Today was spent searching out

the perfect eau de nil, duck egg, blue/grey/green paint to go with the new curtains. This is the rug we got to tie in the duck egg and the sofas. Sinclair thinks it wonderful (well he thinks anything new is wonderful).
Apologies for the bits of fluff, they're from the back of the quilt top.
And this is one of the walls covered in the various samples. The cushion on the mantle is made of the same fabric as the curtains. In the photo the bottom right looks the best but in the electric light the one top right is better. Blue intensifies when used en masse so the paler one will probably look better in daylight, tomorrow will tell.