Scandinavian folk furniture

Beds benches available from Scandinavian Antiques & More

Tess is a decorative artist who creates bespoke murals and furniture, and now also offers a collection of hand-painted homewares.

Designer makers of Scandinavian painted furniture

Emma Best on Instagram: "I've been so busy painting recently and getting ready for @suffolkopenstudios next month that I keep forgetting to post! Here is a snippet of a beautiful 94 year old cabinet I've been working on, covered with lovely hand painted folk details 🌿 Painted on my all time favourite blue _ @chalkpaint #greekblue 🩵 Hopefully I'll have a few more pieces to show this week as I try to make the studio a little less 'brown' with all its unpainted pieces! Which me luck…

Delightful Folk Painted Head Board

I am wholeheartedly convinced that we are entering a Scandinavian Folk Art Revival period. There are a few hallmarks that make Scandinavian folk art easy to spot: cheery, near-primary colors, often in unexpected combinations; simple, geometric adornment; nature-inspired motifs (especially flowers, leaves, or animals), sometimes painted in conjunction with a mythological or folk tale reference. It all just looks so sweet, home-y, and somehow, perfectly on trend. Tap to see pieces we love!

Painted joinery has a particularly rich and long history in Transylvania. Joinery is a type of carpentry that does not require the use of nails or screws to fit wooden joints together.