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Grey Birch

2026 Paint PaintSAP1064-42

Grey Birch is a calm, softened grey with a beige undertone that keeps it from feeling cold. In Sanderson’s 2026 Paint range, it sits as an easy, understated neutral for walls and woodwork.

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About this colour

At #D1CDC4, Grey Birch reads as a light warm grey with enough warmth to feel settled rather than stark. On a wall it lifts a room gently, holding light without becoming bright, and the beige note gives it a quieter, more lived-in presence. In north-facing rooms it can lean a touch cooler and more stone-like, while in south-facing light it shows its warmer greige side and feels softer. It works well beside natural oak, pale painted joinery and upholstered furniture in linen, taupe, mushroom and muted sage tones. In Active Emulsion or Waterbased Eggshell, it is a sensible choice for both walls and trim where a restrained finish is wanted.

How to use it

Grey Birch suits sitting rooms, bedrooms and hallways where a neutral backdrop is needed without going flat. It pairs neatly with pale timber furniture, warm white woodwork and upholstery in muted earthy shades.

A quiet warm grey that keeps a room feeling light and settled.

Sanderson 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Sanderson
Colour: #D1CDC4
Colour family: 2026 Paint
Finish: Active Emulsion, Waterbased Eggshell
Product type: Paint

Specification as published by Sanderson. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Order it with the cloth

A pot comes off the same order as the fabric, so the wall and the chair in front of it are chosen together. The making is ours: cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage.

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Pairs well with

Grey Birch is a wall colour, so these are the cloths that sit against it: one of them on the curtains, the paint behind. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.