WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FARROW & BALL PAINT?

[@kaitlynwiggins2328]

I used to work in the North American Head Office at Farrow & Ball. I am also a professional painter. I personally LOVE the paint. The company. EVERYHTING about it. The finish is incomparable to any other paint. Perfection 👌 the amount of colours they offer are beautiful and offers ease when choosing colours. I miss working for them. But I do love being a painter. I use Farrow & Ball paint whenever/wherever I can. Perfection 👌

[@ljd8520]

Agreed its creamy and luxurious stuff

[@Googlegugle]

Oah Very, Very Well said👌. Thank you! ☀️😍😃 ♥️

[@mvobussow]

Great video! We learned the hard way though that just because F&B paints come premixed doesn’t mean the colors will match batch to batch. We painted our room Inchyra Blue-which we loved- but didn’t quite have enough. We ordered another gallon and there was enough of a difference in the color that you could clearly tell the difference when we painted. The company told us you have to match batches to guarantee the same appearance.

[@jonvanlandingham2538]

That's with all paint companies, you have to mix batches to get that consistency.

[@TheCaffeinatedOrganist]

Good research. Enjoyable content. Your prior video on GRAY color schemes losing steam trend-wise gave me this thought: the over-saturation of trends via spread on social media will result in shorter life span for each mew trend.

[@FALLENSAT]

I wrapped my powder room in Hague Blue based on your review - it’s fantastic! My only note was that it’s very creamy and thick, so depending on the work you’re willing to put in for rolling it on, you might want to thin it slightly.

[@kindle7191]

Dear James, I love Farrow & Ball! Their green paint is amazing! I watch KZbinrs in the UK paint their Victorian home and I salivate over the rich, full colours. I love how the UK commits to dark greens! Anyhoo, I don't have access to F&B on Vancouver Island but if I could I would. This has been my fave episode dude.

[@aquafishcspeia2921]

Inappropriately reminded of the Victorian era craze for arsenic-laced green walls. But I like green paint too 😂

[@ruthkingsford7580]

Hi Bespoke Design in Oak Bay, Victoria, Vancouver Island, carries the full line of Farrow and Ball. They will also mail it out to you if you phone.

[@udp1073]

Wow.. took a look at hague blue for an accent wall and discovered a world.. sir, you talk of wall paint with such a love and enthusiasm that make it pops up (pun intended) like the most interesting thing in the world. Kudos to you. Aaaaaand subscribed!

[@ninamiller001]

Very informative! I think you gave their Full Gloss finish short shrift - I used it a few years ago on interior walls and ceiling and it produced a stunning lacquer-like effect. My contractor didn't do a great job with prep and priming so you can see imperfections in the wall that you really shouldn't be able to - but the coverage was excellent and the sheen level can't be beat. Not everyone's taste to be sure but I think its amazing that you can get a lacquer/oil-based look from this water-based paint. I used Blue Ground on walls and Borrowed Light on ceiling in my dining room, both in full gloss, and the reflections from my chandelier crystals make the room look like a painting by Monet.

[@lawson296]

I would also like you to review Clare. I love their colors and am curious about the quality.

[@ljd8520]

I worked on a grade 1 listed church in London where we used Classidur, this is also a very special paint.

[@maryanna71701]

Farrow & Ball definitely has some lovely colors that cannot be replicated elsewhere! Working on painting a small home now. Went with BM Ewing Blue in the Dining Room and Kitchen and Agreeable Gray in the living room and my bedroom. It has been an absolute NIGHTMARE - as the seller painted all the walls previously in a high gloss and we were trying to paint with eggshell. This home is old and has plaster walls -so, in a year maybe, I will have Dining Room and Living Room dry walled and paint again. I will definitely use agreeable gray again as it is a lovely color. Ewing Blue is lovely but a bit light.

[@thepaintpeople]

Painting over high gloss!! ahhh! That's a toughie!

[@Neferteria2000]

I would love to hear your thoughts on Clare paints. I got samples and am about to paint two rooms with their paint. I love their colors and eggshell finish!

[@jaimelynn3520]

Not an expert by any means, but I used Clare in my kitchen and in one of bedrooms. It came very well packaged and the paint coverage was excellent! I would definitely use their paint again.

[@Neferteria2000]

@@jaimelynn3520 Thanks so much for the feedback! I am also a retired residential interior designer and like their colors very much. I am looking forward to using them.

[@lizackermann2383]

Did you happen to see the Farrow & Ball skit on Saturday Night Live?

