Flower Garden

Tuscany Office

Purple Dream Faux

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.

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!

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!

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!

DANSKO LOVE | Walk About Shoes

Here we have it! Where do I begin? Most who know me, knows my obsession with shoes, exspecially DANSKOS! It all started when I got distracted on the way to a client's house, and had to stop at Walk About Shoes in Westminster, Maryland, to see what they had to offer. I ended up with an amazing pair of Merrell sport/dress shoes, and a chance to paint at the store!

I ended up painting a landscape around the top 1/2 of the store. I then added in Danskos that have wings. I have to say this is the first time I made an object fly! I also have some Danskos with trees growing out of them. I figured if I'm going to be out there, I have to go all the way!

If I've done painting for you before, you may have noticed my 2 pairs of Danskos that I paint in . . . and they might be changing! I got inspired while at the store, and I figure that they are covered in paint anyways, why not make them look like they're suppose to be painted! I paint murals on the walls, why not shoes! I walk around in the faux leopard print Danskos, so what's the difference?

If you would like wonderful shoes, contact Walk About Shoes . . . walkaboutshoes@aol.com, attention Marty... he can order any shoe you want, and ship them to you! (Merrell, Dansko, SAS, Naot, Born, New Balance, Spenco, Earth...and more)