Discover Scandinavian Pink

On trend colours come and go but the effect they have on your home is huge! Including that colour that just transforms the whole room is something that we all want to achieve and this is made that bit more achievable with the expertise of Annie Sloan. With everything from hints and tips, to the hottest upcoming trends and technniques, Annie shares her thoughts through her monthly newsletter.

Here, she discusses how terracotta hues are being tipped as one of the strongest trends for interiors in 2017 and we have already began to see some beautifully earthy pinkish tones cropping up all over the place!

Scandinavian Pink fits this trend perfectly.  Annie shows us a couple of examples of how to get the most out of this versatile colour...  

Introducing Scandinavian Pink

This chest of drawers was started by painting the piece in Scandinavian Pink and then accents of Barcelona Orange, Florence and French Linen were added to create a textured finish, full of depth.

Introducing Scandinavian Pink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This piece has been given a wonderful sense of history using ChalkPaint. Started once again by painting the piece in Scandinavian Pink, distressed the paint quite heavily in areas using sanding pads, and then applied Dark Chalk Paint Wax and details of Brass Leaf. 
We love how the inside of the piece is painted in Old Ochre and a pretty pattern using Annie Sloan’s Branches Stencil in Olive and Primer Red has been added. 

Scandinavian Pink is inspired by traditional colours found in Swedish interiors from the past. In some places this colour would have originally been a deep red oxblood and has faded to this beautiful colour over the years.

The most eagle eyed amongst you might have spotted another colour that has featured heavily in these projects, both in the background, and also on the pieces themselves...Graphite!

Introducing Scandinavian Pink

Pink and black is not a colour combination that we are normally drawn to, but using the background of a black wall to make a piece of painted furniture pop really works!      

The above piece by a fellow Chalk Paint stockist in Lisbon, Portugal, Atelier Auténtico is painted in Graphite and a mix of Scandinavian Pink and Old White, it looks amazing right?

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