PAINT & DECORATE...I WANT TO INSPIRE & SHOW THAT IT CAN BE DONE & YOU CAN DO IT!!
Today, I was working on finishing touches in this huge beautiful home where I've been working for the last 12 days. My client wants to start moving in tomorrow. I was sealing some cabinets that I painted and thinking about yesterday, a distressed a porous brick bathroom floor that I painted metallic silver. And, there were three chandeliers that I still needed to touch up with metallic silver and metallic copper paint. These chandeliers were black wrought iron and the copper and silver would tie in better with my client's decor.
While I was working I kept thinking about my next post. I realized that one of the reasons I'm loving blogging is because I can show others what I do and that it can be done. Like touching up a chandelier. Whoever thought they could do that! But, I've done it for many years and is usually an improvement because it's no longer in style, wrong color, etc.. I've touched up and painted the whole chandelier several times. One time, my client gave me a chandelier that was brass and bronzy, very contemporary. At his request, I painted it to look very old and rusty and LOVE the way it turned out. My client had some small white silk shades and he stained them, I think with tea. It all looked great!
I work for a very limited number of decorators, maybe three. The ones that are familiar with the kind of work that I do. Lots of my clients are very, very talented and creative people. I love that they call me when they have a new idea or new project! I've been working with paint for so long that I can, usually, figure out just about anything they might show me or ask me to do. At least, I can get very close.
A few times through the years my clients have said, "you make it look so easy". And, it is for me because it's just routine, to me. But, they get brave or I have encouraged them to do it themselves and when they did, they did a great job.
Today, I realized by blogging, I want to inspire and encourage others to not be afraid to try faux finishes and painting. If you're not happy with the way something is looking
or you're tired of it PAINT IT!! And, if you mess up, paint it again!
While I was working I kept thinking about my next post. I realized that one of the reasons I'm loving blogging is because I can show others what I do and that it can be done. Like touching up a chandelier. Whoever thought they could do that! But, I've done it for many years and is usually an improvement because it's no longer in style, wrong color, etc.. I've touched up and painted the whole chandelier several times. One time, my client gave me a chandelier that was brass and bronzy, very contemporary. At his request, I painted it to look very old and rusty and LOVE the way it turned out. My client had some small white silk shades and he stained them, I think with tea. It all looked great!
I work for a very limited number of decorators, maybe three. The ones that are familiar with the kind of work that I do. Lots of my clients are very, very talented and creative people. I love that they call me when they have a new idea or new project! I've been working with paint for so long that I can, usually, figure out just about anything they might show me or ask me to do. At least, I can get very close.
A few times through the years my clients have said, "you make it look so easy". And, it is for me because it's just routine, to me. But, they get brave or I have encouraged them to do it themselves and when they did, they did a great job.
Today, I realized by blogging, I want to inspire and encourage others to not be afraid to try faux finishes and painting. If you're not happy with the way something is looking
or you're tired of it PAINT IT!! And, if you mess up, paint it again!
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