vtfEnRXm_t75JfwVApw9L0dEcLLfPZ2qObPielzmXoZlhWsh5l12nPmio44zStnTOp7TzA20yh5oGWKrDrHmhAn4DT06PUBk/s1600/sally+wells.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White painted furniture</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">By going to the <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/p/gorgeous-paints.html" target="_blank">Gorgeous Paints</a> tab at the top of Modern Country Style (see it up there?), you can browse my other Colour Case Studies at your leisure. Or, takes the lazy girls' route and get click-happy with the links below...</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; font-size: 16px; 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;"><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/2014/05/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><div style="text-align: center;"><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 farrow and Ball Railings Victorian house in Hardwick White and All White (Farrow & Ball)" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/0b/3d/cf/0b3dcfe237c3519cd8bec27bfd2cd72c.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White house and Railings front door</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">ALL the Colour Studies are of colours that I've used {<i>and loved</i>} myself. Included are lots of images of each paint in lots <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">of different situations and lots of different lights to give you a really full understanding. No one likes nasty paint surprises, do they?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></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 Hardwick white with wood panelling" height="480" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f9/22/b1/f922b17be9c9db0cd953145edffa32d3.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 Hardwick White walls in light hallway with white panelling</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-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">If you loved this post, there's plenty more coming your way...don't forget to subscribe!</span></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;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Or to join the </span></span><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">conversation</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"> on Facebook!</span></span></span></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-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via Farrow and Ball, House To Home, roundhousedesign, Farrow and Ball, Modern Country Style, Modern Country Syle, Modern Country Style, An Urban Cottage, Farrow and Ball, Modern Country Style, Modern Country Style, Evie's House, Modern Country Style, Houzz, Plain English, Plain English, Decor De Provence, Pinterest, House To Home, alternative eagle, Yorkshire Pine, Flickr, hgtv, Narratives, Narratives, Farrow and Ball,  Kitchensrenew, Sally Wells, Pinterest, Pinterest</span><br /><br /></div></div>

Colour Study: Farrow and Ball Hardwick White

Welcome to another Modern Country Style Paint Colour Case Study. This time its the turn of Farrow and Ball Hardwick White  (number 5) to com...

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My Top Ten Farrow and Ball Front Door Colours

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The time has come to take a delicious detour into the world of Farrow and Ball-painted front doors. One of the lovely things about Farrow and Ball paints is the way they change so much in different lights and never more so than when on a 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;">Here's our 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="Front door paint Farrow and Ball Powder Blue " src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/63/d1/26/63d126913f27b9fb5afbeda5168d71ab.jpg" title="" /></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;">...which is currently painted in Farrow and Ball's Powder Blue Gloss paint. It's served us well but it needs a fresh new coat so.....</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 are my top ten Farrow and Ball front door colours....</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;">1. Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Farrow and Ball </span><span style="font-size: large;">Railings</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank"> Blue Gray</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Farrow and Ball </span><span style="font-size: large;">French Gray</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Farrow and Ball </span><span style="font-size: large;">Green Blue</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball </a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" target="_blank">Pigeon</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball </a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" target="_blank">Down Pipe</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Farrow and Ball </span><span style="font-size: large;">Lamp Room Gray</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. Farrow and Ball </span><span style="font-size: large;">Card Room Green</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. Farrow and Ball </span><span style="font-size: large;">Ball Green</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;">This rustic door is painted in Farrow and Ball Hardwick White, a gorgeously uncertain grey-taupe. </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;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Front door paint Hardwick White by Farrow and Ball" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/b1/50/42/b1504260b80c69cbdd60ca9eba9935d5.jpg" title="" width="480" /></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;">Next up is this French-style door, painted in dark-and-moody Farrow and Ball Railings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><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;"><img alt="Front Door Farrow and Ball Railings" height="640" src="http://www.bestatflooring.co.uk/upload/31paintrailings-r1.jpg" title="" width="426" /></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;">This lovely door is painted with Farrow and Ball French Gray.</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;"><img alt="Door in Farrow & Ball's French Gray No.18" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/76/6d/03/766d033462b452eea3dd7c90cf5cc45e.jpg" title="" width="442" /></div><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;">We already have Farrow and Ball Blue Gray in our kitchen but it's a strong contender for our front door too...</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;"><img alt="Victorian front door in Farrow & Ball's Blue Gray no. 91 in exterior eggshell" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/13/b6/e013b64fb1850e1b21dd15477f10d2fc.jpg" title="" width="480" /></div><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 Green Blue gives a French Country feel.</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="Farrow and Ball Green Blue French Shutters" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/28/dd/74/28dd7413bbcdffd54d578b1f1644a1fe.jpg" title="" /></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;">This front door is painted in Farrow and Ball Pigeon which is sometimes green and sometimes grey, depending on the light</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="Victorian front door in Farrow & Ball Pigeon No. 25 exterior eggshell" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a2/d5/8f/a2d58f46dc3bc343007149c288ba0b3e.jpg" title="" width="480" /></span></div><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;">Farrow and Ball Downpipe changes dramatically depending on the light; it moves from a murky charcoal to a definite deep teal.</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="Farrow and Ball Down pipe front door" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/26/22/46/2622468cfc36c06a8ed3a87a6633e8eb.jpg" title="" /></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 Lamp Room Gray is restful and serene...and a little bit industrial chic.</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="Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray front door" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/fa/ca/1c/faca1cbe8ed739206b1ad95e8bcf99b9.jpg" title="" /></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 Card Room Green has a delightful country cottage feel.</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="front door paint Farrow and Ball Card Room Green" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/67/30/f1/6730f1221c5330bcd6aef127358ff33d.jpg" title="" /></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 Ball Green creates that elusive Cotswold front door vibe.</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="Farrow and Ball Ball Green front door paint" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7porkUv60AsSiarzk1to2TfisALr2QoXzs_oaVE7Z8rRmv7BgunDuhxWMTyKS3KOqZ1FnFuhf5GwBNEjZhnbds2NyaD-mMuuP4r257_nfWLtyMY_Xfv3JEEK7HFSeu1CBwTe7aw1TcQ/s640/DSC00100.JPG" title="" /></span></div><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;">Over the coming posts, we'll take a look at each colour in depth...</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 so hard to choose! I'm dying to know...which is your favourite from my Top Ten Best Farrow and Ball Front Door Colours?</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-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 Modern Country Style, unknown, mydesignchic, Farrow and Ball, Voysey and Jones, houzz, Voysey and Jones, Rightmove, Sels, Raw Silk and Saffron, Vintage Heart</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;"></div>

