i’m a paint snob, i admit it. i’m utterly smitten by farrow and ball. i just love the subtlety and complexity of their colours, i love the deeply matt finish, i adore painting with their eggshell gloss, the lime white is like double cream. mmm. i also love that they produce a colour card that’s painted with samples of the colours, seeing the actual colour rather than a printed approximation makes choosing so much easier.

i’ve decided that sugar bag light is my favourite colour in the world ever, bar none. it’s a wonderfully nuanced green-blue in artificial light, a clear grey-blue in strong daylight and everything in between. our bedroom’s been painted this colour for the last 5 years and i never tire of it, i can’t imagine i ever will.