Painter Girl

Family Room: Wakefield

Monday, I showed you the Kitchen in this house, which is open into the Family Room.  I carried the background finish into this room on two walls, and did an accent wall with a Venetian Plaster.  The stenciled leaves were done only in the kitchen.

The wall on the right, is the VP wall, the left is the same multi-glazed finish that is carried into the adjacent kitchen.  New furniture and window treatments have been ordered for this room, so I will have to go back and get better photos when it is all delivered.

 

 

This Dimensional Basecoat is the first layer of the glazed walls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is rolled on and then smoothed out with a spatula.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what it looks like while it is wet, before smoothed out with the spatula.  You have the option of how textured you want it to be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a close up of the accent wall. So sorry, for another not so great picture! It really looks much better in person!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last piece of this room is the fireplace surround.  I glazed it and added some stenciling.  I used one of my favorite stencils from Royal Design Studio, Florentine Grille.

Next up... the basement Family Room.

Two Girls Rooms

The project I am currently working on is just too much fun.  The entire attic of this large home has been converted into two very large bedrooms with a connecting hallway and Jack and Jill bathroom.  I hope to have these two rooms done by Thanksgiving.  The pink room has a butterfly and peacock theme.  The blue room has a tropical beach and fish theme.

The pink room has some very interesting ceiling lines!  Btw, I don't know why the contractor before me did not clean up his mess.  The nice thing is, there is only a sub-floor down now, so no need for drop cloths and no furniture in the room to have to move or work around!  I had the slanted ceilings painted a dark pink, while the flat ceiling piece and the walls are a light pink.  A soft glaze will be applied over all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the opposite end of the room.  I have already added the glaze to the darker pink slanted ceiling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The blue room has only one area with a slanted ceiling.  I had the entire room base coated in a light blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the opposite end of the room. This will be the sleeping area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using some flex tape, I have taped out a band all around this portion of the room where a wave will be added. I glazed the walls in the entire room starting with a very light blue at the ceiling line, progressing to a deeper blue at the baseboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using Cutting Edge's Fish Scale Allover stencil, I created the wave. I have had my eye on this design for some time now and am thrilled to finally be able to put it to go use!  I love the way Cutting Edge packages their stencils.  The stencils are large and sturdy and come with a topper and a small singe stencil on one scale... all for a great low price!  Having three sizes of the same stencil included in one package makes it much easier to stencil those hard to reach areas without having to cut or bend the heck out of your stencils.

 

The opposite end of the room will be the study area and have a tropical beach scene.  I have taped out the bottom, again using the flex tape, for the beach. 

I have miles to go with these two rooms!

The Milton House Foyer/Upstairs Hall Completed

In the end, I was really happy (and so were my clients!) with how this all turned out.

 

This view is from the second floor hallway, looking down to the landing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see some of the crystals on the flowers in this photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second floor hallway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the diamond wall, before the furniture is placed back.  I have about 8 layers of various gold products on this wall!  I wanted to do it using just Gold StucoLux, but it was soooo thin and watery that the layers would not build up and it did not burnish.  After four unsuccessful layers, I added layers of gold glaze mixes to get the color and sheen I was looking for with the StucoLux. I have used non-metallic colors of StucoLux before with great success, so was quite disappointed with this gold and would not recommend it.

 

 

 

 

The same crystals, in a larger size, are placed at the corners where the points of the diamonds meet (hard to see here).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This wall does have a nice glow to it now and works well with the stripes and adjacent back hall.

 

Thanks Chris, for all your help and hard work! 

 

Finally Getting Back to the Milton House

Yes, I know it's been well over a week since I last posted, but my uncle died so I had to go out of town for his wake and funeral.  Next, I had a final report due for a class I am taking and then I was in Maine for a few days with extremely slow and/or no internet service.  Now, I'm happy to be back home and in the swing of things again!  This Milton House Foyer/Upstairs Hallway job is finished as well as the Master Bath in this home.  I'm going to sit here and write them all up now, before something else happens! 

The first layer for this project was a soft, metallic glaze.  I can't remember why that blue tape is stuck on the wall, but probably an area that needed a little attention.

 

 

The second layer was the same gold glaze, but done as stripe.  I was fortunate enough to have Chris Smith helping me out with this job!  We went around with a level and watercolor pencil, marking out the stripes, then just used a small roller to roll on every other stripe.  We wanted the edges to be jagged, not crisp, which is why we did not tape out the stripes.  The darker stripes are 15" wide and the lighter are 18" wide.

 

They continue up the stairs, to the second floor hallway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a close up of the stripes on the stairs where you can see the jagged edges of the stripes. 

This would be a nice look, if you stopped here, but of course, we did not...

Milton House Four Seasons Room, continued

I am using one of my favorite stencil designs, the Moorish Trellis, from Royal Design Studios.  I have it in the large, production size you see here and I also have the smaller size to use in the corners, above the doors and wherever needed. This pattern works up very quickly. 

 

 

I am using the same Modern Masters Metallic Burnt Orange, only straight from the jar, to do the stenciling.  I mix in a touch of glaze to make it easier to apply.  The room is already really starting to have a warm feel to it.  Of course, the homeowners keep the heat on 70 degrees and I'm moving all about, so that might have something to do with my feeling warm!  I forgot about the high heat situation here the first day and wore a turtleneck.  I easily drank a gallon of water that day!

 

 

One little glitch are these radiators.  This whole project came about because the homeowners decided to replace their older baseboard heating system with these new, more efficient, sleeker looking units.  When I initially talked to the heating contractor he told me he would install the units AFTER I did my finish.  Much to my surprise, they were all installed AFTER the base coating was done, but BEFORE I arrived to do my finish!  It's a bit tricky glazing behind these and trying to stencil...not mention very hot! 

 

 

 

 

Here is the wall to the left of the door, completely stenciled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here is the wall to the right of that door.  More again tomorrow.

 

 

Milton House Four Seasons Room

Did I mention to you how much I love this painter who does the base coating? I've got to get his card.  His name is Warren and he is the nicest guy and just look at how he moves ALL the furnishings to the center of the room and COMPLETELY wraps everything all up!  Those of you who are decorative painters will truly appreciate this.  He leaves plenty of room for ladders and to be able to easily move around.  Amazing!  This wall will be the focal point wall. 

 

The other three walls are mostly floor to ceiling doors and windows, so little wall space to play with there.  See all the snow we are getting in the background? This job was delayed a few days because everyone fell behind because of the snow.  It is beautiful, but since we are getting so much of it every week, it is negatively impacting the local economy.

 

 

The first step was to put a soft glaze, using Modern Master's Metallic Burnt Orange, on all walls.  I'm loving this Burnt Orange.  I used it for the thin stripes, straight from the jar, in the Living Room...on those stripes.  Here is a glazed wall and an unglazed wall, so you see the difference.   When the Burnt Orange is mixed with a glaze, it becomes less metallic, with more of a soft glow.  Very warm.  More tomorrow.