What could possibly make a gallon of paint worth $100? Hear us out. When the Taft Museum of Art started a $22.8 million renovation back in 2002, they worked with British design house Farrow & Ball to create paint colors true to the building’s history—because you don’t slap any old paint on the walls of a former president’s family hangout.
Photograph by Aaron M. Conway
At that time, however, there was no local distributor, and history-loving Cincinnatians had to drive as far as Chicago to buy the stuff in person. Now, customers can turn to Thomas Jackson, a British-born Farrow & Ball fanboy and proprietor of the East End antique shop Bloodline Merchants, the only local connection for this top-shelf paint.
Scroll through to see examples of the paint colors in action:
Image courtesy Farrow & Ball
Image courtesy Farrow & Ball
Image courtesy Farrow & Ball
Image courtesy Farrow & Ball
Bonus: Seventy-one-year-old Farrow & Ball is best known for its roster of 132 classic shades, but you can also get an array of gorgeous wallpapers, handcrafted with the company’s own paints.
Image courtesy Farrow & Ball
4855 Eastern Ave., East End, (859) 412-0646, bloodlinemerchants.com
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