This very neutral, older countertop received a new life with Giani Liquid Granite Sicilian Sand Faux Granite Countertop Paint Kit Kitchen.  This system can be easily customized to enhance the colors provided or even some of your personal home colors.



Before



After



Corner of Counter



Closeup

My last couple weeks have included a lovely powder room & a unique re-creation of a support beam.

The powder room received a 6 layer crackle finish, including the painted base coat.  This heavily crackled finish, called Bookends, was custom created to coordinate with the home decor and a "nearby" wall treatment.



Hope to get a good picture of the whole room shorty, after the sink and toilet are installed.




The Steel beam was the traditional deep red, then painted white, then painted with "Stainless Steel" paint and then some black glaze applied to "age" the surface.

Sorry to be gone so long...but...I have been busy...and a couple vacations thrown in there
Master Bedrooms
Master Bathrooms
Ceiling Enhancements....and more!

Coming up....Faux Stainless Steel a beam?...hmmmm...OK!
A Golden Bookends Crackle Guest Powder Room and PROBABLY New Espresso Kitchen Cabinets & Suede Finish the Kitchen/Dinette Walls



Soft Suede Cheesecloth Finish
Was just what the client wanted!



Multi-Layered Textured Finish
worked great over previously wallpapered walls



Heavy Textured Old World Finish
A great enhancement for a smooth boring ceiling barrel



Close up of Barrel Ceiling
Tinted to match the new antique glazed trim...not shown

This home's exterior was battered by a recent hail storm. The WHOLE exterior had to be replaced including the front door.

A lovely new front door was selected with a very nice mahagony exterior wood grain finish.  The inside of the door had this same finish.  Well, that finish did not look very good next to all the oak trim and furniture of this home.

Easily fixed with an oak wood grained effect!

The door is NOT quite finished, but still awaiting its protective clear coats.  The protective layer will enhance the appearance
of the graining, like polishing a stone.

 

This home had a remodeling including opening up a couple walls opening up to the adjoining room, new color theme with paint and lovely new furniture. How exciting!  The changes included adding a heavy texture in the entry way by a plasterer.  The before picture will show how the texture was not accented.  A single layer of glaze brings to life the texture and adds the extra depth and interest to the room.  The glazing, also, added more depth to the plain painted layer and complimented the new desired Tuscan theme.

The client had two bookcases.  Very nice bookcases "in their day", but did not blend well with the new Tuscan decorating theme.  The furniture was painted in a two-tone treatment, painting black and distressed much of the surfaces, but leaving the insides with the "base" wood exposed.  The "base" was glazed, also, to add more of an aged effect providing the illusion of some deeper tones in the grain and making the wood a deeper tone to blend better with the black and desired distressed effect.




Foyer Before



After



Bookcase (there were two of them)



After



Close Up

Oh silly me! I forgot another project I did! The biggest in a while! LOLOL, so grand I forgot...geez.

Anyway, Parade of Homes 2010 - The Lodge - A "man-cave" concept! Huge "lodge" with many amenities men love!
And to grace these special entertaining things is a lovely decorative finish for the grand room and sun room walls.
The project was huge, but went very well!

For those who were able to see, I hope you enjoyed!
It was a great Parade year!



The Man Cave



A 4 color blended painted finish over a darker base coat.



A great aged technique



Close up



Sun Room - Single Glaze Glazing over a heavily texture wall based in a lighter color.

I have not been sitting around!...grin....
Recently painted and glaze a foyer over a heavy textured surface.  Followed with painting two bookcases with some black and distressing.
Well, that was after a couple great vacations....grin.

But this week, the eyes went up! Did a classy faux finish in a recessed ceiling
area over a dining table and painted the inner trim white. It turned our very sharp and added tons more interest to the previous dark area in the ceiling.

Also in the home, there was a small foyer dome looking for attention.  This dome was graced with a finish called Bella Fresco.  This finish is unique and great to do on for a
marbled-sort of effect for walls, domes, columns, tables...you name it!



Before Foyer Dome




After Foyer Dome




Close Up of Foyer Dome




Before Dining Tray





After Dining Tray





Another View


Will be back later with pics from the textured foyer and the book cases!

BTW....if you happened to get out to the Kalamazoo Parade of Homes and went the THE LODGE....I did the faux finishes out there!
Hope you enjoyed!