I fancied a change and something cheaper. I wanted something more sophisticated. I opted for a colour called Portland by Dulux Trade Paints. (Always go for Trade Paints if you can get them. They are far superior!) It's one of the colours they have to mix with their paint mixing machine.
It's such a funny colour. It sometimes looks grey, sometimes greeny, sometimes beigey. I'm REALLY happy with the look of the walls.
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Here's a shot of the wall being painted. The F&B is on the left. It's exactly the same lightness/darkness or 'value' (in proper paint terminology, I think...)as the Portland which is a pure coincidence.
Can you see the paint line? No, neither can my husband.
Portland is also the same colour I painted the outside of the house. I'd completely forgotten that I'd had it before. At least I'm consistent with my taste in colours. And it's always nice to have the inside of your house match the outside. Isn't it?
The radiator man has been to take off the radiator so I've painted behind it. The price we pay for see through vintage style radiators.
Once that's back up we can get the flooring guys in. In the meantime I've been working on my plate rack which has been a little problematic...
Back soon to show you how it turned out! And I got the COOLEST free thing today that I need to show you!
Looks lovely and fresh, you are certainly busy. Have fun with it all, dee x
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DeleteI'm nearly blind searching for that paint line but saw it eventually, my 40 year old eyesight isn't what it was.... Mainly because there's this blog that I read that encourages me to strip and paint all the furniture I own and when that's done buy more to carry on with! There are too many interesting paints, waxes and effects to be trying and not enough furniture... I don't think the lady realises what she does to us blog readers!!! ; )) x
ReplyDeleteWhat a naughty lady! Who could that be?! I'm sure your house will be divine when it's all done! x
Deletei love those old style radiators, haven't seen or touched one in an age, maybe they don't even have them in nz? a cool free thing? i'll be back to see x
ReplyDeleteThey're only B&Q but they look good. They are a pain to dust though. The dust gets inside them. x
DeleteI think that is a gorgeous colour and with much deliberation I finally spotted the paint line!
ReplyDeleteHeheh! Glad my hard work is not wasted! x
DeleteHad to squint a bit but finally saw the paint line! You're cracking on, it's all coming together, and I can't wait for the big reveal!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which - show us your freebie! xxxx
I have to dig it out of the garage again. Not an easy task if you saw how full of cr*p our garage is! xxxx
DeleteChoosing paint is so hard, isn't it? We're about to do quite a lot of decorating, and I'm so tempted to just do the whole lot in Pure Brilliant White!!
ReplyDeleteIs this for your new house? Yes it's an arduous task choosing colours! It's such a relief when you see the whole room done and actually like it! My hall and landing are white and it does look great! I wanted pale painted furniture so I thought that would look better against a colour though.
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