List 2: What I like visually (part one)

I was looking at scrapbook stores online and tried to visualise how the papers and materials could look in layouts, when in use. I also tried to remember what kind of artists, styles etc. I generally like - mabe that could help in determining with what kind of materials to start.

I love Scandinavian, mainly Swedish, country style. I like 19th century, Victorian and Edwardian eras and vintage in general. I like romantic country style, old English countryside, American country and vintage living. I like different shades of whites, reds and old pinks, blues, greens and browns. I love handmade things, rough linen fabrics, cheques, ginghams, dots, country florals, patchwork. I love the look and feeling of old timber, all wooden and rustic.

Magazines such as Home & Garden, Homes & Gardens, Country Living, Beautiful Kitchens and Period Living, plus others alike, are my favorites. We live in an old house in the beautiful English countryside. I love Laura Ashley furniture and fabrics.

One of my all time favourite artists is Carl Larsson. The painting above is one of his most famous ones - he used to paint his family life with watercolours. Here an excerpt describing him briefly: Carl Larsson, (1853-1919) was a Swedish painter and interior designer.
Born to extremely poor parents, Larsson’s childhood was not happy. However, at the age of thirteen he was admitted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. After several years working as an illustrator of books, magazines, and newspapers, Larsson moved to Paris, where he met his wife to be Karin. This was to be a turning point in Larsson’s life. In Paris, Larsson painted some of his most important works. Carl and Karin Larsson raised eight children and his family became Larsson’s favorite models. Many of his watercolors are now popular all over the world. In 1888 the young family was given a small house in Sundborn, by Karin’s father Adolf Bergöö. Carl and Karin decorated and furnished this house according to their particular artistic taste and also for the needs of the growing family. Through Larsson’s paintings and books this house has become one of the most famous artist’s homes in the world. (copied from here)