Porter's Moss Green Walls: My Rainforest Study

Feature walls feature in the Eumundi House - and thus, Eumundi Papers.
First there was the moody blue feature wall in the studio.
Then the mod mustard feature wall in the living area.
But when it came to a feature wall for a study perched loftily before the rainforest, it just had to be green:

As decorating mavericks will admit, it's not easy choosing green. The wrong shade can do alarming things to a room. Take emerald green. On a deep buttoned velvet armchair, a hand knitted Shetland wool blanket, a satin cocktail dress - the colour can be opulent, divine. Yet that same hue washed across an expanse of wall or carpet can suddenly turn brash, oppressive, or just plain ugly.

That said, walls of apple or lime can be cheery and uplifting, and work well in modern interiors. And for several days I did swatch wildly away with a palette of bright, rich greens - all from Porter's - an appetisingly named selection of Caprioska, Wasabi, Green Papaya and Banana Leaf. I nearly fell for Banana Leaf, a hard to resist chartreuse. But you see, such is the subjectivity of colour. I am of a lively nature. By day, I march out into the world to teach, motivate, provoke. Back home, I need a bit of shoosh. When I drop my satchel on the study floor, I need my walls to murmur, in a Barry White purr, "Sit yourself down baby. Relax. Let me massage your shoulders. Let me put on some Miles Davis".

Clearly, I needed to move towards the olive and lichen end of the spectrum.

Finally, after three coats of Porter's Moss Green in pigment rich Ultra Flat, I had a wall to inspire and soothe, a wall as verdant as the patchwork green rainforest that unfolds before my window.

And it took but a quick rummage through Phil's Citroen archives to turn up the perfect vintage 2CV poster. C'est vraiment magique, n'est-ce pas? Every time I look, and without the need for 3D specs, that adventurous little family in their intrepid little car seem to burst through the forest and out of the wall to invite me along for the ride.

But a room of one's own should be magical, should it not?