Paint

Wondering what colour to paint your walls? This is how Benjamin Moore colours have been used in real houses across the House & Garden archive

It's one of Farrow & Ball's most popular colours, but how should you use ‘Setting Plaster' and where does it look best?

Farrow & Ball colour curator Joa Studholme talks us through four cosy colour schemes, perfect for creating a warm, intimate atmosphere in any kind of room

Painted floorboards are an easy way to add colour and energy into an interior, and we have plenty of inspiration

Decorating with dark paint doesn't mean you'll end up with a room of Stygian gloom. In fact the very opposite. Used properly drama and atmosphere await.

From neutrals to richer shades, these are the colours we're enjoying in the living rooms on our pages this year

White seems like it should be the simplest paint colour to choose but it’s actually the most complex. To help you decide, we’ve asked stylists, interior designers and colour experts to share their idea of the best white paint

Painting your ceilings and woodwork in the same or contrasting colours to your walls is a bold design idea – here’s how the interior designers on our pages do it

At once timeless and contemporary, floor to ceiling colour is an easy way to achieve a cohesive, cocooning room

We’ve gathered our favourite Farrow & Ball paint colours in real homes: from Hague Blue to Setting Plaster to Railings. See exactly what they look like

Choosing paint colours can be a fiendishly difficult task, but our deputy decoration editor Ruth Sleightholme has some advice on how to make it easier.

Planning to smother your walls in sage green? We asked interior designers to share their favourite paint colours, and offer inspiration for how to use them

Pretty and flattering, pink can be a wonderful neutral shade to layer into a scheme