A Break from Straight Painting!

Today I took a little break from the Big House Job to do a quick ceiling, actually 2 ceilings, at another home.  Remember the house I did the Tuscan kitchen w/grapes?

                               

They decided to add a little interest to the two front rooms of their home.  When you enter their foyer, the dining room is on the right and a music room (with a beautiful black baby grand) is on the left.  Both rooms are painted this beautiful shade of blue with  off white trim.

                               

I will just show the dining room because I did the same design in the four corners in the Music Room too, but not the center medallion.  Both rooms had most of the furniture removed or pushed out of the way, so I asked the homeowners if they would take a few digital pictures and send to me when they have the rooms put back together.
Here you will just see the work in progress and ceiling shots, but not full room views.

I used another one of Melanie Royal's great Modello designs, an Ornamental Center. Here you see it positioned on the ceiling, with the top, protective paper still in place.  I had the Modello cut in 4 sections so it would be easier to deal with around this chandelier. 

Now the protective layer of paper has been removed and is ready to be stenciled.  I used 3 layers to achieve the gold tone desired and rolled each layer w/a small foam roller. 

This view is from directly under the chandelier.

Here's a closer view and if you look in the far right hand corner, you can see the matching corner design.  Also, this shows the pretty blue wall color fairly well.

A closer look at the corner design.  This design is also in all 4 corners of the Music Room.

While I was at this house, they showed me their finished basement which they use as a sports room and exercise room.  They are interested in some type of sports mural... maybe Fenway Park/Red Sox.  :-)  I will send them some ideas.  They DO have the perfect spot and already have some great framed sports photos.