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Faux Finishing
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Is it time to rethink your white walls and beige
carpet? Faux Finishes and Decorative Painting will add color and texture to
your home's interior. The use of faux finishes can be used to imitate almost
any surface.
We specialize in:
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Baby Rooms
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Decorative Metallics
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Fresco
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Stone/Brick textures
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Glazing
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Marbling & Antiquing
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Venetian Plaster
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Leather/ Animal prints
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Murals
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Tromp L'oeil
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Not sure what faux treatment or colors?
Enter the "swatch team...'
Tina and Larry will assist you in selecting a color scheme and faux finish that
complements the mood and style of the room. Consultations for decorative wall
treatment and hand-painted furniture can be arranged by the artist. Faux finish
sample boards are available for viewing. Commercial and residential work.
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Kitchen Faux Wall Treatment
This faux treatment contrasts the rich, dark hardwood floors and white crown
molding and trim work.
We designed a “custom color” for this treatment utilizing the color of the
kitchen cabinetry. The archway, as well as, the cabinets now have a more
dramatic impact.
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White Walls Transformed
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BEFORE
White walls and neutral window treatments do not highlight the architectural
details of the wrap around dining room walls. The room is sterile and not
inviting.
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AFTER
A glaze treatment has been done in a dramatic shade of green bringing an
immediate contrast to the window treatments and balances the dark wood of the
dining room table and chairs.
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Broadway Bound Bathroom
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Our clients' artwork and her Broadway Playbills were the inspiration for these
“show stopping” faux treatments.
The entire ceiling was transformed with New York City theatre Playbills. A soft
color wash was added to the basic white vanity. Comedy and Tragedy Masks were
then added for some "comic relief".
Horizontal Striping and a wave-like pattern were added to all the walls. Colors
were selected from the clients' artwork. Strip lighting resembling make-up
stage lights complements the bathroom's theme. The finishing touch was adding
an “admit one” ticket to the outside bathroom door.
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Faux-Painted Foyer Makes a Dramatic Entrance
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Our client requested a big WOW for this entrance. Larry transformed this foyer
with various shades of metallic paint.
For added visual interest and depth, the metallic paints had a textured surface.
The illumination from the chandelier adds a soft glow that highlights this faux
treatment as well as the furniture and accessories.
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Textured Faux Brick Treatment
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This treatment has been used in pantries, mudrooms, archways, and sunrooms.
These treatments have texture and actually look and feel like real bricks.
This textured treatment can be modified to have an “Old World” finish (aged)
look or resemble a crumbling “fresco” wall. Larry specializes in textured
treatments.
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Teen-agers' Room Gets a "Pop of Color"
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Starting Point: All walls were painted a soft pink.
Inspiration: Teen-agers' favorite colors and her love of fashion.
We used a Color Block Technique on the impact wall using various shades and
intensities of pink, kiwi, aqua and lavender. Varying the site of blocks
provided more visual interest.
On the remaining walls, we created a color-block border as well as a band of hot
pink and black to add weight and balance.
We included an illustration of the teenager and her name to further personalize
her bedroom.
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Tromp L'oeil Brick Wall Treatment
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Faux Stone and Crumbling Bricks have been hand-painted using a Tromp L'oeil
effect (fool the eye) surrounding an actual window.
A warm yellow glaze was first applied to the walls. Next grapes and grapevines
were hand-painted over the glaze treatment.
Hand-painted shading and highlights were then added to the bricks, grapes and
grapevine where the sun would have naturally created these effects.
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Baby Room
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Larry creates a magical transformation with a hand-painted mural or accents,
such as your child's name or a special saying, throughout their room. Colorful,
Playful, and Imaginative, Tina L. Robenolt, Room Stylist, assists with this
creative process. Rooms can always be designed to grow with your child.
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Children’s Characters
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Inspired by your child's Favorite Fairytales, Storybook, or Motion Picture
Characters, we can create a THEME ROOM that tells a “special
story.”
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Faux Finishing a “Dream Kitchen”
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A custom wall treatment was designed to complement the client’s kitchen
cabinetry, wood trim, and architectural details.
Two colors of paint were selected to be fauxed over a base color.
Larry’s faux finish technique resulted in visually adding texture and
weight to this grand-size kitchen.
The client then requested Larry to hand-paint grapevines, grapes, and birdnests
throughout the kitchen in key focal points.
The end result: A kitchen with AMBIENCE!
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Sophia's Storybook Room...An Enchanted “Alice in Wonderland” THEME!
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Faux Painter and Decorative Artist, Larry Robenolt, first began his design
concept with bedroom walls that were painted pale pink.
After collaboration with his clients and decisions regarding furniture
placement, the transformation began.
The wall behind Sophia’s bed was striped using a medium pink paint against the
lighter pink walls. Larry hand-painted the Cheshire Cat perched on a
large tree with leaves trailing down to Sophia’s bed. A miniature Alice
looks on as if to wish Sophia a “good night’s sleep”.
Next, a pink border was painted to wrap around the remaining three walls.
Special Sentiments chosen by the Mother were then added to the border to
further personalize the child’s room . . . “Once Upon a Time”, “Happily
Ever After”, “When You Wish Upon A Star”. . . .
Larry then hand-painted a “mini-mural” of Alice at her Tea Party on her
oversized fuschia chair. A lattice background creates a backdrop for Alice and
her friends. The table and mural was painted in a three-dimensional perspective
style!
Let the fantasy begin...
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