[@OwlingDogDesign]

I love F&B colors and I always wanted to try their paint. I don't have a big budget, but I planned it out to buy this paint for my front porch floor. I got the estate emulsion finish in a glossier eggshell. The finish is like glass. The color was Schoolhouse White and it went on like a softened vanilla ice cream (Haagen Das, not Hood). It looks good enough to eat! I don't regret the investment and I have some left over for touch ups if necessary. The only problem is, it's actually difficult to buy from them. Normal credit cards don't always work online at their website. So, I could buy samples of white, then a gallon of white, but I was unable to get other color samples with the same credit card. Customer service was like, 'Oh, sorry for the inconvenience.' I'm sure my one gallon at a time purchases weren't going to keep them in business, but... Anyway, I'll stick with my favorite Ben Moore.

[@jimbojones8374]

Ha ha good luck with touching up.

[@cloverazar5315]

Thank you for this! I’ve been hoping to see you cover F&B, and seeing that pop of Citrona at 7:03 just made me smile. (I wonder what Citrona in Estate Emulsion would look like...) Thanks again for the great information! :D

[@rachelsavard851]

I'd love a little lesson or comparison on their purple-red colours. Like Brinjal, Preference Red, Pelt

[@thepaintpeople]

They sound lovely! Maybe a good choice for an upcoming list!

[@squalter.kaufmann]

Honestly, you could just go through each and every “colour” one by one and I’d watch them all.

[@rachelsavard851]

@@squalter.kaufmann or we all compromise and he does a video for each colour family. deal?

[@rachelsavard851]

@@thepaintpeople Do you guys sell Farrow & Ball?

[@squalter.kaufmann]

I’m curious to know whether Radicchio might contain enough magenta to fall into that category. And Lake Red - so pretty, but is it a bluish-red?

[@ferbeybill]

I appreciate your review. I’ve used this product a few times. Availability of product was an issue, 6 weeks before we receive another shipment. Price is outrageous. Difficult to work with, the cans are awful to work out of and reseal. The flat burnished to the touch, it was a nightmare. As a contractor I actually try to talk people out of using it and have walked from a couple of estimates because the people were insisting on using it. I’m definitely not a fan of their products. On a side note, what’s your scent of the day?😊

[@unclejoeoakland]

I had to match a farrow and ball color for some custom arched doors. Farrow and ball isn't a spraying paint so we used Axalta Zenith, which has pros and cons but I will say it. shows off axaltas auto body roots in a good way.

[@kkouz45]

Loved this! Thanks so much.

[@squalter.kaufmann]

Time to get the popcorn 🍿

[@thepaintpeople]

Yaaaaas!

[@awesomelife3710]

I’ve used Estate Emulsion in my main bedroom twice: Giles Blue and Stiffkey Blue. Before one year was up, they both looked damaged: faded near the windows, in spite of having a lush tree that gives off quite a bit of shade right outside. It somehow peeled off even behind a nightstand. There were shiny patches wherever I had lightly dusted the wall off with a dry cloth. Wherever I had touched it, no matter how gently, you could see finger marks. I don’t have children or pets, yet the paint was basically in need of being repainted within one year. I discovered it was rated at the bottom of the heap out of 30 paints tested by Consumer Reports, together with a $10 per can paint sold at Walmart: PPG Glidden. Except I payed $140 U.S. dollars for each quart (needed two) and $90 for the F&B primer. I will never again use Estate Emulsion. I love F&B colors so much that I’m currently in the middle of painting over my walls with their new Dead Flat finish, which is promoted as being their most long lasting, scrubbable paint. Here’s hoping it will last more than a year 🤞🏼

[@es4666]

You should do an update as the new DEAD FLAT is absolutely amazing and very durable - great for colour drenching.

[@efuller3333]

A segment about modern masters paint company would be of interest, especially a focus on their metallic paints collection- I’d also be happy to hear your view about full spectrum paints in general, be it from Ellen Kenyon or some other company .

[@efuller3333]

I meant Ellen Kennon

[@sherrimacdonald2157]

I used to sell the brand Pure&Original from Holland. If you get a chance to try it, I really recommend it. It is available in Canada but not everywhere. It is a kind of boutique paint, but very stylish and great quality and finishes are more artisan like Fresco and Marrakesh. Worth the price. I love the F&B colours. When it first arrived in Canada I had a discussion with a paint guy from Home Depot and he was saying that they could match all the colours at half the price and better quality- I took it as not worth the money.

