3 palettes, one room
Farmhouse color palettes
Farmhouse color is plain and practical: warm whites, linen and wood, with black iron for definition. Color comes in small doses from sage, denim or barn red, never from the walls.
Every color, and where it goes
Hex codes to match against paint and fabric samples. Colors on screens and in daylight never quite agree, so hold a sample up in the room before you commit.
White and Iron
The modern farmhouse everyone pictures: white, wood and black, with a touch of sage.
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Warm white
Walls
#F4F1EA -
Linen
Sofa and curtains
#DDD3C3 -
Oak
Wood furniture
#B08A5F -
Black iron
Lamps, frames and hardware
#262626 -
Sage
Cushions and plants
#A2AC93
Barn and Sage
The older farmhouse: greige walls, weathered wood and a deep barn red.
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Greige
Walls
#CFC6B8 -
Cream
Sofa
#F2EBDD -
Weathered wood
Wood furniture
#8A7560 -
Sage
Cushions and rug
#8E9B80 -
Barn red
Throw and armchair
#8C3B2E
Blue Ticking
The fresh one: denim blue and oatmeal, like ticking stripes and old quilts.
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White
Walls
#F5F3EE -
Oatmeal
Sofa and rug
#D8CBB5 -
Denim blue
Cushions and curtains
#4F6A86 -
Reclaimed pine
Wood furniture
#A47C55 -
Pewter
Lamps and metal
#8A8A85
How to use a palette
Every palette here is listed from the most of the room to the least. Keep roughly to that order and the colors hold together.
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1
Most of the room: the first color
The walls, and often the ceiling. A light, quiet color that everything else sits against.
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2
A third: the next two
The big pieces: the sofa, the rug, the wood. They set the mood of the room.
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3
A tenth: the last two
Cushions, a lamp, frames, a vase. Small, so a bold accent stays an accent.
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