I’m getting ready to teach a series of retailer trainings in Europe in September, for both Fusion Mineral Paint and Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint. I wanted to make more samples with Fusion’s Fresco texturizing powder. Jamie Lundstrom (from the blog So much better with age) recently published the book ‘French Vintage Decor‘. Did you know that you can use Fresco for several of the DIY projects in Jamie’s book? Read more →
I started writing this post with just a couple of words in my head and a lot of overwhelming thoughts, but that’s part of writing. Getting chaos down on paper in a structured form. The words were: lagom, summer, self-care, creative block and productivity pressure, so you can sense already in what direction this post is going. Read more →
This post is straightforward. I’m showing off what my fellow European furniture painters create with Fusion Mineral Paint. That’s it. So simple. And that’s exactly the theme of this post: simplicity or ‘Less is more’. While I was looking through all the beautiful pictures of European pieces in Fusion Mineral Paint, one thing struck me: a lot of us are ‘less is more’. We just keep it simple, in painting and styling. And simplicity is strong, authentic and beautiful.
There are small details in life, at first glance meaningless, but when you start connecting all the details, meaning shows up. Or … how the coffee mug from a Finnish Instagram influencer, a Swedish illustrator and multipassionate entrepreneurs are related. Weird and interesting, isn’t it? Read more →
This piece was a pain. It really was. This was not because of the finish or the process of painting, but because of me. I was stuck, had a creative block. The piece stood in my hallway for almost 2 months and every time I walked through the hallway, I sighed. I didn’t know what to do with it. I had a crisis haha. That’s a lot of sighs every day I can tell you. Read more →