Posted in daily life, faux painting on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
It is such a pleasure to make someone happy with the simplest things. My client had new floor tile put in her kitchen and consequently she had to take out all of her accessories and window treatments because they no longer worked in the room. I realized, all she needed was something to tie everything [...]
Posted in daily life, faux painting, tagged decorating, faux painting, fine art, painting, painting technqiues on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been doing this work for twenty years and I really pride myself on listening to the client. But I guess I was too confident or something this time. I just made my faux finish twice as difficult as it needed to be because I didn’t ask enough questions about the finish he [...]
Posted in Color on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Pat is asking if the subtle antique look with faux will still be popular in 08. So far Ive seen that the faux finishes aren’t changing too much and it’s mostly about color. Browns are hot and they are usually combined with a rich red based tone from copper to cranberry. People are gravitating towards [...]
