A scuffed cream room becomes a calm, deeply coloured drawing room.
Project details
Location
Chelsea, London SW3
Service
Interior painting
Duration
9 days
Year
2025
Colour
Deep blue-grey with white woodwork
Before and after
The transformation
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Scope
What we did
Walls and ceiling in a deep blue-grey
Cornice, shutters and skirting in crisp white
Full repair of cracked plaster
Colour consultation and sample boards
The story
Behind the colour
The owners had lived with tired cream walls for years. They wanted a room that felt evening-warm even at noon, without losing the height and light of the period proportions.
We tested four blues on the north wall and chose the one that held its depth in both daylight and lamplight. Cracks and old filler were cut out and repaired before a single coat went on.
The white woodwork was painted in oil-based eggshell for a crisp edge. The result is a room that now gets used every evening.
