White is the new black, darling

Kya deLongchamps argues for a refreshing foundation of white in the bedroom — a canvas of the most dramatic, versatile and economic of all wall colour choices.

Why white? It was said for many years that we should avoid pure white on our walls in Ireland, but there has always been a large camp of designers, decorators and architects in the British Isles who would use nothing else. The prejudice against white has its roots in the years before central heating, when homes were considerably colder.

And it’s also prompted along by paint manufacturers, who have little interest in us taking to all white rooms. The addition of white to an overcast day and chilly house, would certainly not have helped the real or perceived comfort levels in a stone house, shrouded in heavy curtains with little insulation in the structural envelope, in 1975.