Paint you can compost

Normally, paint is pretty toxic stuff. It’s made from all kinds of nasty petroleum by-products, plastics, and toxic crap so we've been considering low VOC paints and natural paints.

This article sums it up pretty well:
http://homerepair.about.com/od/interiorhomerepair/ss/low_voc_paint.htm

We’ve decided to use natural paints but can’t made a final decision about which specific product we’ll use until we figure out how much needs to be done with the walls. We may be able to repaint over what’s already there or we may need to re-paper first.

Natural paints are more expensive and a bit trickier to apply than 'normal' paint but the extra money, time and trouble is worth it to us. In the end we'll feel better knowing we didn't damage our health or the environment just to make out dining room prettier. These are two of the companies we really like:

AURO: http://www.auro.co.uk/

This is a German company and is, by all accounts, the most environmentally conscious and has the most natural products of any company out there. Their factory is certified as carbon neutral and their paints are certified as compostable. Wow. Their color range is limited because they will only use natural pigments but we plan to paint most of the interior white anyway.

Ottosson: http://www.ottossonfarg.com/en/index.php

This is a Norwegian company specializing in linseed oil paint. This is probably the type of paint we’ll use on the exterior window frames and we're are also considering it for the bathroom and kitchen. They will custom mix any color for you so they do sometimes use synthetic pigments. I am still convincing Morten to let me paint the windows purple and I think he's starting to crack.