Charlottechicken Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 As you may or may not know, I've recently moved from the suburbs of Brum to a little village in North Worcestershire and we are renovating the cottage I'm tearing my hair out trying to decide on a paint colour for our external doors and window frames. To narrow it down a bit it has to be a Farrow and Ball colour as I can get upvc windows done in any of their colours, by the window company I want to use. Our cottage is covered in render and this is currently a shade of white and I plan to do it in brilliant white (white paint is cheaper!) therefore the windows will have to have a colour on them. F&B matchpots are very expensive and so far I've bought one the colour is green blue and lovely, but it doesn't work for the window frames as it is too light A friend has also just bought a cottage and is going to drop off her part used matchpots for me, but I was just wondering if anyone had a F&B painted door in the green and could tell me what shade it is (before I go mad ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Sounds lovely! But I know what you mean - trying to find just the right shade is a nightmare isn't it! I presume you have checked their colour chart? **Farrow and Ball Greens** Which one is most like the one you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 My parents are having the same problem in their conservatory I stayed at this pub earlier this year and pretty much the whole village had the green they have for their windows. The link is below so you can see. Its a lovely soft green, so you could maybe email them and ask what colour they used, if you like it that is http://theploughinncoldaston.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Anyone else think this was a religious thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Thank you, bluekarin!!! That is the green, and it looks good with the light stone too. I will email and see if they reply to such a strange request Snowy, I do have a chart, and also a matchpot, but the colours change when you get them on the frame, very frustrating! My friend has chosen card room green for her windows, but her cottage is brick so can take a darker colour woodwork. She has promised me her matchpot remains though, so I might give it a go as her windows look quite similar to those on the pub in Cold Aston! Meanwhile, if anyone does know which colour it is, please tell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I think F and B have a design expert you can see.I too love their colours and would have liked an ' expert ' to help decide colours. I have a lovely green F and B colour in kitchen but it was colour matched by local paint company and was a fraction of the price.As I was doing whole house it made big saving. You may find something similar locally and they will do match pots for you. I am looking at Colortend exterior for outside.They have nice green too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I sometimes feel like I live in the Dark Ages - I didn't know you could get coloured upvc I live in an 1860s cottage with wood windows, but there is a lot of upkeep in terms of repair/repainting and we do have some drafts. I even thought we had an annoying fly in the house yesterday but it turned out to be a huge bumblebee outside the window....so I don't think they are much good at muffling noise either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I am so pleased! I was a bit worried about posting the link, just in case you'd think I was bonkers They are really friendly people and it has only recently been restored (in the last two years) so I am pretty sure they would know. Look forward to hearing all about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Anyone else think this was a religious thread? I thought it was an issue by the Green Party being officious! Greatly relieved to find it was indeed green colours! I think with the white that would look lovely. Even better than the stone building! Which is also gorgeous. I could live in a place like that! I didn't know you could get coloured windows either. We had wood windows previously and a reminder to those who wish to change theirs, make sure you get the ventilated ones. We didn't and now we get damp in the bedrooms. All that heavy breathing condensation! Our old windows were indeed draughty - but we didn't get damp either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The coloured uPVC frames are getting more & more popular....I would love some, but even though we are in the trade, we couldn't justify it I adore that soft olivey green which is very popular at the moment too. I am forever lusting after it when I see windows in it. Will have to work on Hubby a bit more I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I think that green is one widely used by the National Trust? I am hoping to be able to afford to change my, inherited, UPVC windows back to hardwood sashes. Then there will be the whole debate about what colour to have those I recently hoiked a. Victorian front door put of a skip, to replace my, again inherited, modern one. I has it stripped, and was going to paint it in a matt version of F&B's Hague Blue, but now it's stripped, I quite fancy the wood, and am just going to matt varnish it and see if I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Anyone else think this was a religious thread? I thought it was about the episode of Blackadder where Percy discovers how to make 'purest green' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Anyone else think this was a religious thread? Haha no but I was expecting to see kale or broccoli on the menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Actually I though it was an eco thread....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Actually I though it was an eco thread....... Me too, knowing how CC likes to recycle and re-use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Actually I though it was an eco thread....... Me too, knowing how CC likes to recycle and re-use. There's plenty of that going on still. Can't wait for the garage to be converted as there's some great wood in the roof. We've got quarry tiles galore half buried in the garden as edging, and I've plans for those in the cottage Oh, we have the biggest woodpile too, had three 30 foot plus trees taken down a few weeks ago Trouble is there's a wren checking one pile out for nest sites so we've got to crack on and shift it before she moves in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 A neighbour is having building work done, and has popped their timber waste over my fence... will have to have a weekend with the chainsaw, methinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Went for a walk in Overton today. There are lots of green windows and doors - the very same! Seems like it's very popular. I'm now thinking coloured plastic might not be so great if you get bored and want a change. I think I'll stick with white. But if I had wooden windows I'd be changing colours when they needed repainting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 I'm now thinking coloured plastic might not be so great if you get bored and want a change. I know what you mean, but we thought about it and realised I had a painted front door for 20 years and never changed the colour, and I never once got bored with the white upvc window frames either. I think if we get the right colour I'll be happy enough for it not to change or need any maintenance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Then definitely go for it! I used to spend a lot of time at my grandparents - although they were not close to the sea, the salt affected the paintwork a fair bit so grandad often repainted their bungalow (that and he got bored I guess and it took him out of my nan's way ). So I'd leave them one time with a sort of pale salmon colour (always whitewashed walls), next year blue, then green, but I remember yellow was a big favourite because it would go back to that more than any other colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Just spoken to The Husband about this & he reckons that it isn't the upvc that is coloured in itself, but it is spray painted & sealed over afterwards, which is why it is now available in so many colours. Its very hardwearing & because upvc doesn't flex & move like wood, it is less prone to flaking off. He says the VERY popular green colour around at the moment is called Chartwell Green in the trade - this is it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Thank you Cinnamon, that's pretty much the colour too. Thanks for explaining the process too, that explains why the windows are always white on the inside! I think the nearest F&B colour looks like Chappell green. I've found the style of window I want and it might look not too dissimilar to this (although this is wood ); Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I think this colour always looks effortlessly classy And thats a very nice window There is another pale brown (possibly taupe) which I think looks great against honey coloured stone. I'm quite taken with the dark charcoal frames I've seen recently as well (now I've started looking out for them), but these seem to be on much newer properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I absolutely love this colour but, when we were (I was !!) in the process of repainting our garage door, front door and wooden surround, I opted for a pale sea blue as our neighbours either side had gone down the pale age green route and I wanted to be a bit different!!!! I hate that moment when you open the tin, brush in hand, and think 'OMG - looks NOTHING like the colour chart' as, by then, its far too late!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 We are in a different situation - the house is rendered & was white when we bought it, & after we extended it we decided to paint it a pale but sunny yellow. Well, the FUSS it caused in the village, because the cottages had always been white & should stay that way It is repaint time again now, & much as I adore that green, I don't think it will look great on an entire house I quite fancy pink, but the Husband wants to go more terracotta - I don't see the point of painting it brick coloured myself Whatever we pick, IT WILL NOT BE WHITE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
