Above and Below: The gold silk for the drawing room, with "Golden Buff" coloured carpet...
Alas, the previous carpet we chose is no longer in production, so we decided we would lay more marble down in the common areas instead, but we still needed carpet for the private areas such as drawing rooms and bedrooms. We wanted to choose a colour that we could use in multiple spaces. The golden buff didn't really work with the gold silk (too much brown and gold in one room)...
But it did work with the curtains for the Brideshead suite...
And surprisingly worked very well with the Berry and Gold velvet damask for the Chatsworth suite...
Much better than the originally chosen red carpets would have...
It also worked well with the two-tone gold velvet damask for the master suite...
Other choices we had entertained were Honey (top left), Delta Sunset (top right), and Casting Rod (bottom right). These are shown below on a based unpolished marble....
We decided we needed a lighter colour to go with the gold, but one which was not too white (it had to look warm, not cold). We settled on "Blondie" ...
Below: Blondie (centre), Pearl (left - too white) and Golden Buff (right - too dark)...
A Goldielocks moment, this colour was "just right"...
François didn't have to worry; he had a natural grassy greens beneath his tents. That's another classic color solution, but I think I prefer yours (couleur bougie, I'd say) but I've never dared to cover the floor such a light color!
ReplyDeleteWe shall only be using that light colour in the gold drawing room, which is a private room. So we won't have to worry about discolouration or wear and tear from guests; and it does come with a lifetime stain proof guarantee - which will be useful with our future plans for having more beagles!
ReplyDeleteI especially love the Chatsworth suite combination. Great idea to combine the carpets and wall silks outside so that you can truly see whether they work together. Much easier than trying to match the carpets with wall paint.
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