Ditsy Block Bombolone by Little Greene Paint & Paper is based on a wallpaper found in an attic at Felbrigg Hall, a 17th-century English country house in Norfolk, now part of a National Trust property. The dark but cheerful golden tones remind me of a 19th-century cabin under the pines in, say, Schroon Lake or maybe Brant, very countrified but in that vaguely dignified way that bespeaks old money, the kind of wallpaper picked out a century ago by the elegant grandmother of someone named Binky, Bunty, or Figgy. Note that the pistil is a very subtle peachy pink and probably wouldn’t be terribly noticeable except at close range. You could let it lie or pick it out with an appliance in the same register - but just one. Little Greene offers coordinated paint for trim and possibly even cupboards if you were really going bespoke, but in this case I would abstain . This color array is such a perfect little package of pleasing, coordinating tones that I think too much consistency would stray into the dreaded realm of hobgoblins.
No fireplace in your kitchen? Me neither, but we can all dream. Modern Ember Riversdale Traditional Wood Fireplace Mantel Surround Kit, found at Perigold. This just happened to be sitting next to the Ditsy Block Bombolone in my photos and yep - they belong together, and now I’m trying to find an excuse for putting a fireplace in my kitchen.