Words by our colour consultant Fiona de Lys The Victorians use green to blend garden facing rooms with the outdoors and true to historic origins ‘Invisible Green’ is a best-selling green for achieving just that, particularly when used with landscape artwork such as here in the Garden Hall. The space that really comes to life in the afternoon when the warmer light of the South facing sun streams in, so a great accent colour to use is one that speaks of heat such as ‘Etrsucan Brown’ or ‘Red Ochre’ or ‘Sang de Boeuf‘. For me, in this setting it’s the ‘Red Ochre’ and that’s because the eye leads onto the vibrant pigment in the original terracotta flooring in the hallway behind me and to maintain continuity between wall architrave and stone flooring ‘Dove’ from the adjoining kitchen is continued throughout the ‘Spanish White’ on the ceiling. ‘Dove’ as the trim option is one that carries a little bit of warmth and green and a little bit of black to give it a grey quality. This is a very warm colour. It works particularly well with any of the Greens. Another very popular colour for South and West facing ceilings and if you look beyond me you can just about see how ‘Lilac Pink’ in the east side of the house. It’s behaving as a warm shade in the afternoon light. Invisible Green Order a Sample Etruscan Brown Order a Sample Red Ochre Order a Sample Dove Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Spanish White Order a Sample 'Invisible Green' with 'Dove' on the woodwork and 'Spanish White' on the ceiling. Photography by Paul Whitbread @paul_whitbread_photo 'Invisible Green' with 'Dove' on the woodwork and 'Spanish White' on the ceiling. Photography by Paul Whitbread @paul_whitbread_photo 'Invisible Green' with 'Dove' on the woodwork and 'Spanish White' on the ceiling. Photography by Paul Whitbread @paul_whitbread_photo No matter which room, aspect or lighting, these blogs along with the reels over on our Instagram page @edwardbulmerpaint will be your starting point for building an interior scheme with complete colour confidence. If you already have one of our natural paint colours in your interior but are looking for a woodwork or a ceiling colour to pair it with, or perhaps you would like to paint a wall, woodwork colour and cabinetry all different then this is the guide for you. We shall simply help you ‘get the look’ and you can drop all the samples into your basket with just a click. BOOK YOUR CONSULTANCY APPOINTMENT HERE
Discover the new ‘Forever Favourites Collection’ Create a scheme from one room to your whole house with soft colours that work together effortlessly ensuring tonal flow and harmony. Our 12 best loved shades together in one pack. Discover the power of natural paint today.
Colours make you feel: A basic guide on the power of colour Colour psychology is the study of how colour can affect your mood, decisions and behaviour, also knows as ‘chromotherapy’. Here we delve a little deeper into the power of colour and how you can use it to its full advantage.
The Crossover Project: Making Art Not Waste To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the London Design Festival we are hosting a dynamic exhibition in collaboration with The Crossover Project featuring a host of talented emerging artists represented by Bleur Gallery. The Crossover Project is a new initiative connecting the worlds of design, fashion and art through the values of circularity – in a bid to reduce waste.
Celebrating the World of Fine Art, Antiques and Design: The British Antiques Dealers’ Association – BADA Week 2021 This week is the British Antiques Dealers’ Association Week 2021, which is running until the 17th of October. BADA Week is a nation-wide series of events to celebrate the diverse and outstanding community the BADA represents. To highlight the benefit of visiting their members’ galleries, exhibition spaces, collections and specialities in person with an exciting offering of events both in person and online.
Berdoulat & Bulmer in Bath and Beyond We celebrate the meeting of two creative masterminds, Patrick Williams of Berdoulat Interior Design and our own founder Edward Bulmer. Both share an appreciation of nature, heritage, architecture, craftsmanship and colour. So much so that Edward invited Patrick to his home to redesign and reimagine the beautiful dining room in his Queen Anne house.
