Part of the beauty of Italy is the colors of the buildings. Picture the rich ochres and peachy pinks of Tuscany or the brights of Burano. In Piemonte, Diana and Micha love rich, saturated color and are not afraid to splash it on their walls. Literally.
They are fortunate to have the beautiful plaster walls of the Baur Bed & Breakfast as their canvas and found the plaster takes color quite nicely in an irregular and natural way.
To get the formula for the stain they use, go to Diana's blog.
(Images: Diana Strinati Baur)
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Comments (4)
Nice way to get in a plug for your friends!
i do this on my front door with green poster paint; it comes out a bright, mossy green, but fades gradually. I'd like to try multi-colored versions--does anyone know of a something good to use on wood, which won't fade? Although that's part of the fun, it keeps changing.
Honestly I find these colors much to artificial and garrish to be Italian. They seem more like something from Disney's Epcot Italy instead of the real thing. Authentic Italian wall colors are subtle, natural and not so shocking. You might get away with some of the ochres if it were a Mediterranean hillside house. This technique seems more suited for someone in a brand new Phoenix tract home who wants her house to look like Tuscany!
I´m afraid I agree with the last comment. The colours look to bright, not italian at all. It looks like in the 80ies, when people tried to add a mediterranean flair to their city rentals in the Europe or the US.
Maybe sort of McItalia?