Farrow & Ball colours

[badkitty]

OK, in need of some help here - have decorators in next week to decorate downstairs + upstairs bedroom/nursery and I am in a total quandary re paint colours. We have a victorian terrace with the traditional through lounge/dining room downstairs. It is all dark wood furniture. DH v much wants the dining room part in a traditional green, which I have come round to the idea of but don't want it too dark - am thinking of F&B Ball Green. However I don't want the lounge part of the room green as well - think it would be a bit much - so want a nice warm classic neutral which would not clash with the Ball Green. I have painted so many tester pots that DH thinks I am an addict, and I still can't tell what will work or not. Thinking maybe Savage Ground (but will this actually be too light? - I don't want it to look washed out) or String (which I haven't actually tried but saw in a magazine yesterday and thought looked nice).

For nursery/bedroom I think am going to use Joa's White, which seems to be nice and warm when I put it on the upstairs walls, but weirdly looks totally different on the lounge walls and is far too light for in there!

Any opinions on the colours I have mentioned (or other colours I might try?)before I go making some horrible mistake?

my lounge is pelt

now that is a bugger to paint

Page 62, I would suggest you call F&B for advice on a yellow based white. They are really helpful as it is so difficult to tell from the paint cards.

I bit the bullet today and bought the F&B paint for my kitchen. Painting the wooden units and walls. I will report back if the colours I have chosen prove to be a success, and will keep quiet if they aren't

We have dark wood furniture in both the living room and dining room. We painted the living room String and the dining room Shaded White and they both look really lovely. We painted the nursery Pavillion Blue (even though it's DD's). Lots of people comment on the colours saying how nice the house looks.

I love Farrow and Ball colours but sometimes the finish isn't what I want and it's expensive. I went to my local paint and decor shop, the guy there looked up the colour code for Farrow and Ball Pointing and made it in Dulux Kitchen paint for me. Kitchen looks great and didn't cost a bomb.