Retreat

Description

Retreat Limewash Paint | Earth Colour Card Set

Create a sanctuary of calm with Retreat, a sophisticated mid-toned neutral designed for modern living.

Part of our Earth Colour Card Set, Retreat is a cool-based neutral that offers a clean, crisp, and restorative atmosphere. It is a highly responsive colour that interacts deeply with its environment; depending on your specific light sources and architectural shadows, it can appear even cooler on the wall than on the colour card, making it a favorite for those seeking a tranquil, airy aesthetic.

As a Bauwerk Colour Limewash, Retreat is a mineral-based finish that bonds naturally with your surfaces. Unlike standard paints, it creates a breathable, matte texture with a subtle visual movement that brings a sense of soft, quiet energy to your home.

The Colour Profile

Retreat is the ideal choice for those looking to balance organic texture with a more modern, cool-toned palette.

The Tone: A mid-toned neutral with a distinct cool base.

The Mood: Restorative, modern, and serene.

The Comparison: If you are exploring this tonal range, consider Quiet or Still for complementary shades that share this harmonious, neutral DNA.

Why Choose Bauwerk Limewash?

Our limewash paints are meticulously crafted to ensure your home remains a healthy and beautiful environment. Choosing Retreat means selecting a product that is:

Environmentally Friendly: Formulated using natural lime and mineral pigments.

Breathable: Supports a healthy indoor climate by allowing moisture to move through the wall surface.

Naturally Antibacterial: The high pH of natural lime provides a built-in resistance to mold and mildew.

Unique Finish: Each application results in a unique, suede-like finish that standard flat paints cannot replicate.

Application & Coverage

For the best results, we recommend applying Retreat with a Bauwerk Limewash Brush. Using a loose, random “cloud” technique allows the cool pigments to layer beautifully, highlighting the natural tonal shifts that make limewash so distinctive.

Tip: Limewash is designed for absorbent surfaces like render, brick, or surfaces prepared with a lime-compatible undercoat. Because Retreat is light-sensitive, we always recommend a patch test to see how the cool base reacts to your specific interior lighting.

Additional information

Color	Earth Tones & Saturated

Benefits

The benefits of a paint made exclusively from minerals + natural pigments

BAUWERK Colour Lime Wash Paints are purely mineral based. They are manufactured from calcium carbonate, the same material sea shells are made from. When you paint with it the only chemical reaction that takes place is the absorption of atmospheric CO2 to convert the lime paint back to lime stone.

We colour our Limewash with natural pigments, this makes our colours completely different, as when light hits the wall the colours look like no other.

You can safely paint your home without any fear of breathing in fumes that are harmful to you or your children. We make the paint without solvents or volatile organic compounds (VOC). Because of that, Bauwerk Lime Paint is fire proof.

The paint can be used inside or outside, even in high humidity environments, such as bathrooms. It is not film-forming, like a plastic paint; it allows walls to breathe and be part of your micro-climate inside your home.

We don't use biocides or other preservatives; our lime wash has natural anti-bacterial properties. Enjoy the emotional depth and the play of light on our colours—they react dynamically to changing light conditions.