Friday, April 06, 2007

New Faux Technique





Sunday, March 11, 2007

Flower Garden


Saturday, March 03, 2007

Tuscany Office


Purple Dream Faux



Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Sea Side Bathroom: Cape Cod Inspired




Sophisticated Office


You might be surprised to see me using stencils. I've been very against them, but do not fear you can not go buy this stencil at any store. I did use store bought stencils, but I modified it to be unique for my client. No one likes walking into another house and seeing the same thing that's in your house!

Formal Bathroom


This is what we started out with. I had a dusty rose straight painting on the top, but having such an ornate bottom half in the formal bathroom, we knew something had to be done. This is the top 1/2 that I came up with. I fauxed the top with the same colors that were in the bottom, then added some texture, in the form of ferns and gold leafed them.


The ceiling...

A view walking into the bathroom.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

2006 Peace on Earth Cards


Entrance Way




FAUX WALL with STENCILING



More photos to come whenthe room is put back together!

BAGS | Maybe the Start of a new LINE!




Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Fenway Nursery Mural!





Here we have it, die hard Red Sox fans! Nothing gets better than this. Everything in this nursery has been customized with special images that are important to the family! What little baby would not like this mural to look at while falling asleep?!?! Oh ya, it's actual Green Monster paint! The toy box even was converted into a bax box, with our friend Wally!

Color Change | Deep Purple to Leather




Here a color change was needed. The original color was stunning, but created problems with the curtains that were specifically made for this room. With a color wash I was able to keep the original color, while modifiying the glaze to work with the curtains. The Entrance always seemed very dark to my client so I did the same faux that I did in the Bookshelf (see entry below). I faded out the darker color and replaced it with the lighter one, which made everything lighter. When standing in the familyroom, it seems like the light is creating the warmer feeling when it's actually different colors!

Marble Top Faux


We wanted to update the bookshelf and add a bit of jazz to the counter that had seen better days. With many dark rich colors already in use I decided to use blacks and greys to make the bookshelf pop! Also the inside of the bookshelf needed to be fauxed like the rest of the walls, but the main wall color was too much for the small shelves that lacked light. A lighter color was used in place of the darker color that was used for the rest of the main walls. Ta Da! A sophisticated bookshelf nothing less than WOW! Rumor has it during Thanksgiving, people were fooled into thinking it was actually marble!

Saturday, November 04, 2006

3 Layer Faux




This is the Family room in the same house as the Marble fauxed walls. The overall color concept for the bottom floor is to keep in the brown, toupe tones for most of the faux's and add color as accents and personality.

This is the 2nd layer of the faux. A nightmare for most homeowners to walk into!

Marble Faux| This weeks Adventure!