Five new ways to transform your home with paint
telegraph.co.ukMylands, which has seen demand for gloss increase over the past year. For an unexpected twist, Joa Studholme, colour curator at Farrow & Ball, suggests using the brand’s full gloss on ceilings: ‘If you use the same colour as your walls, then the ceiling height will appear to go up and you create a truly magical space.’She also suggests using gloss to make a feature, such as painting a stair runner in a strong tone and contrasting it with a lighter eggshell colour on the rest of the staircase.
You could start small and experiment with a faux bedhead, or paint a pin - board above your workspace. A split finish – whereby the lower part of the wall, which endures much more traffic, is painted in gloss and contrasted with a flat emulsion above –.
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