Over a month ago one of my most treasured painters {Peg Malanaphy} and I were hired to do a total over haul for a hot new salon opening in Hudson, Wisconsin.  The salon is called VIVA VOCE and it’s located right on the main drag in the beautiful and historic neighborhood.

The project was a total creative blast from start to finish. Owner Tahne Stillwell was yet another one of our “Perfect Clients”.  She had a vision and trusted in our creative ability from day one so the marriage of two was enjoyable for all of us involved every step of the way.

Among the installation of: color selection, Copper Patina “drip” finishes, painting the ceiling, trim, doors, and walls, a custom exterior sign, and 3 custom stencils painted over exposed brick we also were commissioned to do an original Marilyn Monroe mural.  I know I know, We were totally psyched to get to work on it.  Tahne 100%  had us at “Marilyn”.

Below is the original “inspiration” photo we found of Marilyn online.

My creative architect Steve put the above photo on photo-shop and created this “custom image” for our client to be the mural.  It’s formatted to look like a layered stencil.

That was really the hardest part of this project.  Interior Designer Peg Malanaphy from Interiors of Stillwater and the salon owner Tahne Stillwell had already selected colors for us, so the next step was to paint.  We did the mural in layers using Sherwin Williams interior wall paint in 4 different sheen’s.  Here’s a few pictures of the mural in progress:

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You can see that the last and final layer that we added was a custom yellow stenciled using a Cutting Edge Stencil called Aladdin.  We did the stencil to frame out her BEAUTIFUL face.  Here is a picture of the finished wall of our very beautiful and flirty gal.  Note the gorgeous Patina finish and colors that Peg installed and picked out.

For Booking appointments at VIVA VOCE SALON:

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”
— Marilyn Monroe

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