The Painter's Corner: Paint 101, part 2
In addition to the mainstream paint companies out there, there are many smaller paint manufacturers marketing their products for more specialized niche markets. Here are just some of them. Premiere Interior Paints Many of these high end paints used to only be available to decorators, or were only found in Europe, but thanks to an…
In addition to the mainstream paint companies out there, there are many smaller paint manufacturers marketing their products for more specialized niche markets. Here are just some of them.
Premiere Interior Paints
Many of these high end paints used to only be available to decorators, or were only found in Europe, but thanks to an increase in demand by consumers, they are available to the general public. They are expensive, but many swear by their quality, and the type of coverage and colors they carry. Farrow and Ball paints, for instance, can have chalky, muted tones in colors not available anywhere else, for that classic Old English look. Where else could one find colors named Churlish Green and Dead Salmon? Benjamin Moore taps into this market with their new, color saturated Aura paint line, and Ralph Lauren Paints, listed yesterday, have always been marketed for an upscale market.
Donald Kaufman Paint
Farrow and Ball
Fine Paints of Europe
Specialty Paints and Wall Coverings
These companies emerged to meet the needs of specialty and faux painters. Many of these paints were not available to the general public ten years ago. Metallic paints, patina paints, glazes and other specialty paints used to be the private domain of decorative painters. Now Benjamin Moore, Ralph Lauren, Home Depot’s Behr, and Lowe’s Valspar all carry their own lines. In addition, the popularity of surface treatments such as Venetian Plaster and other plaster and clay surface treatments have spurred the creation of new companies, as well as specialist companies with products not available at your home warehouse. I love the look of Portola Paints, out of California.
Faux Center
Faux Effects
Modern Masters
Portola Paints
Texston Finishing Plasters
Eco Friendly Paints
Low VOC, or volatile organic compounds, paint is now widely available. This really is a good thing for people with asthma, allergies, respiratory ailments, as well as babies, children, and pets. Also popular now are eco-friendly companies using other ingredients that are recyclable or from renewable and organic resources. All of the big paint companies have a low VOC line, and here are some other resources. Milk paint has been around for centuries, while Anna Sova paint looks good enough to drink.
American Clay
Anna Sova Paint
Green Planet Paints
Milk Paint Company
The Real Milk Paint Company
Yolo Colorhouse
Photo: Anna Sova Luxury Organics
Try the Farrow & Ball, DIBS. It has a wonderful receding quality, a naturalness to it, I haven’t seen in other paints, plus the famous chalky texture is very pretty. It’s also naturally low in VOCs — always has been.
I saw on their web site they’re discontinuing oil-based paints. My goodness, what is a generation of wealthy people in England and myself going to do? Since we all have oil-based trim.
Of the paints I’ve tried, Benjamin Moore is very good, and Farrow & Ball is better. If you know someone in the trade who will buy it for you wholesale they cost about the same. I want to try this new thing, Paint Library, that has a wider range of colors and more Victorian colors than Farrow & Ball, which is very 1780s-1830s.
ooohhhh…..beautiful! It might not work so well in real life but it is absolutely gorgeous…
Bxgrl, that sounds very pretty.
“necessities of the boudoir” LOL!
Dave, when you’re right, you’re right.
Amyone used the Anna Sova paint? It looks amazing.
Minard is far more practical than I thought. There should be nightstands on both sides of the bed, each with lights. And they need drawers to keep hidden those neccesities of the boudoir.
minard *THWACK!* 🙂
So that bedroom looks gay?
I think it looks very elegant and expensive although it would never work for me. I need a stand right next to the bed for my glasses and my remote control and my water. I also need a reading light right next to the bed and if possible a place for my sound machine and my cd player/alarm clock. I also need more covers than that and I hate stepping out of bed on bare floors. My LLBean fuzzy slippers under the bed/platform thing would ruin this look completely. Also I think I would give myself black and blues on that ledge sticking out from under the mattress.
Sigh…so much for elegance.
dave- a friend of MM and I did her living room in turquoise, with white. She has a lot of reds and oriental textiles in the room (house dates from late 1800s- early 19th. Not sure of exact date) and she has a wonderful, very eclectic mix of Chinese, period and contemporary furniture (including 2 Queen Anne ghost chairs)- its quite fabulous. The turquoise made all the difference.