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STRONG AND BOLD IS WHERE IT’S AT WITH WALLPAPERS – THINK MOODY HUES, METALLICS AND MESMERISING MOTIFS

Metallic motif wallpapers

The beauty is that it works well with practically any colour apart from bright yellow (because it creates a fast-food restaurant vibe). I have a few rules like this in the studio (right). For example, I never use blue with yellow because it reminds me of the Swedish flag. And you can’t use red and green because it looks like Christmas.

I’m currently renovating our new home and combining dusty and light colours.

The dusty colours I have used in my home are Pure & Original’s Lagoon Water, Jade and Olive Drab, which are toned down and not too intense. They have a certain percentage of black in them, but not too much. I prefer to combine hues with different lightness levels – it results in an all over more interesting look.

I avoid using greyscale shades, not only in my own home but also in the homes of my clients.

The problem with grey is that it’s not a part of the colour wheel, it is not a colourway. So when you try to combine it with the colour wheel,

but it has to work with the architecture – specifically modernist architecture from the 1930s with its black window frames and black doors. But even in these cases, we usually soften the black with a little bit of blue, red or green.

It’s very important that I work with colours that have natural colour pigments in them – Farrow & Ball, for example, and Pure & Original. A paint with plastic pigments makes a wall look a little flat, while natural pigments add more depth and also transport more light into the room.

I’d recommend using linseed oil paint.

It used to be a bit difficult to work with – you had to have it at a certain temperature or it would take forever to dry. However, it’s now much easier to use: it dries quickly and produces more consistent results.

Using natural paints is a bit different from rolling on other paint.

You need quite a bit of paint on your roller or brush, but generally you’ll only have to apply two coats, unless it’s a really special colour, such as Pure & Original’s Old Ocre, which is almost made up of more pigment than paint. koifargestudio.no