tisdag 6 januari 2009

Detox

The beginning of January is generally a time for good intentions. Personally, I always feel like I need a spot of detox.

This can apply to interiors too, I found, when I stumbled on this Swedish paint manufacturing company called Av Jord, http://www.avjord.se/ who make tempera paints for interior use. I know that tempera is generally associated with artist’s paint and classical paintings from the Middle Ages but it is worth rediscovering for its ecofriendly properties, all natural ingredients and beautiful muted sheen.

If you want to be really ambitious you can also use these paints to make stencil patterns. I take my inspiration from the Stockholm Länsmuseum, http://www.lansmuseum.a.se/ where I found this interior picture from an 18th century Swedish peasant house.






Colour samples and foto © Av Jord, photo by Milis Ivarsson


Västerängsstugan, Delsbogården, Skansen. Photo by Mattias Ek

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