Sue's purchases and travels

It's quite similar to the bright yellow paint of Klaradal, our shop in Olney Maryland. Our Swedish cousin, who is an architect in Gothenburg, helped us choose the color. The original Klaradal, which is in Bjornlunda Sweden (Near Gnesta) is the classic Falun Red cottage. This is a color appropriate for any small country house. Jaak, our cousin, emphasized that because Klaradal Maryland is two stories it should be yellow which is more typical of a manor house. This search was before Benjamin Moore offered their great small jars of paint so I went through many quart cans looking for the perfect yellow. You can see it on our website http://www.klaradal.com/ (perhaps you got to this blog from there) or the bird house shown to the right is a similar color. We have these birdhouses and a butterfly house available for sale at Klaradal in both the yellow shown and Falun red. So....enough on yellow...here's to the sunny fall days ahead whether they be inside or out!

Labels: Swedish Antiques