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Farrow & Ball’s Colour Curator

understands exactly how colour can

“nurture the soul”, transform a room, and

solve tricky decorating dilemmas –

transforming dingy recesses into light

filled spaces. There are tried and tested

tricks aplenty, from using gloss on a

ceiling to help light bounce around, to

painting a bedhead shape directly onto

a wall – “easy, economical and stylish”.

There are insights into how Farrow &

Ball baptise their paints from Sulking

Room Pink to De Nimes, and ‘recipes’,

where colour of all kinds is combined and

balanced to show you how to whip up

Danish Contemporary or Georgian

Classic at home. Time to get cooking.

(Mitchell Beazley)

Bringing a modern aesthetic to an

ancient craft, Majeda Clarke is

a textile designer who specialises in

weave – interweaving styles, as well

as threads. Take her Welsh blanket

designs (above), which feature colours

and shapes more typical of South

Asia. The award-winning designer is

committed to sustainable, local craft,

andworkswithUKmillsaswellasa

Bangladeshi community of weavers

who use a thousand-year-old (now

Unesco-listed) technique.

majedaclarke.com

MAKEROF

THE MONTH

Majeda Clarke weaves together

styles that span centuries

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HUETESTAMENT

Joa Studholme shares Farrow& Ball colour secrets inRecipes for Decorating

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FRESH (^) | MARCH THINGS