[@coastaldiva]

Loved this video

[@bitTorrenter]

You should try Little Greene, the quality is even better.

[@jjk2one]

This paint is so reactive to light I can't help but wonder if there are radio isotopes in the paint. I mean more than most paints.

[@jackwardley3626]

before my time but i think when there was just ready mixed colours was better use to have around 100 ready mixed colours customers wouldn't take 2 weeks to choose a colour

[@plips71755]

I don’t know what is going on with the buyout but I know what it was and my experience. Something people who don’t like the colors of this British paint when they put it on our walls is - our light is completely different than the light shining on the walls of England. I know that sounds bizarre but they have very grey, dreary days especially in the winter but even in other seasons, they need the extra color to brighten their rooms. But here - say throughout the south, Florida or California - where days are bright and sunny and you have a lot of reflection off the water - some of those British colors just don’t work without a lot of thought on placement. A friend lived there for decades and said the first two years she was just so depressed. She loved the gardens but the lack of daily bright sunshine with pinks, peaches, and those gorgeous deep pacific blues of California and Florida’s Caribbean blues and Gulf blue-greens made her quite sad. And a trip made to the states to do a couple of travel pieces really drove the point home. Within another year, she had transferred back home and to traveling through the sunny south. Said she loved visiting and living in England, Ireland, Scotland, - mostly due to the gardens, but it could be too dreary. What I see is people who don’t care enough to take the time to actually prep. They are so use to using chalk paint, where they don’t have to do much work. What people need to remember is these paints or linseed oil paints last for decades on the walls and woods. But if you already have the USA manufacturer’s acrylic paints full of fillers on the walls

[@thepaintpeople]

Great points about needing more saturated colors to compensate for less light!

[@zanyzoo6767]

As I sit here in the UK , with temps nearing the 90s, with clear blue skys.

[@pamelafox7677]

Thank you.

[@scottturnbull6313]

Looking to use Charlottes locks as an accent wall in living room - what finish is best - the estate emulsion? Also do I need to use their own brand of primer?

[@cozyhome321]

I absolutely love Farrow & Ball colours, but my closest retailer is over 3 hours away. Are there any good colour dupes in Benjamin Moore?

[@ferguwat24]

I had the homie at Benjamin Moore do a color match of F&B Calke Green using Aura. It looks fucking amazing. I think it takes a skilled eye to get a good match, but maybe worth a shot!

[@ninamiller001]

I live in the States and have to order F&B paint online. It is delivered just a few days later. Its a pretty efficient process.

[@artisanhome8980]

Great review, but good luck to anyone trying to hire professional painters to use this paint. Most painters (the ones that I've called anyway) won't use Farrow & Ball because 1) they've never heard of it and/or 2) they want to get a discount for using more well known paint that you can get from Lowe's and Home Depot. I wish more professional painters would be more open minded and receptive to using higher-end paint. Everyone I've called either tries to convince me "all paint is the same" or they won't call me back for the project. It's ridiculous.

[@thepaintpeople]

Sorry that's been your experience Artisan Home! Most of the painters I know go with what their client wants.

[@Trev-n-Basy]

Hate to break it to you, but all wall paint is the same. “Higher end wall paint” is a company brain washing the public into thinking it’s better when it’s not. You are just throwing your money away.

[@artisanhome8980]

@@Trev-n-Basy It's always the painters who say "all paint is the same" who get to using Farrow & Ball for a client and soon realize they have no idea what they're doing. If you've never used this paint before, then how can you so arrogantly claim Farrow & Ball is like all other brands? Even within more common brands of paint, there are different qualities of paint! For example, Benjamin Moore has it's luxury Aura line of paint. So just save your opinion for when you've actually done some research. If you don't care enough to PAY ATTENTION to this, then it won't matter to you. However, it matters to the people who have to live in these spaces. For some homeowners, using paint that coats a wall like creamy butter, has low or no odor, AND is environmentally friendly is very important!

[@artisanhome8980]

Update: I FINALLY found a team of painters with years of experience using Farrow & Ball paint. They did an amazing job and I now realize how important it is to interview painters and ask about their experience using different brands of paint. I will never hire a painter who believes "all paint is the same" and thinks it doesn't matter what brand or type of paint is used. I'm hiring someone with lots of experience using a broad range of paint brands. Most companies will have services and products that range from basic to luxury to serve the needs of a variety of people at different income levels. We can't sweep all products under one rug because we don't want to acknowledge better products that someone else might be enjoying. I know that a Mercedes Benz is NOT the same car as a Honda. So I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince the Mercedes Benz driver that his car is the same as a Honda when I know that it isn't. Instead of being delusional, I'm going to diligently work hard to one day afford the Benz and enjoy the luxurious that I know he's enjoying.