My Top Ten Farrow and Ball Front Door Colours

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The Best Climbing Rose In The World?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Any Modern Country Garden has to have climbing roses. It's a given, right? So, with that decision made, I'm often asked, which is the best climbing rose to choose? </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;">Unless you have acres to devote to any rose that takes your fancy, a good idea is to only choose roses that perform beautifully. Look for profuse flowering over a long period, healthy, strong growth, and, of course, delicious perfume.</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;">The climbing rose New Dawn (AGM) ticks all those boxes and more! It is reliable and healthy, with glossy, dark green foliage that lasts well into winter. New Dawn has fragrant blush pink flowers which appear freely from early summer to late autumn. Truly who could ask for more for their Modern Country Garden?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="New Dawn" height="537" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/1e/11/79/1e1179d592c45f1bdcc62fcf91b81ed2.jpg" width="640" /></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;">Last year, we planted the rose 'New Dawn' to grow up the front of our house. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It's still in its baby-stages but I can't wait for it to reveal its full glory, as in the images below. Aren't they beautiful?</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;"><img alt="New Dawn Roses are soooooo beautiful/ATTRACTS: Bluebirds. A climbing Rose." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c5/d6/e1/c5d6e1ca998cbda90362d8b255c81a2a.jpg" width="421" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="May 2013. New Dawn roses "ginger's house"" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/83/82/d1/8382d1993750d23f5ec395c05b47e061.jpg" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtrXdZsI87_HsvHEsOz4T9dU8tcRj5191U86DmL3MRKd50ZLejtCnKg1_mYJkWByXvsCnYp5Rx9Zjwl8xuiojHMP6A9ZwBheFUROQqXoj4TZsWEJ6qK85_LgKxfx-o92kRaXQwW5ZcBY/s650/IMG_2386.JPG" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="New Dawn Rose" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/59/e6/36/59e636719073beb14ef5978741f81906.jpg" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="I want New Dawn roses to cover the tool shed out back." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/86/99/55/8699554378c0db897d7470c460b5788f.jpg" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt=" " height="480" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2c/6e/57/2c6e5782a7e941f018c5e0fde7f0f1cc.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="If you have enough sun don't underestimate the majesty of the climbing rose. Try New Dawn for pink or John Cabot for red in abundance!" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3b/a5/56/3ba55640cf6830688297a823fb463a85.jpg" width="426" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="New Dawn rose on a white picket fence. Who could ask for more!?!" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6d/8b/b7/6d8bb7cc8b31a3622dcf894f33a18697.jpg" width="481" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Throw Some Glitter In The Air" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c1/2a/7d/c12a7d2dba12d35c390df2587291a22f.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="my idea of heaven" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/59/e3/92/59e3926d6f54ab312f41bdc6e83f0226.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="New Dawn | http://awesome-beautiful-garden-decors.blogspot.com" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/47/bd/fe/47bdfe6b7b536b917d8b5fbaf28ffaf6.jpg" /></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;">Modern Country Garden perfection!</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;">Having given all that sensible advice, I have to admit, somewhat sheepishly, that I find it hard not to resist the call to squeeze in a few more roses in our own Modern Country garden. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, please 'fess up, I'm dying to know...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">which is your favourite climbing rose?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></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;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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></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 heirloom roses dindebat, keely spencer methany, erinartandgardens andrea vintage rose garden, marieardenpinkliving, gardendesign, crystal rose cottage, idthrowglitterintheair, housetohome awesome beautiful garden decors</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Best Climbing Rose In The World?

Any Modern Country Garden has to have climbing roses. It's a given, right? So, with that decision made, I'm often asked, which is th...

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