Cool KITCHENS

Fresh tones such as powder pink, soft peach and citrus yellow will brighten up daytime areas such as kitchens and breakfast rooms. Painting kitchen units or furniture can also add a pretty, playful touch. Choose cooler greens and blues for more intimate dining areas. 1 Ceramics in a medley of gentle pastel tones are an easy way to introduce subtle colour 2 A soft blush wall warms up this dining room and enhances the patterns and shades of an assortment of plates on display 3 Pastel shades work especially well in pale interiors. Here, an old set of stick-back chairs has been painted in uplifting shades

4 Starry Skies porcelain chalky matt tile in peony blush for walls and floors, £35/sq m, Country Living Collection at Homebase (homebase.co.uk)

5 Catina pitcher, £20, Cotswold Company (cotswoldco.com)

6 Diggins ceramic pudding bowls in Baker’s Blue, £28/pair, Loaf (loaf.com) 7 Old Cotswold Blue matt emulsion paint, £38/2.5L, Country Living Collection at Homebase (homebase.co.uk)

8 Hector pleat medium wall light in light blue, £155, Original BTC (originalbtc.com)

9 Scalloped-edge butter dish in Butter Yellow, £22, KC Hossack Pottery (kchossackpottery.com) 10 Twist candle in rose, £24/six, Birdie Fortescue (birdiefortescue.co.uk)

11 Farmhouse kitchen chair in blush, £120, Cotswold Company (cotswoldco.com)

12 Candy stripe oven glove, £15, Bluebellgray (bluebellgray.com) OPPOSITE Take inspiration from the abundance of spring flowers in pretty pale shades