The past few weeks have been like a mecca of wild finishes in my world.   Each finish we are doing seems to be getting brighter, bolder, more elaborate then the last.  Metallic’s are everywhere.  When I glimpse through our portfolio I feel like I see so very many different examples of how to use metallic’s.

We are currently working on locking down some finishes for a new lounge downtown.  They are going for a real swanky feel, but don’t have a large budget for painting.  Originally they have planned to do straight metallic on all of the main walls.  I’m making it my personal obligation to make sure they do NOT do this.  There is nothing swanky about straight metallic paint on a mass of big walls.  They often appear, poorly applied,  can take up too much time and money with numerous coats of paint, and priming, and even more often appear like regular paint in dark rooms with poor lighting.

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I work with a designer that has made this faux paw before in a nightclub and told her about the lounges intentions.  In this discussion she mentioned a beautiful glass beaded wall paper which was super swanky.  She sent me the link, and we started dreaming away about dressing some beautiful place up with it.

This wallpaper is swanky town USA…  If your interested in picking some up go to:

http://www.designyourwall.com/store/Glass-Bead-wallpaper-c-125-p-1.html

Its not that expensive considering how glamorous and fabulous it is.  How wonderful it would be for an accent wall, or in the back of a shelving unit!!!