Ok, Initially this upper wall had been painted a green color that they thought would look more of an olive green, but in this main common area it “read” a more blue-y green. The artist inside of me couldn’t let them do a matching glaze over it; which was how they were going to proceed.
I guess I should back up a bit….I trained their paint crew to do my color wash technique. They did the entire house and actually did a great job considering about 7 of them only had a one hour quickie lesson on how to execute. I would have loved to do the job-but that’s ok it is an investment property and is already on the market. So if you know of anyone who wants to buy a home in Park City, I’ve got the inside track!
So back to the wall, we decided on the strie’ finish for this space too, just to add a little some’em, some’em as I always say! I only wish the art piece could have been moved up to hang over my wall, but the artist had “stroke” when asked if he could move it…so for the time being it is where it is!
Pro’s
- Even though I still needed an extension ladder, the finish went much faster because it was a straight shot across.
- Using a superior product like Rs Stone made it easy to build texture quickly without any sag. (All in one pass)
- The milano tool is the best invention ever for glazing over texure! Thanks Woolie Company for that invention and Kathy Wear for sharing it with me!!
- They had great music on today blazing over the surround sound!
Con’s
- As you can see, I have no where to put my tools. Once I figure that one out I’m a rich girl! So I’m going to share a nice tip. I wear a shotgun shell bag used for hunting to hold my tools. In it I can hold a rag, tape, chip brush, milano tool, knife and much more all right on the hip. Love it and I have like three of them!
- Additionally, I have to lug my glazes up and hang them off the side of the ladder. It is extremely important to be very careful when you do this…You do not want to knock it off and have “Mount Vesuvius” errupt. As Krista Vind would say, “Ask me how I know?” Ugh!
- Because, I have to lug up my glazes…I also have to lug them down every time I want to move the ladder…again-we want to tame Mnt. Vesuvius!
- Did I mention going up and down the ladder a 100 times!
- Other than that, no other cons and I truly enjoyed this project.
Enjoy the pics!
Nice blog Mindy, and beautiful work! I love your tagline-a modern day artist with an old world soul!!
Thanks Melanie, lol…that’s kind of how I feel and “old soul.” Or maybe I’m just feeling old…LOL