How to transform your home with paint and colour

telegraph.co.uk:

Mylands, 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 –.