When man began to build his utensils and his homes, his raw materials, naturally, were the natural resources of his environment. Humans made their houses with clay, mud, stones, wood, etc. In addition to the fact that aesthetically the harmony of these materials with the environment was beautiful, curiously it seemed that nature, in its sublime wisdom, had provided elements that were thermal and that provided the necessary temperatures to the home; cool in heat and warm in winter.
Like almost everything that revolutionized the last century with the industrial era to unprecedented levels, the construction industry was also affected with the incorporation of chemical materials never before used, such as synthetic materials and cement as we know it now. However, these materials were taking us away from the incredible properties that nature itself had lent us for centuries.
Now that the world has realized the consequences of a system focused on consumption and mass production, natural trends are returning, not as a simple fashion, but as a means of survival and consciousness. Among these returns, the use of natural finishes is returning, ranging from varnishing wooden furniture with beeswax to the use of natural materials for construction.
We describe some of the returns of natural finishes that you can begin to adopt in your life:
Earth or clay finishes: regulate humidity levels inside your home, balance the amount of air and absorb odors. They are ecological and organic materials.
Lime or plaster finishes: they are incredible for interior decoration such as paintings and decorative surfaces, they are thermal and very elegant.
Mineral pigments: just as humans used paints from colorful elements of nature for millennia, this trend is returning to avoid the use of paints made from petroleum.
Wax varnishing: out with petroleum derivatives. Your furniture can look shiny with old methods such as applying beeswax.