Surrey Homes | SH38 | December 2017 | Health & Beauty supplement inside

This page: A pair of stag’s horns loom down from a dramatic
(and very useful) blackboard wall in one of Kali’s sons’ room
has made such a difference. It was so cold before we did it.”
The walls throughout the house are painted with warm,
but muted neutrals. “They are warm colours because
it’s a big space and I wanted to feel cosy – especially in
the bedrooms,” says Kali, adding, “I choose colours that
change in the light at different times of the day. It gives
a moodiness. I love dark little rooms. The downstairs
bathroom is painted with Farrow and Ball’s ‘Green Smoke’
and Richard has a dark olive study. It’s like being inside
a little jewel box.” Kali admits to only one mistake with
paint. “I chose a colour called ‘Arsenic’ to go on the inside
of some of the cupboards. I thought it would brighten
them up and chose it because of the name of course –
who wouldn’t want to use a colour called Arsenic? It was
this really bright tealy-blue colour but it was way too
much and made the cupboards look hectic,” she sighs. “I
hated going into those cupboards and had to repaint.”
The upstairs roundel, approached up a small flight of
stairs, is a storybook room that would be the envy of many
a princess. The pretty bed was hand made by Kali and is
the room’s focal point. It has been painted pale blue and
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