Easy Like Sunday Lunch with Edward Bulmer

Edward Bulmer, founder of Edward Bulmer Natural Paint, has become somewhat of a pioneer in the natural paint revolution. With over thirty years experience in interior design, his plant-based paints have become a beacon for those that want to remain kind to the environment, without compromising on colour.

We’ve been lucky enough at LAMP LDN to sit down with Edward on a sunny morning and chat to him as part of our Easy Like Sunday Lunch series, where we ask about typical Sunday rituals, home life, and, of course, colour!

Tell us about your love for paint - when did your colour and paint story begin?

I’m not clever enough to decorate only with white so I have always embraced colour and paint is the most practical way to achieve it for the walls I want to hang art on. My natural paint journey started at Goodwood House, where my client insisted on environmentally responsible and healthy materials.

Talk us through your ideal Sunday at home?

Unless we have our daughters home, we are more interested in being outside or getting jobs done than a long lunch. We always have a walk with Lenny our Dachshund on the farm - nothing lifts the heart like a kingfisher streaking down the river, the first bluebells poking through the woodland floor or the Hereford cattle munching the lush sword.

We’re sure your own home must be fabulous - do you have a favourite area that you’ve designed?

Its Grade II listed and has some lovely old woodwork, but our favourite room is the newly panelled Music Room that we formed from two former sitting rooms. It is where all our gayest family life happens.

What’s on the menu for Sunday lunch at your place?

If the girls are home and cooking it will be an array of vegetable dishes enlivened with cumin and harissa, no doubt. Without them, we might well have venison shot in the woods, or a leg of local lamb. We are blessed with the quality of locally reared meat and so have no need of factory produced chicken or pork.

Room with green walls and patterned carpet

The Music Room photographed by Paul Whitbread @paul_whitbread_photo

If you could share a piece of advice for someone adding colour into their home, what would it be?

Know that colour is a preference but that tonality is key to delivering whatever colour you choose successfully. We rely heavily on the use of earth pigments to achieve this tonality in our colours - think of it like seasoning for a chef!