Painting With Farrow & Ball

Hi everyone! Aside from rugs, I've been dreaming about pale gorgeous paint colors lately that let in and bounce around a ton of light. Yesterday, my Farrow & Ball order arrived and tomorrow, it will go up on some of the walls in my new place. I truly cannot wait. Here are the colors I've chosen for my dining room (which doubles as a teaching space when I hold classes), kitchen and our baby's room. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with our hallway so if you have any paint suggestions I'd be tickled to learn more because it's the one space in the new apartment that I can't seem to envision. I have this vision of every other room except the hallway. Okay so Dimpse (pale gray) will be the color of my dining room/teaching studio.

Cabbage White (greenish) will go into the nursery...

And Borrowed Light (blueish though it looks green below, I know) is the paint color I'm undecided on. I was going to put it in my kitchen but when I opened the can, it looked way more baby blue than gray blue so I'm frightened but I want to rebel a little anyway and just go for it! I imagine it will look great with white tiles and black accents along with our shiny white kitchen cabinets and natural wood countertops. I'll test it tomorrow on the wall and let you know... My current kitchen is Elephant's Breath and I love it but wanted to try something new this time.

Now for the hallway. Here is a photo I snapped a few days ago... I plan to get a radiator cover for the heater.

The painters told me to paint the hallway pure white, which is fine, though I wanted to wallpaper the left wall to give the hall something a bit unexpected, but they told me it will not look good and I didn't feel like battling them because I wasn't convinced myself. Then they suggested wallpapering one strip, painting one strip, wallpapering one strip, painting the other... So alternating between wallpaper and paint, and I stood there and thought, "What the huh!?". No way. So only paint will go up on the walls because I don't have time to order wallpaper since they need to paint it this weekend. I don't think pure white is the answer here but I'm undecided... It tends to not be a very bright hallway, and I love light and joy in my home, so I'm thinking the color really needs to be uplifting, understated and give the hallway a little impact. I almost wonder if Borrowed Light should go in the hallway instead so it doesn't go to waste if it's not looking right in the kitchen...Or a lovely pale stone color... Hmmm.

We are installing industrial white pendants down the hallway that we already own and don't plan to get rid of, and they'll just disappear into the whiteness of the walls. Unless I spray paint them! The floors, by the way, will be new Acorn hardwood with a matte finish and be installed sometime in early December.

So much work, but so rewarding... I will keep sharing photos as we go along so you can follow our progress.

Hope my friends in America enjoy Turkey Day! I'll be dreaming of being at my mom's house for turkey and stuffing...

(photos: farrow & ball, bottom: holly becker)