Drab and Beautiful

I'm a big fan of drab colours - they exude an aged elegance which I find hard to resist. Pair these colours with whites or off whites to keep them from feeling too heavy. And pair with metallics to really make these colours shine. 

Companies like Farrow & Ball and Emery & Cie create beautiful drab colours which are offered in a beautiful and velvety matt finish. Find my favorites below!

http://hautemamasfaves.tumblr.com/

http://www.emeryetcie.com/

http://simpleeverydayglamour.blogspot.com/

http://www.designscouting.com/

Staub cookware www.surlatable.com

From desiretoinspire.net 

Shaded White #201 from Farrow & Ball 

Mouses Back #40 from Farrow & Ball 

From mmforsberg.com 

From decordeprovence.blogspot.com 

Love this wall colour - and beautiful with gold. From elledecor.com 

From http://www.emeryetcie.com/

Colour Forecast - Dusty Rose

Dusty Rose is not exactly a go to colour for me - I generally associate it with ribbon gracing the necks of geese on porcelain from the early 90's, but I think it is this walking a thin line between dated and re-emerged that makes this colour edgy. Baby blue and buttercup yellow will be definite omissions from this palette. Pair dusty rose with heaps of neutrals and greys to keep it current.

From Google.com

The Milan apartment of Romeo Sozzi - the head designer of Promemoria furniture collection. From Architectural Digest

Love this colour in velvet. Image from http://www.save-on-crafts.com/

From http://mackenziepages.blogspot.com/

From 2.bp.blogspot.com

Dusty rose featured in the Elie Saab Spring 2011 Collection. Image from http://thenaturalweddingcompany.wordpress.com/

Colour Forecast - Mustard...sort of

From markwu.info

I have a tendency for using colours you can't quite put your finger on. Not quite this, but with a bit of that - an undertone of...etc. etc. I believe colour is at its best when you walk into a room and the feeling and atmosphere of the colour takes over as opposed to its definition. My latest inspiration mustard, comes with a hint of brown to give it age, a dash of red to make it less acidic and green. Cane and Sand from Farrow & Ball are both unusual colours, but can create dramatic impact if used correctly!

From desiretoinspire.net

Miles Redd Living Room from http://tracizeller.com/

Love the colour of this sofa- From lamaisondannag.blogspot.com

Artist John Maddison's Townhouse - Painted in Sand #45 from Farrow & Ball - from telegraph.co.uk

From dressdesigndecor.blogspot.com

Taken from amazing post by Kirsten Grove of simplygrove.com http://simplygrove.com/uncategorized/inspiration-emmas-office-corner