Category — faux finish

Jaime and I took some before and after pictures for your visual viewing of this French Country style house. We did a light faux on the shutters and doors of this home. The original color was a light blue and the client wanted a subtle antiquing.

BEFORE

Sometimes you just need a space in your home that’s your very own retreat. What better place for that than your bathroom. Here is a bathroom that Jaime and I did for a client who want that Old World Tuscan Feel.

I don’t think there was a space in this bathroom that went untouched.

We even gave the tub surround & armoire an Italian feel by painting it a metallic gold and finishing off the look by antiquing.

And, even though the pictures didn’t turn out well, no detail was left behind. We added clouds to the sky blue ceiling to finish it off.

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Whew! There’s no better word I can think of to describe the week so far. It’s been fun of course, but whew, it’s been busy.

Our project of the week is a media room. We are painting all the wall space a faux leather & antiquing all the wood work. I can’t wait to have pictures for you! For finished pictures of other faux walls and cabinets, click here.

In the midst of busyness, Jaime and I encourage each other to see the positive in it all. Check out the picture below. I had my rag all folded up for using on the wall. I unfolded it to re-fold for a clean part (you faux-er’s no what I mean) and look at what I saw. I couldn’t make this happen if I tried to! It was a nice way to get us to smile and laugh.

Here is Part 2 of our Eclectic Cottage Home. Jaime and I had so much fun doing this kitchen. Actually, the whole house was a blast because the style of the home owner is right up our ally!

The home owner opted out of upper cabinetry and decided to put bead board on the upper portion of the wall for that ultimate cottage style. We add a simple distressed look and finished with a glaze over the soft gray/white paint.

An instant way to add cottage style in your kitchen is to set the island apart by making it a separate piece of furniture. Installing a different piece of granite and choosing a different color is a great way to achieve this. Here, we did a transparent gray/blue finish.

Here is an overview of the whole kitchen. The lighting in this room is great, unfortunately it didn’t allow for a great photograph. You still get an idea of the overall look. The client plans to add hardware to the drawers & doors and sconces on both sides of the window in the near future.

What do you think about eclectic cottage? Is it you?

We’ve shown you this mantel before, but now we can show you the whole room!

We did these walls for our client to give the room a warmer feel in the home. Her house is somewhat of an eclectic cottage style. This room was painted a cream and need a little boost, so we added a bruised faux effect on the walls.

As you can see, the adjoining walls are painted a dark brown, so the glaze on the walls helps to unify the open floor plan!

What do you think? Do you like the walls? Part II of this house is coming up this week, we’ll show you the kitchen cabinets and island!

One of our most requested finishes from our clients is our Antique White Cabinets. A theme we see often is the French Country Kitchen. It’s a classic style, inspired by the natural environment of the French countryside.

A couple of weeks ago I promised pictures of the garage doors and shutters we were working on. I am currently working on getting pictures, so until I do I thought I would show you a few we have done in the past.

If you are like me, you love color in your home, but may have a hard time settling with just one color. Too many questions and uncertainties still remain just by looking at a paint chip. Most paint companies offer paint samples in small containers for around $5 to $10.00. Though this does allow you to paint portions of the wall to give you an idea of what it would look like, by the time you buy 3 or 4, you have already spent almost what a whole gallon of paint would cost. But even then it can be a little overwhelming by the time you get a few different colors on the wall. I’m a visual person, so I like to know what it would look like all over.

Now, many companies offer a way for you to digitally see what your WHOLE ROOM would look like with one color. Better still, you don’t even have to leave the house.

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Last week we gave you a sneak peek on one of the jobs we were working on for our clients, Stacy and Jeff. I must say, this was a fun one!!! We had the privilege of dressing up the nursery walls for the couples soon-to-be little girl along with giving their shutters a little umph! The house looked just fine before, but as you can see, a little attention to detail really can make your home stand out from all the others.

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As faux finishers, we often are asked and required to pick paint colors for the home, whether it be for walls, cabinets, furniture.. you name it.

One company we know we can rely on at any time is Benjamin Moore. They have always had a vast array of colors, & when they teamed up with Pottery Barn, the selection became even better. Their Spring 2008 selection offers 28 amazingly vivid colors created specifically created by Benjamin Moore for Pottery Barn.

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