[@heddaszczepanski9210]

@@Trev-n-Basy I dont agree all paint is the same - I have used some very poor paint. F&B is a good paint, but not the only one

[@paulaooook]

Would you recommend estate eggshell for bookcases and paneled walls?

[@Nickpaintbrush]

There`s nothing wrong with their paint, but if you want to pay about a third of the price for the exact same colour in a high quality trade paint go to Johnstones paints trade outlets!

[@thepaintpeople]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@dalen5220]

Calamine and Sulking room pink!

[@healingypsy]

We Brits don't give a toss about what your 2 cents worth about F&B especially if you are clueless about English homes. 90 % of the insides of my home is F&B paint. Tried the imitations they mix at DIY that was recommended by a well meaning friend for the outdoors. However the imitations look cheap, bright and ordinary. So it's F&B for me even for the outside of my home. Would not trust anything else for that beautiful English finish.

[@georgemohr7532]

Great video and information. You told me much more about F & B than I ever knew. That said, because I love you, please ditch the beard.

[@thepaintpeople]

Wow George... haha. Maybe once we're out of quarantine and I can finally get a haircut, it's going! lol

[@Hollyhock7]

Hey George get rid of your gross attitude ... all in complete love and earnest respect,- God

[@RominaJones]

@@thepaintpeople Beard looks fine, don't worry about it.

[@barbarajames4933]

It’s just a COVID thing. Painters don’t have beards 🤓

[@653j521]

@@barbarajames4933 Not even Toulouse-Lautrec? Was his false?

[@teresacerna1612]

🙌🏼

[@philloyaknow]

The paint is expensive and not very good, although the water based eggshell is ok, little greene is a far superior paint for us in the uk

[@choosingcolourwithniamhcou5751]

Farrow & Ball paints are no longer ready made, all tinted in store.

[@melsagelord3991]

“Briddish”

[@stevej4328]

I think a lot of people are being duped by F&B's marketing team. There's a lot of rhetoric behind their products that sell it more as a desirable brand but with little regard for actual longevity and quality, which is what paint should be about. I've heard of many people trying it then disregarding it because it caused them many problems when it came to coverage and durability. Basically you are paying for the name and the F&B snobbery that comes with it. "oh it's Skimming Stone/Elephant's Fart", etc etc. I don't deny it has a nice, considered colour range but unless they get real and provide a better product with all that ostentatious pomp then other paint companies are going to leave them standing in the future.

[@thepaintpeople]

Elephant's Fart lol

[@Trev-n-Basy]

You are bang on. It’s coverage is trash. There is nothing special about the paint whatsoever. They are brain washing the public.

[@winklton]

Totally agree

[@worldsstongeststrains983]

If you look at it wrong or think about touching it…. You must repaint. Lol.

[@Trev-n-Basy]

Why on earth are people so high on this paint? Just the marketing and brain washing the company does? The coverage is horrible. Ive been a pro painter for 19 years, i would never use this paint on my own house.

[@thepaintpeople]

It's those coloursssss

[@iamtenrose7479]

I know this only due to SNL

[@winklton]

Farrow and Ball is terrible paint. I’m a professional decorator with 30 years of experience and I can assure you it’s overpriced rubbish. We always recommend if you really want the colour then have it mixed in a decent paint like Crown of Dulux

[@mysticm1543]

Estate emulsion is quite bad. Every fingerprint will show up.

[@Foundafroggie]

There's no e in farrow

[@clintmannion5598]

Total rip of over priced garbage

[@davidsculley6304]

Farrow ball is the worst product to use!! Avoid every painter in the UK hates it

[@niceguy235uk1]

Wrong

[@ferbeybill]

I appreciate your review. I’ve used this product a few times. Availability of product was an issue, 6 weeks before we receive another shipment. Price is outrageous. Difficult to work with, the cans are awful to work out of and reseal. The flat burnished to the touch, it was a nightmare. As a contractor I actually try to talk people out of using it and have walked from a couple of estimates because the people were insisting on using it. I’m definitely not a fan of their products. On a side note, what’s your scent of the day?😊

[@teresacerna1612]

🙌🏼