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THE GENTLENESS OF LIMEWASH

LIMEWASH paint gives a room such a special feeling that you experience as soon as you step into it. It doesn’t have a flat colour, like normal paint, and so the light seems to dance across the walls. It gives me so much joy.

■ The texture is wonderful – it is chalky and deep – and it is completely customisable depending on how many coats you use. You paint it on in these big, sweeping diagonal strokes. One brush coat gives a textured look; personally, I prefer two to three coats because it

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