Green paint

We spent the weekend decorating our bedroom and have tried out 'green' paint - not the colour of course as the room was already a yucky green! After much deliberating, and a visit to the Green Shop near Stroud, we bought Auro 321 for the walls and (white) Green Paint for the ceiling.

Auro 321 is the most eco friendly as it's petro-chemical free and contains no fungicides - but it does contain essential oils! Using the paint was great as it smells nice enough to eat! We also were pleasantly suprised how well it covered the old walls that were in a pretty bad state with flaky old paint/plaster due to condensation problems. Only time will tell how durable it is but the end result looks good.

The Green Paint has also done a good job - it's not quite as green as Auro it does contain some chemicals but we couldn't find the right white in Auro 321. Unlike Auro this is made in the UK so it scores well on paint miles!

As we've paperered a feature wall (with FSC paper of course) we also tried Auro's wallpaper paste - it's fungicide free and has done a good job.

All in all we recommend these alternatives, even if they are more expensive and dificult to track down. They are much more pleasant to use, and should create a much healthier internal and external environment.